June 30, 2024
Squadron Announcements for the Week of June 30, 2024
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CADETS
IMPORTANT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDRAISING Calling all members – WE NEED YOU!
Truckee 4th of July Parade
Our Color Guard Team, cadets, and seniors will march in the Truckee Parade.
Meet near the Truckee Fire Station 92; 11473 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee at 0900.
Cadets, if you are available to participate, please have your parent complete the permission slip; https://form.jotform.com/241560931262149
July 6 & 7 – Lions Club
The Truckee Host Lions Club has contacted our unit requesting support for their Latitude 39 Concert at the Truckee Rodeo Grounds on July 6th. This is a great opportunity for collaboration and connection, and it will be a fun event!
Saturday, July 6th 3:30-9:00 pm
Take food (taco) orders from the box seat guests and deliver from the kitchen while enjoying great music! We need 2 senior members and 3-4 cadets. All tips will be donated to our squadron.
Sunday, July 7th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Clean-up crew. Our job will be to help the Lions Club remove trash, move tables and fencing, and return the rodeo grounds to pre-concert condition. The more participation we have, the quicker the job can be done. Ideally, 4-6 senior members/cadets. The Lions Club is willing to donate to our unit for our service.
Parents - here is the permission slip for cadet participation;
https://form.jotform.com/241790568467167
July 18 & 19 - PGA Barracuda Championship
Calling all cadets, parents, senior members, and friends – please consider volunteering as a Standard Bearer or Gallery Management for the PGA Barracuda Championship at Old Greenwood in Truckee. If we can fill at least 25 shifts, we will receive a donation of $2,500. Please help us reach out numbers and support our community!
As a standard bearer, you will follow a single group of golfers on Thursday or Friday (or both if interested) from the time they tee off through the end of play. You will carry the “standard” that displays the names of the golfers in the group and their scores.
Not up for walking the course? Gallery Management doesn’t require walking the course. Gallery Management is available Thursday - Sunday. Members of Gallery Management will be located outside of the ropes at tees and greens to assist with managing crowds and crowd noise. Mornings or afternoons are available.
If Thursday and Friday don’t work in your schedule, weekend shifts are now available. Please register using the following link;
https://trusteventsolutions.com/event/100/registration
Be sure to choose Tahoe-Truckee Civil Air Patrol as your volunteer type.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CADETS
July 4 – NO Cadet Meeting
Happy 4th of July!
We hope you will join us for the 4th of July parade – see details above.
CADET ORIENTATION FLIGHTS
Are you ready to go flying? All cadets are entitled to five Powered Orientation flights, five Glider Orientation flights and five Balloon Orientation flights over their career as a cadet, during which they sit in the right front seat and take the controls under the watchful eye of a qualified CAP pilot. For the remainder of the summer these will be scheduled for the second Saturday of the month to run concurrently with Young Eagles flights. Contact 2nd Lt Schumacher to schedule your flight today!
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SQUADRON WEEK IN REVIEW
New Members
Promotions, Appointments and Key Accomplishments
Please congratulate cadet Kellen Purvance Rassuchine for earning his Curry Achievement 1 promotion to Airman.
Squadron Events
Squadron Positions Needed (Primary & Support)
- Transportation / Drivers (critical for support of cadet programs and cadet opportunities)
- Ground Team Leader
- IT / Website Maintenance / Cyber Security
- Personnel
- Public Affairs / Community Outreach
If you have interest in leading or supporting any of these positions, please reach out to Capt Dan Beadle.
Parents, there are many ways that you can support, as a parent, a cadet sponsor, or by becoming a member!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
July 6 – SAREX
The July 6 SAREX is postponed until our aircraft is back from maintenance.
July 9 – Training and Information Night & Open House
Make-up promotion items, other than drill, available if requested in advance.
Help on IS courses for drone technician rating
Parent Q&A and feedback, cadet program roundtable.
Air crew discussion about the T206.
July 13 – Young Eagles – Cadet Orientation Rides
For the remainder of the summer these will be scheduled for the second Saturday of the month to run concurrently with Young Eagles flights. If you’re a cadet, contact 2nd Lt Schumacher to schedule your flight today! If you’re a qualified O-ride pilot, contact SM Robert Eyre with your availability. Flights on July 13 are tentative and depend on when our airplane will be returning from the maintenance shop.
July 15 (rescheduled from June 27) – USAF Low Level Route Survey
A team of two Mission Pilots and two Mission Scanners will once again be supporting Travis AFB by surveying a 300-mile portion of a military low-level training route. We’d like one or two people to staff the communications center from 8 until around noon.
October 4-6 – Reno Air Show
Reno Squadron needs help for the upcoming Reno Air Show. You can sign up on their squadron web site at Reno Air Show — RENO COMPOSITE SQUADRON. If enough seniors and cadets sign up we may be able arrange transportation for you up and back.
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TRAINING SEMINARS
Unless otherwise noted, these events are posted on the Reno Squadron’s website. The folks in Reno generally want you to sign up so they can arrange the space and plan for lunch. Some classes are broadcast via Microsoft Teams and recordings may be available but it’s better to be there in person if you can.
Mission Scanner and Mission Staff Assistant Training
We plan to hold a Mission Scanner (MS) ground school and a Mission Staff Assistant (MSA) training class at Truckee this summer. If you’re interested in the MS school, please let SM Ellis or Capt Beadle know along with dates you’re available. Cadets and senior members can and should attend the MSA class. MSA is one of the few ES jobs that can be performed by cadets, even for real missions, and we are asking all senior members who wish to obtain an air crew qualification to obtain the MSA and MRO qualifications as well. An MRO class will be announced at a later date.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Mission to Mars Space Camps
Our squadron provides guest lecturers for these camps, which are sponsored by the EAA and aimed at 8 to 12-year-olds. Lt Col Ken Aronson and his wife, 2nd Lt Rolann Aronson, are the principal lecturers. Senior members and cadets can help with logistics and training. Many of our cadets are graduates of this program and a few have attended more than once. This year, there will be five camps:
- July Space Camp the week of July 22 (five successive weekdays)
- August Space Camp the week of August 12 (five successive weekdays)
- Fall Space Camp on Saturdays only September 28, October 5, 12, 19 and 26
Contact Lt Col Aronson at kirmas4530@gmail.com if you can help out.
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This notice and all back issues are posted under the NEWS heading on the Squadron’s web site at https://tahoetruckee.cap.gov/, where we are continually adding new information. If there are materials you think should be included, let us know. Also let us know if you find errors so we can get them fixed promptly. You can find a short guide for navigating the web site here.
