1. ) Spring Break may see us deploy to Caprock Canyons State Park to back pack together as a ground team. One of the possible goals would be to hike the (4 mile) trail out to the abandoned Railroad Tunnel for an overnighter. A radio base might be set up in the park for us to practice communicating with. Here’s a great chance to enjoy the outdoors, MRE’s, and some new training challenges.

In front of a crowd of 7,000, four Civil Air Patrol cadets from the Lubbock Composite Squadron performed a precision Presentation of the Colors to open the Slaton Air Show on the 65th Anniversary of the D-Day landing, June 6th, 2009. Building on their experiences of attending color guard competition at Camp Mabry in Austin during February as well as opening a Shallowater High School baseball game in May, along with dozens of practices, the team was able to put on a good performance. More

Thirty-nine members from the Midland, Odessa, San Angelo and Tigershark Composite Squadron met at Camp Don Harrington, a boy scout camp located in the west section of the Palo Duro Canyon, just south of Amarillo, to participate in a simulated emergency locator transmitter locating training exercise. More

Cadets Chief Master Sergeant Matthew A. Barnes, Technical Sergeant Brian T. DeLaughter, and Staff Sergeant Christopher J. Levesque attended the Cadet Training Education Program (CTEP) at Camp Mabry in Austin, TX from 28 to 31 November.

Cadets Levesque and DeLaughter graduated from the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy. They received intermediate training in leadership and effective communications skills, introduced to topics such as the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Protection Policy and United States Air Force Core Values, and advanced instruction in the execution and instruction of drill and ceremonies. For more information visit the San Angelo page.

The El Paso Composite squadron assisted in the search of a downed aircraft near Presidio, Texas last week. Maj Frank Kennedy transported a local KVIA Television reporter in the Civil Air Patrol aircraft, retracing the intended flight path of the doomed aircraft which crashed in Mexico, approximately 12 miles south of the border. Three Americans and one Mexican died in the crash while they were enroute to survey the flooding in the Presidio, Texas area. Video and the story from KVIA Television can be found here.

Seven Texas Civil Air Patrol Squadrons supported the FINA-CAF Airsho 2008 held in Midland, Texas from 19-21 September.

Civil Air Patrol Group I squadrons from Midland, Odessa, Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, San Angelo, and Group III's Apollo (Georgetown) squadron supported the FINA-CAF Airsho 2008 by providing personnel to ensure safety along the taxiway before, during, and after the show, access security at four remote gates, and recruiting for the Civil Air Patrol in the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Museum. More

Per CAPR 52-16, Cadet Program Management and CAPP 52-19, Cadet Advisory Council Guide, nominations were due by the beginning of July. The next CAC meeting will be in mid-August. I am respectfully asking that you send me the name and contact information (email and phone numbers) for a primary representative, secondary representative, and your Squadron's DCC NLT August 1.
Please reference the above regulation and pamphlet for cadet selection criteria. Preferred nominations are cadet officers, but if your squadron does not have any or they are unavailable to serve, please select the most qualified individuals that can represent your cadets and squadron at the group level.
The minimum representative commitment will be a year-long term and must commit to participating in a 1-2 hour phone conference monthly. As previously stated, the ideal cadet will be able to serve as a representative of his or her squadron's views on various matters that pertain to cadets. Primary representatives are also eligible to wear a cord and ribbon during their term of appointment.
If you have any questions or need any help with the nominating, please let me know. The ultimate goal is to get our CAC to be a productive entity that can help make CAP a better organization.
As always, thanks for your help, and I look forwarding to hearing from you with your nominations.

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