Greetings Ohio Wing Members & Friends,

Encampment is one of the best activities Civil Air Patrol offers its cadet members. This unique leadership laboratory with adult mentoring is run by cadets, for cadets. Encampment offers all participants top-notch leadership training to become aerospace leaders of tomorrow. Encampment offers cadets an aerospace adventure through a variety of enjoyable learning activities. Past activities represent our commitment to train with purpose and achieve excellence; and should be used as indicators for this year’s potential:

1.tours of numerous military organizations such as:
a. Base Honor Guard,
b. Fire station,
c. Springfield ANG F-16 unit,
d. 445th Air Reserve C-5 unit,
e. And base operations to include the air traffic control tower;
2. tours of the Air Force Research Labs:
a. aerodynamics lab (vertical wind tunnel),
b. sensors lab,
c. materials lab;
3. military orientation flights (2007 example: KC-135 refueling mission);
4. one-of-a-kind experience at the National Museum of the USAF;
5. unit sports and physical training;

Cadets will experience Air Force life while studying Civil Air Patrol’s missions of aerospace education, emergency services, and cadet program. They will also study the history and mission of the United States Air Force. They will eat side-by-side with active duty Air Force members in the base dining facility and stay in dormitories at Wright State University.

Cadets will become part of the storied history and tradition of the United States Air Force and the Civil Air Patrol when they participate in the last lesson of the encampment: Dining-Out. Tradition dictates that all cadets attend this formal military dinner. It is an awards banquet and their last opportunity to relax and enjoy the company of their new squadron mates before graduation the next day. The guest speaker is a high ranking dignitary.

The pentacle of achievement and the culmination of training is walking graduation and marching the last parade with pass-in-review.

The 2008 Ohio Wing Encampment is scheduled for 21 Jun – 28 Jun (staff will arrive 20Jun) and will be held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The cost is $180. Application procedures and forms are attached and contain full details. Don’t miss this opportunity. See you there!

posted by Major Robert P. Hartigan, CAP  3:33 PM

Action Memo #1 RE: GLR 2008 Cadet Competition

To: GLR Wing Commanders and DCP

From: GLR Cadet Program Staff
The 2008 GLR Cadet Competition will be held at Dayton, Ohio, on the weekend May 2 - 4. Each wing is invited to send one drill team and one color guard. The competition is now about 6 weeks away! Wings are requested to forward this message to their teams. A change this year is that we will require en e-mail from each wing NLT Friday April 4, stating your intent to field a Color Guard and/or Drill Team, and a providing point of contact for each team. Please make this a priority as we need to know who is planning to participate.

Registration fees of $25 per person ($150 per color guard and $375 per drill team) must be received by the GLR Finance Director NLT April 12. Please make checks payable to the Great Lakes Region and mail to Col Mueller.

Col. Ed Mueller, CAP
Finance Director-GLR
436 N Parkline Drive
New Albany, IN, 47150

Registration Forms are due to Lt.Col. Rhonda Anderson no later than April 12. (see notes below)

Lt.Col. Middleton will be on medical leave immediately prior to the competition and has therefore asked Lt.Col. Tom Snell (OHCV) to serve as interim Competition Director.

Except for the registration fee, all competition correspondence should be sent to Lt.Col. Rhonda Anderson at randersonrr@comcast.net

The competition rules will follow CAPM 52-4, except as may be noted in subsequent correspondence. Under these rules, a drill team is composed of 13 cadets of any grade (12 team members and a team commander) and a color guard of 4 enlisted cadets (2 guards and 2 flag bearers). Each team shall have 2 adult member escorts. Unless special arrangements have been agreed to by the Competition Director, a male and female escort are required if the team is of mixed gender. Alternates are no longer authorized and we will not be able to support anyone not listed as a competitor or escort.
Reminders:
o All escorts and cadets over 18 must show proof of having completed CPPT
o Alternates are no longer authorized.
o USA Domestic Volleyball Rules will be followed, except that all players will rotate and coaches are required to remain with the other spectators.
o Unless approved in advance, GLR will require each color guard to bring their own flags and flag-bases.
o Unless approved in advance, teams of mixed gender must include one male and one female escort.
o Submit notification of intent to compete due NLT Friday April 4
o Composition of the team and positions of the team members must remain constant throughout the competition; i.e. Team Commander must be the same for all events.

Forms:
o Each team must complete and submit an electronic copy of the registration form, no later than April 12.
- an e-copy must also be sent to the appropriate wing commander, requesting that they approve their teams' participation by e-mail to Lt.Col. Anderson.

Check-in
o A hard-copy of the registration form signed by all the participants will be turned in during registration,
o An appropriately signed CAPF31 for each participant, including escorts.
o A CAPF 60.
o Each participant must show a current CAP membership card or proof of membership (computed print-out)
o Drivers of CAP vehicles must have hold a CAP Driver’s ID

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions, problems or concerns.

On Behalf of Roger Middleton, Lt Col, CAP
GLR, DCP

Rhonda Anderson, Lt Col, CAP
GLR Assistant Deputy Cadet Programs
815-788-0737
CCregistration%5B1%5D.pdf

posted by Major Robert P. Hartigan, CAP  12:12 PM