ALABAMA WING 
CIVIL AIR PATROL 
 
NEWSLETTER                                             APRIL 2010 
 
Col. Lisa Robinson                                                    Lt. Col. Brad Lynn 
Commander                                                              Vice‐Commander 
 

Contents
Wing Commander
CAP IP Ground School 2
Earhart Award at Redstone 3
SAREX Held February 2010 4
ALWG Cadet Competition 4
C/Capt Victoria Beck AFA Winner 7
CAP Watching Out for You 7
Boaz Schools Squadron 8
Cadets Win Scholarships 9
Tuscaloosa Officer of the Year 9
ICS 400 Class Announced 9
CISM -- Emotional Control 9
The RF Factor 10
IG Contact Information 11 Col. Lisa Robinson assumes
Safety Brief 11 command of the Alabama Wing
Public Affairs 11 Civil Air Patrol
Southeast Region Conference 12
Wing Conference 14
First woman to take command of Civil Air
Patrol in Alabama

Lt. Col. Lisa Robinson, of Inverness,

Alabama, is the new Wing Commander for
the Alabama Wing. The Change of

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Command Ceremony was held at the Wing
Conference in Birmingham, February 5-6,
2010. Col. Michael Oakman, relinquished
command to her in a formal ceremony
presided over by Col. James Rushing,
Southeast Region Commander. Robinson
will be the first woman to command the
Alabama Wing.
 
Lt. Col. Robinson has completed the five
levels of senior member training, concluding
with the Gill Robb Wilson Award in
December, 2007. This award recognizes
those senior members who have dedicated
themselves to leadership and personal
development in Civil Air Patrol. It was first
awarded in 1964 and honors the late Gill
Robb Wilson, the founder of Civil Air Patrol
and its first executive Officer.
Each level required Robinson to become
more involved in CAP activities, master
skills in one of twenty-three technical areas
and develop leadership ability. She has a
Master Rating in Flight Operations and
Cadet Programs, as well as a senior rating
in Public Affairs. A private pilot, she is also
a Satellite-Transmitted Digital Imagining
System (SDIS) operator, a Mission
Observer, and Mission Information Officer in
addition to other ES qualifications.
She has multiple Civil Air Patrol awards,
including an Exceptional Service Award,
Commander’s Commendation with three
Bronze Clasps, and the Yeager Award.
Other awards were given for her excellence
in service to the Alabama Wing and Civil Air
Patrol.
She has held commander, deputy
commander for seniors at Alabama’s 117th
CAP Squadron in Birmingham. She
completed the National Staff College at
Maxwell AFB, Ala, in 2007.
She attended the Wing Commander's
Course at Maxwell AFB in March 2010.
"The intense, graduate-level course
prepares participants to assume high-level
command at the wing and regional levels or
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as members of the CAP National Board.
Those attending are selected for the course
by their region commander and must be
approved by the CAP national commander,
Maj. Gen. Amy S. Courter.
'The Wing Commanders Course covers
everything a CAP commander should know
in order to be an effective leader,” Courter
said. “As with all of our training, its content
is thorough and its effect on participants is
dynamic, which are qualities that are
essential to success in today’s
technologically savvy world.' "as reported in
Volunteer Now.
Robinson is employed by the Baptist
Health System in Birmingham, Ala, as
an application analyst, providing 24 hour
support for the Radiology Management
System, networked to seven facilities.
She earned an Associate Degree in
Applied Science in Radiological
Technology with honors from Jefferson
State Jr. College, a Bachelor Science in
Allied Health and a Masters of Business
Administration from the University of
Alabama in Birmingham.
Robinson is the daughter of the late
Howell Carter and Dot Carter of
Clanton. She is married to James Carl
Robinson, of Verbena.
CAP Instrument Pilot Ground
School Held at Maxwell.
The AL WG Standards and Evaluation staff
presented an Instrument Pilot ground school
at Maxwell Air Force Base January 15 – 17,
2010. The three day event had two
presentations – one for Initial Instrument
Pilot training for pilots aspiring to obtain an
instrument rating and one for Recurrent
Training for existing instrument pilots.
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The Initial Instrument Pilot training class
presented the material and questions the
pilots will see when taking the FAA written
examination before beginning Instrument
Pilot flight training. Each question from the
FAA test pool was presented and lecture
and discussion were designed to assist the
pilot in learning and understanding the
principles of Instrument flight and being
prepared for the written exam.
The Recurrent Training class involved video
presentations by aviation professionals
addressing issues pertinent to the hazards
and complexity of instrument flight. Each
video was followed by lecture and
discussion on the subject. This program
was designed to address issues and offer
recurrent training to current instrument pilots
to promote knowledge, proficiency, and
safety. The attendees of the Recurrent
session received FAA Safety program
Wings credit.
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Approximately seventy CAP pilots attended
the two classes. Most were from the
Alabama Wing, eight from the Mississippi
Wing and one from the Tennessee Wing
also attended. The instructors were Captain
Donnie Todd, AL WG DOV, Captain Chris
Iddins, AL WG Deputy DOV, and Cadet
Major Sarah Todd, USAF ROTC.
Capt Donnie Todd 
ALWG/DOV 
Redstone Cadet Earns Earhart
Award
Alabama Wing Civil Air Patrol member
Cadet Captain Andrew Hall from Redstone
Composite Squadron (SER-AL-119) has
successfully completed the requirements for
the Amelia Earhart Award. He is the son of
CAP Lt Col and Mrs. John Hall of Madison,
Ala.
C/Capt Hall has been a member of CAP
since 2006 and currently serves as the
Cadet Commander in the Redstone
Composite Squadron. He is a graduate of
the Advanced Ground Search and Rescue
School at the National Emergency Services
Academy and the CAP Cadet Officer
School. Cadet Hall is a Cadet Training
Advisor at the Alabama Wing Emergency
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Services School. He has also served as a
Squadron Commander and Squadron First
Sergeant at Alabama-Mississippi Wing
Summer Encampments.
Cadet Captain Hall is a junior at Bob Jones
High School where he is the President of
the BJHS Young Republicans Club.
The Amelia Earhart Award is the one of five
major awards given to the CAP Cadets after
completing the first 11 achievements of the
cadet program. This award is named in
honor of Amelia Earhart, an American
aviator, advocate and pioneer who was lost
while attempting to be the first woman to
circumnavigate the globe.
To receive the Earhart award CAP cadets
must complete the first 11 achievements
and receive the Billy Mitchell Award. In
addition, the cadet must pass a 100
question examination test aerospace topics,
leadership theory and staff topics. Only five
percent of all CAP cadets earn the Earhart
Award. Upon receiving this award, Beck
was promoted to Cadet Captain. Earhart
Award cadets are eligible to apply for
participation in the International Air Cadet
Exchange (IACE).
SAREX Held February 2010
Overall the wide-area exercise this past
weekend went really well. There were 110
members involved with the 3 day exercise,
we used 13 different aircraft, flew 100.3
hours, and expended over 1,000 man hours
of effort. Well done! It should be noted that
only 224.9 hours were flown on all of last
Year's exercises. Also, ZERO of those
100.3 hours were flown on ferry sorties to
mission base to receive a tasking and/or to
fly home from mission base.
Alabama Wing was able to respond to two
different state-wide scenarios. The first was
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the simulated storm system that came
through the state spawning tornadoes and
causing wide area flooding. ALWG aircrews
flew missions to survey bridges,
dams, power plants, and other infrastructure
along the Tennessee and Coosa Rivers.
Missions were flown along sections of I-65,
I-59, and US231 to monitor evacuation
route traffic flow and spot stranded
motorists. Airborne Digital Imaging System
sorties were launched to document the
damage status of designated evacuation
centers and aircrews and ground teams
located multiple emergency [practice]
beacons in different parts of the state that
were activated by the inclement weather.
In addition to the disaster relief sorties,
there was also a (simulated) overdue
aircraft for which ALWG aircrews flew
search sorties. The blue & white Cessna
172 departed Muscle Shoals Thursday
evening bound for Crestview, Florida via the
Muscle Shoals, Vulcan, and Montgomery
VOR's. Many grids were searched along
the route of flight as well as other, more
intensive, creeping line searches at other
points of interest. Many crews reported
seeing what could have been wreckage and
recorded the coordinates of each sighting
which were excellent clues. Several
relocation sorties were conducted as well,
demonstrating the wing's ability to transport
personnel and equipment to various parts of
the state where they were needed.
2010 Alabama Wing Cadet Color
Guard Competition
Clanton, Ala.--An unusual snowstorm in
Central Alabama did not stop the 2010
Alabama Wing Cadet Color Guard
Competition. Alabama Wing Cadet
Programs hosted the 2010 Alabama Wing
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Cadet Color Guard Competition at the
YMCA Building in Clanton, Alabama, on 13
February 2010. The Alabama Wing Cadet
Color Guard Competition is an annual event
in which cadet color guard teams compete
to represent the Alabama Wing at the
Southeast Region Cadet Competition.
Cadets participating in the Outdoor Practical
event during the 2010 Alabama Wing Cadet
Color Guard Competition. Color Guard members
are folding the flag as judges from the Auburn
University Air Force ROTC Color Guard
observe.
Seven color guard teams from six
squadrons competed in multiple events.
Squadrons participating in the competition
were: Autaga-Elmore Cadet Squadron,
Bessemer Composite Squadron, Chilton
County Composite Squadron, Maxwell
Composite Squadron, Redstone Composite
Squadron, and Springville Cadet Squadron.
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Cadets participating in the Standard Drill event
during the 2010 Alabama Wing Cadet Color
Guard Competition.
Color Guard teams consisted of four cadets,
all of whom held enlisted grades (C/Amn
through C/CMSgt). The teams competed in
seven competitions to include In-Ranks
Inspection, Standard Drill, Indoor Practical
Drill, Outdoor Practical Drill, Written
Examination, Panel Quiz, and the Mile Run.
The events were conducted in accordance
with CAP Manual 52-4, National Cadet
Competition.
Col Lisa Robinson, Commander of the
Alabama Wing, attended the competition
and presented awards to the winning teams.
The following teams placed in the seven
competitions and overall rankings:
• In-Ranks Inspection. 1st Place:
Bessemer; 2nd Place: Maxwell.
• Standard Drill. 1st Place: Redstone
Team #1; 2nd Place: Chilton County.
• Indoor Practical Drill. 1st Place:
Bessemer; 2nd Place: Redstone Team
#1.
• Outdoor Practical Drill. 1st Place:
Chilton County; 2nd Place: Maxwell.
• Written Examination. 1st Place:
Maxwell; 2nd Place: Chilton County.
Cadet Joseph Spitzer from the Maxwell
Team attained the highest score of all
contestants on the Written Examination.
• Panel Quiz. 1st Place: Redstone Team
#1; 2nd Place: Bessemer.
• Mile Run. 1st Place: Redstone Team #2;
2nd Place: Bessemer. The Fleet Feet
Award for the fastest female runner was
presented to Cadet Kalea Hickson from
Redstone Team #2 with a time of 8 min:
20 sec. The award for the fastest male
runner was presented to Cadet Shaun
Flack of the Maxwell Team with a time
of 6 min: 22 sec.
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Third Place Overall was awarded to the
Chilton County Team consisting of Cadets
Jessica Ernest, Jacob McGowin, Andrew
McGowin, and Joshua Pearson.
Second Place Overall was awarded to the
Redstone Team #1 consisting of Cadets
Joshua Adomatis, Christopher French,
Jessica French, and Hayden Fry.
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First Place Overall was awarded to the
Bessemer Team consisting of Cadets
Timothy Blake, Brandon Bowlin, Joseph
Gay, and Corey Stewart. The Bessemer
Team will represent the Alabama Wing in
the Southeast Region Cadet Competition
that will be held in March 2010.
Lt Col John Hall, activity director for the
competition, would like to thank the cadets
and their coaches that worked to prepare
their teams for this competition. It is clear
that participating in this competition
improved the skills of the cadets in color
guard drill. As a result of this competition,
their squadrons are better prepared to
support their local communities by providing
color guards for civic and patriotic events.
Lt Col Hall also wants to thank the many
cadets and officers that helped plan and
execute this event. Alabama Wing is
fortunate to have a strong cadre of
volunteers to help with cadet program
events. Special thanks are also given to the
Auburn University Air Force ROTC Color
Guard that provided judges for the drill
events and to the Chilton County YMCA that
allowed us to use their facility for the
competition.
Lt. Col. John Hall
Alabama Wing, DCP
CONGRATULATIONS and WELL DONE to
our ALWG Color Guard Team from
Bessemer Composite Squadron! During the
Southeast Region Cadet Competition this
past weekend, our team placed SECOND in
the Indoor Presentation and FIRST in
Standard Drill!
Keep up the good work and continue to
challenge yourselves and the other cadet
color guard teams in the wing to improve
and excel during the Cadet Competitions!
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We need to be able to go all the way to
National Cadet Competition next year!
Keith Conway, Capt, CAP
Auburn Squadron/Operations
Cadet Captain Victoria Beck
receives Air Force Association
Award
On 22 Mar 2010 Cadet Captain Victoria
Beck was awarded the Air Force
Association (AFA) Award for Redstone’s
Cadet of the Year. This AFA-sponsored
award consists of a medal and ribbon and is
presented annually to outstanding CAP
cadets in each Squadron. To be eligible for
the award recipients must display personal
attributes such as initiative, judgment, and
self-confidence, courteous demeanor, in
addition to possessing the highest personal
and ethical standards and strong positive
convictions.
On behalf of the AFA, Colonel John Phillips (L)
presents citation to Cadet Captain Victoria Beck
(R) in recognition of outstanding achievement in
leadership and academic standing
Beck joined CAP in 2006 and has been a
very active member since. Beck has
participated in numerous encampments and
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was selected to be a member of the
National Blue Berets who support the
Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual
air show at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Beck has
earned her Earhart has served in many staff
positions to include that of Cadet
Commander. Beck is currently a student at
East Limestone high school in Athens, AL.
Capt. Kim Miller
Redstone Composite Squadron PAO
The Civil Air Patrol Is Watching
Out For You
Saturday, February 27, 2010, the Alabama
Wing of the Civil Air Patrol conducted a
statewide Search and Rescue Exercise
(SAREX) with the Redstone Composite and
Huntsville CAP Squadrons participating
from their Madison County Executive Airport
mission base. During the SAREX a
commercial airline flying over Huntsville
reported to Huntsville Air Traffic Control
(ATC) that they were picking up a signal
from an Emergency Locator Transmitter
(ELT). Huntsville ATC then requested
assistance from CAP to determine the
location of the ELT.
A CAP aircrew from Huntsville was flying
their aircraft in a practice area of the
SAREX when they were tasked by Wing
Mission Base to determine the location of
the ELT. Three personnel make an aircrew
in a CAP aircraft, and this time those
members were pilot Captain Ian Johnston,
Mission Observer, 2Lt. Joel Mason and
Mission Scanner 2Lt. Dave Reynolds.
The Mission Observer, the aircrew boss,
sits in the right seat of the aircraft and uses
direction finding equipment to direct the pilot
to the source of the distress signal. The
CAP pilot responds to the Mission Observer
by executing tactical maneuvers to align
antennas on the aircraft with the signal
emanating from the ELT. In this case, the
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CAP aircrew determined that the location of
the ELT was Moontown airport. While
circling overhead, Capt. Johnston contacted
the FBO Unicom to inform them of an
emitting ELT at their location. The
Moontown FBO acknowledged the message
from Johnston and soon the ELT was silent.

Mason, the Mission Observer on this flight,

was pleased that his crew was already in
the air on a training mission which made
them immediately available to assist when
the ‘real thing’ came along. In this case,
fortunately it was a false alarm.
S/Sgt Sigley chose to stay and participated
Capt. Kim Miller in the Moral Leadership team building
Redstone Composite PAO class.
Maj. Lynn Toney
Boaz Schools Squadron
Boaz Schools Squadron hosts
Air Force Recruiter

Squadron AL 801 meeting: Guest Speaker, Boaz Squadron awarded AFA

Staff Sgt. Sigley, from the Rainbow City Air Grant to purchase model
Force Recruiter's office. Aircraft.

He talked about his personal history in the
Air Force and then answered many
questions from cadets.
Cadets asked him about rank, PT, warfare,
demolition, housing, and different degrees
that could be obtained while in the Air
Force.
Back row: Capt. Lynn Toney, C/TSgt. Jake
Toney, C/Sara Tim White, C/SSgt.
Katherine Young, C/1st Lt. Ryan Erskine,
C/MSgt. Justus Holland, Capt Sonya
Erskine, Commander; Moral Leadership
Officer, Jamie Burton.

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Bottom row: C/A1C Nicholas Harvey,
C/Amn Sam Burnett, Cadet Coby Cobb,
C/Amn Jacob Gore, C/TSgt Seth Gore
Cadets Win Scholarships
Cadet Lt. Col. Stephanie Petelos, AL 087,
and Cadet 2 Lt. Hayden Djuric, AL 032 have
been awarded CAP Flight Scholarships.
Tuscaloosa designates
Maj. Elise Peterson, Officer of
the Year
Commandant of our cadets, Maj. Elise
Peterson. She is being given the Officer of
the Year Award by Col. Lisa Robinson. Maj.
Peterson has been invaluable in helping to
grow our cadet program from 2 cadets to 18
cadets. This is the beginning of a bright
future for our composite squadron.
Capt Mike Carr
Tuscaloosa Squadron PAO
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April 24-25, LtCol Pete Norris, the SER ES
Officer, will be conducting ICS400 in
Birmingham. To register for this course,
please go to the ALWG website at
http://www.alwg.cap.gov, login, then go to
the Training page of the Ops & Emergency
Services section.
It is required to be an Incident Commander
or Liasion Officer and recommended for
PIO, Air or Operations Branch Director,
Finance or Logistics Chief.
CISM introduces Emotional
Control
Handling our emotions is vital to being fit to
serve. If we let ourselves become
overwhelmed by our emotions then we are
liable to commit life threatening errors.
Certainly the inability to effectively control
our feelings can lead to illness, fatigue and
stress, which can not only affect our jobs
but also our families and indeed all of our
relationships.
The emotions we feel are all part of being
human, and are valid based on the
circumstances. Emotions become a
problem when we hurt ourselves, hurt
someone else, or break stuff we don’t own.
For example, if you are going through a
divorce and are feeling depressed, well then
that would be an appropriate emotional
response. However, if due to your
depression, you cannot leave the house or
get out of bed, you are likely to lose your
job. Of course depression can run
completely out of control and result in
suicidal feelings as well. Perhaps anger is
an issue. Maybe you are one of those
people who get really angry in a traffic jam.
You are late for work and there you are
stuck in traffic on I-20 heading into
Birmingham. You pound the steering wheel,
your blood pressure goes up and the next
thing you know you are out of your car
screaming at the person in front of you.
Road rage can defiantly result in someone
getting hurt.
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The key to controlling emotions is to better
understand how you experience emotions.
Do you anger quickly, are you prone to
sadness or self destructive behavior. Be
honest with yourself. All emotions are okay,
so long as you don’t hurt yourself, hurt
someone else, or break stuff. I’ve said that
twice now, so it must be important. Most
negative emotions are the result of feeling
out of control. Rational Emotive Behavior
Therapy has given us a model to examine
this. A + B = C is very simple and looks like
this. A is an activating event, B is our belief
about that event which leads to C the
emotional consequences we experience
because of our beliefs. Looking at the
formula we see that an activating event is
something that happens, which usually we
cannot control, such as a traffic jam. Our
belief or self talk about that event leads to
our emotions. So, if we are telling ourselves
that this traffic jam is going to cost us our
job, and then we will lose our family, and
our house and the world will come to an
end, then we are going to be pretty mad.
Therefore, the secret to controlling our
emotional consequences lies with the ability
to control our self talk. As pilots we train to
do this in critical situations such as engine
failures or when the landing gear won’t
come down. If we let ourselves panic then
all may be lost. So we talk to ourselves and
tell ourselves to remain calm and fly the
airplane. The same holds true in everyday
situations. What you tell yourself about an
event will dictate the emotions you feel. The
next time you are in a traffic jam, try telling
yourself you cannot control the event, ask
yourself what do I need to do, whom should
I communicate with and remember to drive
the car. Playing some calming music and
drinking water won’t hurt either.
Self talk, should never be confused with
schizophrenia, it is a positive way to keep
our emotions in check. Sometimes all it
takes is a reminder that the world is not
coming to an end, to bring an event into the
proper perspective. Always remember that
all of our emotions are valid and healthy, so
long as we don’t hurt ourselves, hurt
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someone else, or break stuff. There you go
three times in one article.
Please stay safe and emotionally healthy.
Jon Garlick, Capt. CAP
ALWG CISO
THE RF FACTOR
For the Communications Team I want to say
thanks to everyone who attended the
communications breakout sessions at Wing
Conference. I also thank everyone for all the
work that has gone into the communications
program this past year. Here's a little look at
what's going on.
We have to complete the annual
communications inventory by 15 March
using ORMS. We are finding a few issues
that have to be worked through so thanks
for all who are involved. In May we are
scheduled for this year's Survey Audit. We
have the Compliance Inspection in June.
Some special events coming up include an
exercise with the Department of Homeland
Security in May and a multi-region exercise
in August. It looks to be a very busy year. Of
course we also have an unannounced
communications effectiveness exercise at
some point in the future.
We just received approval to relocate the
Daphne repeater so we hope to have it back
on the air soon.
I want to welcome the newest member of
the Wing Communications staff. Captain
Ernie Blair has accepted appointment as an
assistant to the director and will be working
primarily with training. More about upcoming
plans later.
Thanks again for all your support.
David Hester, Major, CAP
Alabama Wing Director of Communications.
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The Alabama Wing IG is Lt.
Col. Joe Saloom. He can be
contacted at IG@alwg.us.
Safety Brief
Did You Know?
Did you know General Courter’s very first
job in the Civil Air Patrol was as a Safety
Officer? This is true. She was asked what
she’d like to do and “safety” was her
answer. She still chooses safety today as
the National Commander of the country’s
largest Cessna fleet of aircraft and very
spirited organization of 59,000 volunteer
professionals. Aren’t we all “generals” in
safety?
Until Next Month
Discover, report, stop, share, listen, and
learn. The things we have read about in this
issue [The Sentinel] have already
happened, so you are not allowed to
experience these for yourself. Remember to
“Knock it Off” and slow down. For streaming
dialogues on some subjects, remember
CAP Safety is on Facebook and Twitter.
Have a good month.
Public Affairs
On a personal note, it has been an
interesting spring for me and my family. My
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thanks go out to all of you for your kind
thoughts and prayers during my surgery and
time for recovery, which took longer than I
expected.
On a CAP note, part of the responsibility of
a public affairs officer is to send articles
forward to the Wing, SER, and National PA
as appropriate. What I see happening is
that much is being posted to blogs,
websites, twitter, etc and not enough is
being forwarded as required by CAPR 190.
Please write up promotions, exercises,
open-houses and send them to me and to
higher headquarters so that they can be
shared with other CAP squadrons. We
learn from each other.
I'd like you also to welcome Capt. Trish
Coghlan as the assistant Public Affairs
Officer for the Wing. She has a great deal
of knowledge to share with us and I am
looking forward to having her around to
help. When you see her, thank her for
joining the Wing Staff in this position.
The next deadline for Newsletter Items
will be May 25, 2010.
The SER Conference and the Wing
Conference Report are the last items in this
newsletter. I'm looking forward to the SER
Conference--please join me there.
Maj. Pat Mitcham
AlWG/PAO
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POC: Capt. Phil Norris, Asst. SER DPA
(601) 325-6800
norris.phil@gmail.com

(Maxwell AFB, AL) – Colonel James Rushing, Commander of the SER CAP announced
recently that the Southeast Region Civil Air Patrol Conference will be held from 21-23 May
2010 at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center, located at 2443 Highway 54 West in
Peachtree City, GA.

The conference includes an early bird special registration, a Friday night fun function, a wide
variety of educational seminars, and a Saturday night banquet.

Conference Registration Details are as follows: (Please see registration form at end of this
document)

EARLY BIRD - BY
CONFERENCE AND BANQUET - SENIOR MEMBER 4/20/10 $85.00
EARLY BIRD - BY
CONFERENCE AND BANQUET - CADETS 4/20/10 $75.00
EARLY BIRD - BY
CONFERENCE ONLY - SENIOR MEMBERS 4/20/10 $45.00
EARLY BIRD - BY
CONFERENCE ONLY - CADETS 4/20/10 $35.00
CONFERENCE AND BANQUET - SENIOR MEMBER AFTER 4/20/10 $105.00
CONFERENCE AND BANQUET - CADETS AFTER 4/20/10 $95.00
CONFERENCE ONLY - SENIOR MEMBERS AFTER 4/20/10 $55.00
CONFERENCE ONLY - CADETS AFTER 4/20/10 $45.00
BANQUET ONLY - NON-CAP MEMBER AFTER 4/20/10 $50.00

Hotel accommodations are as follows:

Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center

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2443 Highway 54 West, Peachtree City, GA 30269
Phone: (770) 487-2000 Fax: (770) 487-5190
Group rates at the Wyndham in Peachtree City, GA will be guaranteed until 5:00 p.m. EST on
Tuesday, 20 April 2010. After that date, rates will be honored on an as available basis, so please
book early. The rates are per room, per night and are subject to sales and occupancy tax,
currently 13%.

Single Occupancy: $73.00 per room, per night

Double Occupancy: $73.00 per room, per night
Parlor Suite with King: $250.00 per suite, per night

You may reserve your room by calling and asking for group “CAP SER.”

Please ensure the widest dissemination of this information to all members of the Southeast
Region of Civil Air Patrol. An agenda will be drafted and forwarded via separate correspondence
as soon as that information is available.

For Information Contact:

Lt Colonel Virginia M. Cullity, CAP
42 Circle Ridge
Lake Placid, FL 33852

virginiacullity@embarqmail.com
863-699-1287

Links to various Conference Forms:

Ground Transportation Form

http://sercap.us/resources/13/Region%20Conference/2010%20Conference/Transportation%20As
sistance%20Request.doc

Conference Registration Form (mail-in)

http://sercap.us/resources/13/Region%20Conference/2010%20Conference/Registration.doc

Conference Registration Form (online)

https://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?e=684ed49a-1fbb-46ff-
a053-10437beffb59

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• Officer of the Year: Major Elise Peterson

• Cadet of the Year: C/Major Jonathan Ernest

• John “Jack” Sorenson Cadet Program of the Year: Capt Keith Conway

• Cadet Jr Office of the Year: C/2nd Lt Michael Guthrie

• Cadet NCO of the Year: C/MSgt Catherine Guthrie

• Frank Brewer Award: Major Randall Hanney

• C/1LT Ryan Erskine

• Communicator of the Year: Capt Carl Hultin

• Public Affairs Officer of the Year: Major Patricia H. Mitcham

• Aerospace Educator of the Year: Capt Cynthia R. Bennett

• Wing Staff Member of the Year: Major David Hester

• Safety Officer of the Year: 1Lt Ron Harlan

• Composite Squadron of the Year: Bessemer Composite Squadron AL-087

• Senior Squadron of the Year: Central Alabama Senior Squadron AL-132

• Squadron of Merit: Redstone Composite Squadron AL-119

• Squadron Safety Of the year: Pell City Composite Squadron AL-118

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 Pictures by Lt. Col. Coghlan and Lt. Col. Rick Kilgore

My thanks to Lt. Col. Coghlan, Lt. Col. Rick Kilgore, and Maj. John Neil for pictures and
information on the Wing Conference. There are 500-600 pictures from the conference that need
to be shared along with all the others I have on file. Suggestions are needed as to the best way
to share this historical information.

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