Kansas Wing - Jun 2009

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PERSPECTIVES: INCREDIBLE PEOPLE

66 year Hiatus for 90 year old pilot

Maury Marler is 90-years-old is getting his wings as astudent pilot.

No, I'm not kidding. And yes, he did pass his flightphysical. If you were to meet him, you would think he wasmuch younger. He has all his original knee and hip jointsand he is as sharp as a razor.

"I don't feel like I'm 91, either," said Marler.

Marler was born in 1918 while World War I was still ragingin Europe. That was the war that saw the first real use ofairplanes in combat.

Victims of Crisis City

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But by World War II, young Marler was in flight schoolafter signing up with the Utah National Guard's ROTCprogram to help pay for college. Military flight schooldidn't go so well. He washed out, but he did get a civilianprivate pilot's license in 1941, but it long since expired.The log book he started using back then has a 66-yeargap until 2008 when he went to Galvin Flight Service atSeattle's Boeing Field to take up flying again.

Marler says the flying bug took a long hiatus. "I didn'tthink it would, but it did," said Marler. He was inspired to

take up flying again after moving into a retirementcommunity near Renton Airport.

The reality was that Marler's life was all about flying, butnot just as a pilot. As an officer in the U.S. Air Force, hewas a navagator and logged more than 3,000 hourshelping pilots get to their destinations. After rising to therank of Lt. Colonel, he retired in 1967. Then he had asecond career working at Boeing.

Marler says he will only fly if he can do it safely.I'll fly maybe another year, maybe two. Maybe longerthan that if my health holds up like it is right now, saidMarler.

-from King 5 NewsSeattl

As the sun rose over the rubble pile, so did the criesfor help shortly followed by swarms of rescue teamsfrom the surrounding counties and cities. The daygrew warmer and so did the stress of the rescueteams as they worked hard to free the trappedvictims as the heat rose. The scenario that wascreated on 22 June 2009 included a train withbio-hazardous materials crashing and knocking down abuilding.

Civil Air Patrol cadets and seniors from around Kansas

Wing joined to participate in a disaster exercise as victims.

Participants arrived early and were placed in the livingrubble pile before the simulated crisis was initiated.

Safety was on the forefront of everyones mind. In the

hours that followed each victim was pulled from the pile

safely. After the pile was cleared of victims, some cadets

returned to a trapped car to allow the rescue teams to

practice with large equipment. Lunch was provided by the

Red Cross which consisted of beef, potatoes, fruit cup,

vegetables and a roll. Everyone had a wonderful time but

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Kansas City Composite Squadrons Honor Guard has been busy. They opened the Kansas City Wizards firgame along with their B2 Flyover, posted colors at funerals for CAP family members, and recently theKansas City Royals on June 13th. They are scheduled for other events in the future and are in demand.Kansas City Composite serves the Greater Kansas City area, and the word is spreading about the team.

Cadets Left to Right, c/CMSgt Nicholas Woods,c/Col Daniel Metcalf, c/1stLt Emily Wilson, andc/1stLt Austin Ahlgren at Kaufman Stadium

Flight Training in Hays

Early June, Col Barney King and Lt Col Eric

Shappee traveled to Hays to provide CAPflight operations familiarization training to

members of the new unit. The first half of the

training consisted of a review of CAPR 60-1,pilot notebooks, WMIRS and e-services.

After a short break for lunch, a few of the

attendees received a familiarization flightthat introduced form 5 requirements and

oriented new members to the equipment in

the aircraft. Among the members whoattended the training were LtCol Errol

Wuertz, Major Kaylynn Philip, and SM JedSimpson. Errol came to the training because

he serves as a scanner and observer onaircrews. The information provided was

helpful to aircrew members as well as pilots.

The training ended around 6:00 pm with areview and discussion of the CAPF 108 and

reimbursement policy. Soon the Hays Unit

will be receiving a CAP C-172.


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Kansas Wing Quick NotesExceptional Service Award

Maj Jeffery D. Morris NCR KS 066

Maj Phillip Aye NCR KS 077Col Tim Hansen NCR KS 066

Meritorious Service Award

Capt Randolph J. Colby Jr. NCR KS 125Capt Glenn A. Fortmayer NCR KS 801

Maj Jerrol Bahner NCR KS 035

Lt. Col. Jack Bender NCR KS 001Lt Col John Schmidt NCR KS 061

Commanders Commendation

C/Capt Matthew M. Simmonds NCR KS 001

C/Capt Sarah M. Wildman NCR KS 001C/Lt Col. Mitchell W. Edwards NCR KS 001

SM Hollie L. Shappee NCR KS 001

1Lt Denise N. Davis NCR KS 0771Lt Leighton L. Davis NCR KS 077

1Lt William D. James NCR KS 034

1Lt Kyle J. Velasquez NCR KS 092

1Lt Lauri L. Emery NCR KS 061

1Lt George Tom Page NCR KS 125

Capt Mark W. Lahan NCR KS 066Capt Alan M. Simon NCR KS 034

Capt Daniel L. Marvin NCR KS 123

Capt Catherine E. Metcalf NCR KS 034Capt Robert L. Moore NCR KS 031

Maj Jonathan A. Holder NCR KS 001

Maj Theda J. Franz NCR KS 001

Maj Brian J. Budden NCR KS 035Maj Ron D. Schlesener NCR KS 077Maj Kimberly S. Grissom NCR KS 077

Lt Col Michael E. Madden NCR KS 035

Lt Col Dennis Pearson NCR KS 061Col Bernard F. King NCR KS 001

Col Burgess W. Rennels Jr. NCR KS 061

Achievement Award

C /Maj Erin Lahan NCR KS 077

2Lt Venicia Doubrava NCR KS 057

2Lt Joshua Jones NCR KS 066

1Lt JD Spradling NCR KS 1231Lt Jordan Winemiller NCR KS 077

1Lt Paul Bayless NCR KS 061Capt Danny Phillips NCR KS 092

Capt. Lynn Haltom NCR KS 001Lt Col Elaine Hoch NCR KS 001

Lt Col Ron Williams NCR KS 001

Lt Col Stephen S. LaBash NCR KS 001

Col Jerome Hanson NCR KS 001

Cadet NCO of the Year

C/CMSgt Jon Davis NCR KS 077

Cadet Officer of the Year

C/1Lt Sarah Wildman NCR KS 001

Yeager Awards

2Lt Venicia Doubrava NCR KS 057

2Lt Ronald Hearns NCR KS 057Capt Kim Torkelson NCR KS 057

Cadet of the Year

C /Maj Erin Lahan NCR KS 077

Family of the Year

The Lahan Family

Squadron of Merit

Howard Williams Composite Squadron

AE Officer of the Year

Capt Glenn Fortmayer NCR KS 801

Safety Officer of the Year

Maj Jerrol Bahner NCR KS 035Unit Safety Officer of the Year

1Lt John T. Moore NCR KS 123

Senior of the Year

1Lt Tom Page NCR KS 125

Squadron of the Year

Flint Hills Composite Squadron

Squadron Commander of the Year

Col. Tim Hansen NCR KS 066

Cadet Programs Officer of the Year

Capt Mark Lahan NCR KS 066

Ed Hill AwardGroundEmerald City Composite Squadron

IC

Col. Tim Hansen

VFW NCOs of the Year

C/MSgt Makayla White NCR KS 061C/CMSgt Kalvin Piper NCR KS 057

C/Lt Brandon W. Doubrava NCR KS 057

VFW Officers of the Year

C/Capt Sara Wildma NCR KS 001

C/Capt Matt Simmonds NCR KS 001C/Lt. Col. Mitch Edwards NCR KS 001

Mitchell AwardC/CMSgt Jon Davis

Earhart Award

C/1Lt Sarah Wildman

Bob Moore promoted to Major

Gill Rob Wilson Award

Maj Phillip Aye NCR KS 077

Maj Jeffery Morris NCR KS 066

Lt. Col Dennis Pearson NCR KS 061

For more Congrats see page 10

Congrats to ...


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EVERYDAY HEROES

EVERY DAYMore than 50 members of Kansas Winggathered in Abilene for the Search andRescue Exercise 12-14 June 2009. Wingmembers demonstrated their ability torespond to emergencies during the wing'sbiannual evaluation by the U.S. Air Force,with inspectors reviewing a variety ofareas, including ground team operations,air operations, and safety.

While Air Force evaluators observed,teams responded to several scenariossimulating actual missions. Operationswere coordinated at a mission base at theAbilene National Guard Armory.Exercises included missing personsearches, missing aircraft searches andseveral emergency locator transmittersearches. Each simulated mission testedthe ability of aircrews and ground searchand rescue teams to locate targets.

Mission pilot 1LT Tom Page said, Beinginvolved in CAP is a good way to serveothers.

Mission base staff reported Friday night

and were quickly tasked with a simulated

search for some local fishermen who had

not come home on time.

Staff members scrambled to form teams and dothe necessary briefings and paperwork todispatch searchers. Saturday morning startedwith a briefing and then members moved totheir duty stations to wait for more trainingscenarios. CAP aircraft from Salina, Topeka,Gardner, and Wichita participated in thetraining.

Members of Kansas City Composite Squadron,

New Century Composite Squadron, LawrenceComposite Squadron, the 77th CompositeSquadron, Flint Hills Composite Squadron,Howard Williams Composite Squadron,Emerald City Composite Squadron, TopekaEagle Squadron, Hays Composite Flight, andKansas Wing Headquarters served on aircrews,mission base staff, and ground teams duringthe training. North Central Region staffmembers Col Joe Casler, from Columbia, MOand Lt Col Diana Bush, from St. Louis, MO also

lent their expertise and served on mission basestaff.

LEFT: 1LT JD Spradling, CadetMakayla White, Lt Col Scott Harvey,

Cadet Dakota Schooler, 1LT William

James managing mission

communications.

RIGHT: Col Barney King debriefing

CAPFLIGHT 1492 crewmembers

Outlaw, Simon, and Crockett.


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Major Rick Franz tracking mission

expenses and paperwork as the Finance

and Admin Section Chief.

Major Phillip Aye dispatching groundteams.

Col Joe Casler, North Central Region DO,

directing operations from the incident

command post.

1LT Brian Nicholas teaching Cadet

Dustin Houston, Cadet Noah Velasquez,

and Cadet Zach Potter how to use the

direction finding equipment.

Lt Col Errol Wuertz completing mission

aircrew paperwork after a sortie.

1LT Karen Pearson signing in personnel and

resources at mission base.

Cadets Dustin

Houston, Noah

Velasquez, and

Zach Potter learn

about body

blocking from 1Lt

Brian Nicholas.

Major Jon Holder, 1LT Aaron Diller, and 1LT

Tom Page working on communications

equipment to support the mission.

1LT Paul Bayless and Captain NicholeSchlesener tracking ground operations.


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Ellsworth Cadets Participate

in Color Guard Competition

The fog lifts justlightly enough tosee the red, whiteand blue clothbeing raised on themetal pole. Themembers of thecolor guard werecrisp in every

movement with thetenseness of competition in the air. Dawn came earlyand started with a mile run. By dinner, the fate willhave been determined.

On June 5-6, 2009, the Ellsworth Flight of theCivil Air Patrol attended the Regional Color Guardcompetition at Camp Ripley, MN. There theyrepresented the personnel of the Kansas Wing. Theteam won the State competition in April of 2009. Theteam composed of: C/CMSgt. Kalvin Piper (team com-mander), C/CMSgt. Bradley Doubrava (senior flagbearer), C/TSgt. Zachary Piper (rifleman), and C/Sr.Amn. Dorian Torkelson (rifleman). Other membersof the team included, C/TSgt. Christian Torkelson,the team alternate, C/ 2d Lt. Brandon Doubrava, theteam coach and advisor. The chaperones and driverswere Captain Kim Torkelson, 2nd Lieutenant VeniciaDoubrava, Major Rick Franz and Col. Burgess Rennels.Throughout the competition, spirits remained highand confident as each team fought for victory yetbonded with the other competitors. Everyoneremained optimistic and kept a positive attitude. TheKansas Wing Color Guard won the Spirit award; thiswas in part because they all had matching golf hatsacquired along the trip. The spirit award is given to a

team who has something unique, something thatexhibits team solidarity. The Minnesota Wing ColorGuard won the competition and will be representingthe North Central Region at the national competitionin Oregon next month. Every team looked superb andperformed at an amazing level of professionalism.Every team brought great honor and pride tothemselves, their wing, and to the soldiers serving tokeep the country safe. It was difficult to distinguishthe best. The color guard sends their thanks to theVFW and the Kansas Wing for their support.

By Capt Kim Torkelson and C/Lt Col Mitch Edwards

18 Members of Kansas Wing Civil Air Patrol (CAP)

completed Community Emergency Response Team(CERT) training in Olathe, KS on 6 June. TheOlathe Fire Department conducted the training.CERT is part of the national Citizen Corps under theDepartment of Homeland Security. Lt Col ScottHarvey, Capt James Vano, and C/CMSgt IsaacVano coordinated this CERT class with the OlatheFire Department to include CAP members.CERT training prepares members to first helpthemselves during and after a disaster/emergencysituation, then those nearby, next theneighborhood, and finally joining other CERT

members at a Staging Area as a team to assistother emergency responders in the area save livesand protect property.

Often there arent enough law enforcement, EMS,and fire personnel to respond to a major incidentcovering a large area for many hours, andsometimes days. According to the CERT manualmembers will be able to do the greatest good forthe greatest number of victims after a disaster,while protecting themselves from becoming avictim.

The following topics were covered during the 20hour course: Disaster preparedness, fire safety,disaster medical operations, light SAR operations,CERT organization, disaster psychology, basicterrorism awareness, basic HAZMAT awareness,and ended in a disaster simulation exercise.

Community Emergency Response TrainingHeld in Olathe


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MEET THE COMMANDERS

Major Bob Mooreoften is acknowledged first from themany small faces in the buildings,before Bob himself is addressed.

Bob Joined the Civil Air Patrol inDecember, 2001. CompletedSquadron Leadership School andthe Corporate Learning course in2004. He has earned hisMembership award, the Search andRescue award, the Yeager

Aerospace Education Award and theGrover Loening Aerospace award.He has received 2 CommandersCommendations.He is a C.A.P. Senior Pilot. He hasserved his squadron as a TestingOfficer, Assistant Finance Officer,Safety Officer and currently asSquadron Commander.

Teachers College, with an emphasisin business administration and aminor in economics. After college,including a service stint in the UnitedState Navy Reserve from 1964 1968, Bob made his way back toSublette.

Bob is one of those citizens whoeveryone knows. He is very active inhis community through organizationssuch as the American Legion, The Airforce Association and the mensorganization in his home church,Sublette United Methodist, and hasbeen the city treasurer for the past 35years. In addition he has been theDirector of Operations for UnifiedSchool District #374 for 29 years. Hecan typically be found on thecampuses with his shadow, Sugar his faithful black lab mix. Sugar is theadopted school mascot who, most

If you enjoy being aroundsomeone with a great sense ofhumor and an infectious laughaccompanying it, you need toseek out Robert Moore but, helltell you to just call him Bob. Bobis a life-long resident of theSouthwestern Kansas communityof Sublette, nuzzled betweenLiberal and Garden City. He andhis wife, Ivy, have made their

home there for 38 years. Theyhave two grown children, RyanMoore of Lawrence, and ChristineMoore of Amarillo. Ryan and hiswife, Laura, have presented Bobwith one of his joys, his grand-daughter Nico, 21 months old.

Mr. Moore graduated with hisBachelor of Science degree fromEmporia State University, whichwas then deemed Kansas State

~ Special Thanks to Paula Leverett for herviews on Maj. Moore

Newly certified CERT members are from the followingunits:

Emporia Composite Squadron #077: Maj Phil-lip Aye, C/Levi Browning, C/Dustin Houston, TriciaLarson, Maj Ronald Schlesener.

Lawrence Composite Squadron #061: 1st

LtKaren R. Pearson, 1

stLt Sherman Yacher.

New Century Composite Squadron #123: LtCol Craig Butter, Maj Roger Eaton, C/Capt Aubry J.Eaton, C/TSgt Muriel Eaton, C/AB Brandon Larson, C/Amn Jonathan Morris, Lt Col Vernon Nelson, C/MSgtAlex Rex, 1

stLt Dana Snyder, Capt James F. Vano, C/

CMSgt Isaac Vano.

The following members participated as victims duringthe course:

Emporia Composite Squadron #077: C/ZachPotter, C/Gabrielle Roth.

New Century Composite Squadron #123: C/

Sean Pittman, C/AB Claire Roarty, C/CMSgt JonathanTompkins, C/ Keeton Ramsdell, and C/ Shelby Reed.Capt Vanos daughter, Glenna, also partici-

pated as a victim.


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3024 Arnold Ave.

Salina, Kansas

67401-8105

785-825-0009

FAX 785-825-1116

[email protected]

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Kansas Wing

Civil Air Patrol

The Eyes of America's Skies

Shawnee MissionKS 029

Celebrates the

Thunderbirds

c. 2003

Kansas Wing Cadet

Advisory CouncilThe KSWG Cadet Advisory Council elected new

board members during the recent wing conference.

The new board members consist of: C/Lt Col Mitch

Edwards (Chair), C/1st Lt Marah Carney (Vice Chair),

C/CMSgt Spencer Kerfoot (Recorder), and C/2d Lt

Brandon Doubrava (Parliamentarian). The council

has numerous goals and plans for the upcoming term.

If you have ideas that you would like the council to

consider please contact C/Lt Col Mitch Edwards [email protected]. Good luck to the new

council.

Congrats to continuedCapt Sammy WilliamsLevel 3

Capt Linette LahanLevel 3

Capt Linette LahanRegion Staff College

Maj Ron SchlesenerRegion Staff College

Col Regena AyeSenior IG School

Lt Col Eric ShappeeSenior IG School

Maj Rick FranzSenior IG School

C.Lt Col Mitch EdwardsBasic PAO/MIO Course

Lt Carol HearnsBasic PAO/MIO Course

On 23 June 2009, the

same members that

participated in the Crisis

City as victims, participated as victims for the hospital

exercise. Before the activity, everyone had moulage

applied to simulate various injuries from minor scrapes

to major gashes with intestines hanging out. The victims

were transported to the hospital sporadically to produce

a stressful situation for the Emergency Room staff. The

hospital staff was exceptionally professional and polite

Crisis CityContinued from page 1

as well as efficient as they dealt with the large influx ofpatients. The cadets obviously enjoyed being the victimat the hospital. The moulage was done by the policedepartment and was quite believable. These two daysprovided a great opportunity for the cadets to learn aboutemergency services from the view of the victim which isinvaluable. Many thanks to the organizations that allowedthe Civil Air Patrol to participate.

All applications (CAPF 31) need to becompleted, signed by the Unit

Commander and mailed to:

KSWG Headquarters ATTN: Maj Franz3024 Arnold Ave.Salina KS 67401

Email completed applications [email protected]

Staffapplicants please make contact ASAP. AllCadets must have Basic ORM and all Staff and Senior

Members Must have Basic and Intermediate ORM.

ATTENTION: ALL KANSAS WING CADETS

2009 Winter Encampment

26 December2 JanuaryArmy National GuardRegional Training Center, Salina

Cost$100.00

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