St Croix Squadron - Sep 2009

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The Aviatorst. CroixComposite Squadron

Vo lume 23, Numb er 5, S ~tl7.l :l . ber 2009

Minnesota Wing - Civil Air Patrol -U,S, Air Force Auxiliary

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st. Croix Squadron Appoints NewDeputy Conunander of Cadets

02 JUly 2009, The st. oro Ix Comp 0 ait.e squadron has anno unced a new Deputy Commander illr the

adeta, Sec 0nd I.Jeutenant charles .rent.s. 21.t. charles .rente :firE joined Civ 11Air Patrol in Auguat 200 'i ' jUEt

fter hia daughter GAtC. Kati .rente joined a few months earlier.

t. charles .rente has Eerfed to date as the units LogiEtiCE Officer, communicattone and Emergency S ervtces

fficer and now as it'E Deputy Commander of oa deta.

e replan eEMaj. Dan F 0sterling who has Eerved as Deputy commander 0f c adets for the p ast ae v en years.

aj. Fo ateriing joined Civ 11Air Patrol a few years back when hia 0wn daughters b ecarne cadeta and has Eeen

hem adv anc 1 3 and grow through the Cadet pro grams .

After a long and diettngulahed term as itE deputy commander, Maj.Dan Fo ateriing has decided to step down

lr a long needed break and let another take the reigns 0fthe pro gram. He has dedi ca ted many ho urs to the

v 11Air Pa trol pro grams.

know I can sp eak illr all of the m emb erE of the st. croix squadron r----

and we woul d like to thank Maj.Dan Fo sterilng illr hia many years

of Eern ce in Civil Air P atroIand illr hiEdedic ation as it' E

eputy Comm ander for cadets and Mo ral Lea derahip orne er

(MLO).

wish him the v ery best in hia CAP retirem ent and ho p 1 3 to E1 3 1 3

im from time to tim e.

know I EP eak for all 0fthe st. cro Ix squadron m emberEwhen I Eay

ongra tula tio ns Lt. .rente on your new pOEting!



St.Croix Squadron Hosts Boy Scout

Hangar Tour with EAA Chapter 54On saturday, 11 JUly 200 Q , The st. Cro 1 x Squa dro n ho sted an Aero spa ce Edue atio n &hangar tour illr the BO

sco uta Tro op #4:34 froru white Bear Lake, MN".

ThiE Aero sp ac 1 3 Edue ation hangar tour was in coop eratio n with the ruonthly EAA Young E agleE firE t fJ.1gbt

pro gram which iEput on by the 10cal EAA chapter #5410cated at the Lake Elm 0Airp crt (21D).

The Young EagleE program iEheld every second saturday of the ruonth froru May through october each year

ThiE event iEsp0ns ored by the pllo tE of EAA Chapter #54ua Ing their 0wn aircraft and their 0wn tim e.

The BOy SCouts tro op #4:34 had been camping out on the grounds 0tvaulters Aviation fro m Frt day m ght

('i' /10) thro ugh sunday m orning ('i' /12) . All of theE 1 3 EC uta were all pretty jaa zed up fro m their firEt flights they

rea etv ed and a day 0f avia1;10 immerEion.

'I'W 0 groupEof Boy s Couts were arrang ed by the EAA memb era to tour appro xim ately :3to 4 hangars

immedlately after the conclusi on of saturday E:firE flight.s. ThiE to ur was Eeheduled fro m 1:300 ho urs to 1400

hours. Each group had COnEsted of one adult memb er and 8 ECoute.

We had 2 Eenio r m emb erE and 2cadets 0n hand for the guided tou r. FirEt we gave each group an intro duction

on CivilAir P atro 1 ofwho we are and what it iEwe do. Next we g av 1 3 ea ch group a cl 0 E 3 up view 0 four aircraft.

Each BOy Scout had an opp 0rtun1ty to Eit in our aircraft and get a cloE1 3 up 10ok at what we fly .

Next we Eent the gro up up Etairs where our tw 0 cadet memb era had given a p era 0nal tour of the cadets area

and sh o wed a :3minute video 0n the cadet pro grams. Next they conducted a questdo n and answ er EeE si o n to

E 3 1 3 if anyone had any sp ec1:ficquestdons .

.After the up Etairs tour 0fthe cadet area we bro ught each group through the rest of the m a1 n :fioor Equad ro 0

and handed out EOue litera ture on Civil Air Pa trol and answered any rem a1n1ngquestto na. Mo EtBOy SCOUtE

Eeemed very interested in 0ur pro gram,

I woul d like to thank Maj.David Kenan, ClCMSgt.David TrUdeau and CISrA. CaEey petry for their time and

effortE to supp crt our pro gram and to attend tbt EAero Ep ac 1 3Edue atio nt hangar to ur event



MN Wing Shows Support for A Fallen Heron 24 JUly 2009,

UE t w ant to expreE Emy P era onal appreciatio n fu r the great sho wing of supp ort a t the v iEitatio n ceremony

MilmeE 0ta Army National Guard Eoldi er Daniel P. Dresrnick, in Woo dbury, MilmeE ota. sp c. Daniel

revnick wa Ea memb er of the :34th M1l1tary P olio 13 Comp any, :34th lhfantry Di v iEion, MilmeE ota Army

ational Guard, who was killed in rraq last week.

ectal thanks for all the m emb erE of the MilmeE ota Wing, Group :3Squadrons and 0ur m ern b erE 0fthe st.roix squadron who v olunt eered their time to tum 0ut and show their supp ort for this fallen hero. Many

er a fro m the st. paul, S t. croix, Anoka &North H ennepin S quadrons were on hand to pay their

p ects and to Ehow the supp 0Itof the MilmeE ota Wing, Civ 11Air Patrol.

he st. croix members in attendance were, o/Amn. .rackson B artlett, CtI'sgt. Noah mte, ClAB. .rake xrusger,

lAl C. Ethan Pike. All of our m emb erE were v ery pro reEEional, courteous and di d such a great job. CAP

quadron mem b era were preE ent in Eh1ft.Efro m 1500 unt11 2000 ho urs and co ntinued to stand v igil unt11 the end

f the v iEita ti on ceremo ny .Many memb era 0 fthe Patriot Guard had com 13 0 ut to Ehow their supp ort and

v igil fur this fallen hero as well. ThiE gro up ha E conatantly shown supp ort fu r the MilmeE 0ta Army

ational Guard and all the memb er a of the United states Armed Fo rc ea.

of us had heard flrs thand, poaiti v e comments from the Dre v nickfamlly, how appreciati v e they were,he Civ 11Air patrol, came to Ehow our Eupp ort for the family and the E 1 diers of the :34th Red nuns.hank you fu r y our supp ort.

CAP Public Affairs Speaks at Oakdale

Business &Professional AssociationOn ThurE day, 1:3August. 2009, Public .AffairE 0 lILcer, 2Lt. S co tt RichardE on was invited to sp eak at the AUgUE

businea Emeeting fu r the 0akdale B UE Ines E and ProfeE sional AEEOcia ti on (OB PA) at the Pro m Center in

oakdale MilmeE 0ta, about the Civ 11Air P atro 1 : Our HiE to ry and 0ur MiEEion. ThiE gro up iE rna de up 0fb 0th

Civ ic leaders and m ern b erE from the City of 0akdale, The 0akdale BUEineE Eand Pro reEEional A EE0 ciation iE

rna de up 0f approx imately 250 m emb erE of the communitiea businea E leaders who get to gsther mo nthly to

intro due 1 3 new businea Ememb era to their community and giv 1 3 others a chance to netwo rk and build working

relations hip E.

AE the St. croix squadron' EPublic.AffairE omc er, this was a great chanc 13 fu r the Civ 11Air P atro 1 to get it' E

name and it E Eto ry told to a large numb er 0fbueinee Eleaders all at 0ne tim e. Thi E opp 0ltunity giv eEUEa

change als 0 to do Eom 1 3 netw orklng and create Eom 1 3 p artnership Ewith 1 0 cal bUEInes EeE for pOEsible corp orate

sp 0ns orship Efu r the st. croix s quadro n and it' E acti v iti ea. Approximately 90 m ern b erE were on hand fu r the

August meeting and it g av 1 3 me a great chanc 1 3 to tell our EtOry from Civ 11Air P atrols birth to current to day's

misstone.

I Epoke fur approx imately 25 minutes detailing 0ur hia to rt cal b eglnnings at the OUtEet of WW II to Civ 11Air

P atro 1 to day. I al a 0 ha d the opp 0ltunity to talk ab out our :3m andated mis EIons fro m Aero sp ac 1 3 E duca ti on,

Cadet Pro grams &Emergency servtcee. AE the public AffairE Officer, itwas a great experience for me to be i

fro nt 0 f a larg 1 3 gro up, tell 0 ur tal 1 3 and to take queE tio n and answ erE from a group largely

unaware 0f Civil Air P atro 1 . I did get the Etandard answer fro m a large gro up 0fm ern b erE • I

did no t know yo ur 0rganla ation was aro und!'

I ho P 1 3 by this a po Eitiv 1 3 exp enenc 1 3 for the m emb erE of the 0akdale B uaines EProfeE sional

AEEOcia ti on and was enlightening and info rm a ti v e. I w 0uld like to ex tend my sine erest

thanks to :Mr. Frank orsello and all of the m emb erE of the OBPA furin v iting me to

p articip ate in thiE ID: P en enc e.



n sunday, 16 A uguat 2009, 4 Merub en 0fthe st. Cro Ix S qua dron

0ut to Ehow supp ort and to help with the Annual EAA Chapter

CAP Shows Support for EAA Chapter 54

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser!

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st. Croix Cadet Solo's Glider At MN Wing

Flight Academy!On Thun day night, 1:3Auguat 2009, ClCMS gt, Davt d Trudeau was

congratulated in fro nt 0fthe st. Cro Ix S qua dron by 0ur S qua dron Corum ander,

capt. D av id Yo et.

ClCMS gt,D av i d Trudeau had Eignsd up for an int.enai v 13 ground and flighttraining EeEsion at MinneE ota Wing' EFlight Ac ademy which wa Eheld July irtn

thro ugh July 25th, 2009.

typic al student will need b etw een 20 and 25 fJ.1gbtEwith an instructo r b efu re flying E010 . The minimum

fu r the prt va te li cens 13 iE 10 ho urs and at 1ea Et 20 flight.s, how 13v er, a typic al Etudent us ually ha v 13

least 40 :Illghts b efu re the imtructor iE ready to 'Eign off the student fu r a FAA check :Illght,

lying a 'gli de!" requires eEEentially the Earne learning and Ek1llEas tho E13 required to fly a 'p 0wer' air pl ane.

ecam 13 0fthe much slower stall and landing speeds, to g ether with a wider range 0f glide path control, a

ltder is considerably aafer then a power plane. TheFAA alIOWE14 year old's to E010 a glider, G.AP iE Eom ewhato re restri ati v 13 in this area, with aminimum num b er 0f:30 :Ill ghtE b efu re solo. A gli der student can 0btain hi

r her pri v ate P1lot lie em 13 at the ag 13 0f 16.

gt,D av i d Trudeau j 0 ins an elite clas E of memb en who ha v 13 E01 0 ed in a gli del'! congratulatio ns are in

rder fu r this great ac compltshment.

4' EP anc ake breaktas t fundrais er which was held at Va ul ten Av i at! on

t Lake Elruo Alrp 0rt.

AA Chapter 54' EAnnual p anc ake breaktaat was from 0700 to 1200

o urs and w as graciously ho sted by vaulters Av iatio n fur the ua 13 0f

heir hangar. Many v enders were onhand froru static aircraft. diepl ays,

!llw ater B alIo om, C1ty of B ayp 0rta Fire engine &F -4 co ckpi t. AI E0

enders for atatio mo del Emakers , a v iation charc0al prints and tannis typ

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hea ten.

aj. D avt d Kenan, ClCMS gt. Robert spear, ClAB Samanth oarlstrom & 21.t . Sc0tt RichardE on were 0n hand

o help out anyway we could and to support a recruiting table at the in v itation of Mr. Da v id Becker and

ern b erE ofE AA Chapter 54.

oth st. croix C adeta, ClCMS gt. sp ear and ClAB oarlstrom help ed 0ut with the F4cockpit atatio display

hich wa Eon hand from c ourtes y 0fthe U. S .Air Fo rce ReE erve m ua eum, Maj. D av id Kenan and I wo rked the

ds and had a v ery Euces sful m ornlng.

want to thankMr. D av 13Becker and ali of the members froru the EAA chapter 54 fo r inv iting the st. croix

qua dron to be ap art 0ftheir 13v ent



st. Croix Squadron Attends Ground Team.

Academy for Consecutive Second YearOn 1:3On Fnday, 14Auguat through 16 August 200Q , 4m emb elli of the st. croix squadron attended this y ea

Ground Team Academy (G'I'A) again at camp Ripley, near I.Jttle F alls , :M1rilleEtao G'I'A was a mo re intens 1

and:fun experience this year ov er l aat year. !fIremember the numb era correctly, there were ov er 80 students

and Etaff. We als 0 trained with :3cadetE from North Dakota. ThiE year we were going from 0'i' 00to 2100 Frtday

and saturday doIng clas sro 0m exerd EeE and simulated mis EiOnE

sunday wa Emis sio n day Igra duati on day. There were 8 total ground teams out on EOtteE sunday Momlng. F

my mis Eion, I ended up leading a 'M1EEIng P elli0nE' Eeareh through EOme v ery thick woo ds. :It had rained

hea v ily the night b efure EO[uat walklng thro ugh the woo ds made for a v ery wet groundteam. Itw as a

challenging mis Eion b ec am 1 3 of the wet condi tions, hea v y wo 0ds and the fa ct that I had the full gambit of

p era 0nne! on the team. Tw 0 0fthe cadeta were youngsr (12 or 1:3max) and this weekend was their firEt

exposure to tbiE type of work

I als 0 had a civ 1l1an from the central r.akes SAR group who iEs t.arting to learn the craft. and will 1 3v entually

m 0 v 1 3 into handling SAR do gs. W 1 3 found E 3v eral clues to the mis EIng P era on but didn't find the target. sheended up being found in another Eecto r. How e¥ er the team' Etheory on where the t.arget s entered the woo ds

by examlning the fuotprtnta and analy zing the 0ther clues was sp 0t- 0n. I sp 0ke to the target after the debrief

EeEsio n and she confirm ed that the Epot they went into the wo 0ds from the ro ad was the point where we wer

looking. s 0 that gav 1 3 EOme COnE0lation to no t finding the targ et,

W 1 3 did end up finding an expended mo rtar flare which makes for 2years in a row finding cooI clues in the

woo ds 0f camp Ripley. W 1 3 didn't dia turb the flare but there were a few pi ctures taken using cell pho ne

cam era E. On saturday night, the GTI..lGTIvU and GTM:2 Etudents had to bull d and Eleep in shelters with

what 1 3v er they carried in their 24 hour pack. I ended up making an emergency sleeptng bag from a El..UYial

bl anket, poncho and duct tap e. I learned that you can't ha v 1 3 enough duct tap 1 3 , mOEquito netting andP ara- cord in your 24br pack.

The SAR instructo r called mine go0d and I w as jus tab out to climb in when they needed a v an driv er to take

Eom e of the atudents back. I eagerly v olunt eered EOI didr1t get to me my emergency shelter. How 1 3v er E 3v era

cla EEmat es and G'I'M:2student did end up Etaying 0ut in the wo 0ds. ThunderEtornIE rolled into the area

about :3am EOev ery one packed up their Ehe! ters and went back to the b arracks as a Eafe.ty prec aution.

Thefoo d was as go od as ev er ...breakfast. usually was best. We got :3Equarea and snacks at night.

I learned a to n and plan on dia Eemlna ting as much of wha t I learned aEpOEEIble to the cadets and Een!OrEof

s TX during our upc0ruing E S training and UBX. mpro b ably go back next year as an instruct.or fur GTM::30Corum EEtafE...1fLtcol W1lberg will ha v 1 3 me. Allin all it was a great exp erience and woul d rec ornmend it to

anyo ne. The St. cro Ix s quadro n m emb elli who attended and the qual1:ficatio ns earned: crr s gt.NoahHite -

GTM::3,tLt. chart eE JelitE, ohanee - GTL, CIA1CKati .rente - G'I'M:2,GAl c Ethan Pike - G'I'M0

c ongratulatio ns to all 0fy ou



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During the last half of August 2009, The st. Cro ix

Squadron had been running a mul ti -day UnitE ase

Exercise (UEX). This was part of a ten day exercise

built to chall enge our 1 3 quadro n and enhanc e our

training effort 1 3 in 0 rder to be come better at searc h

and re 1 3 cue (SAR) op er abiona.

The 1 3 e 10 days were full of challenge and acti vitie a .

st. Croix Squ adr on's Inc ident Comm ander (IC) LT

E illRut ten and 0p erabions Secti on Chief (0SC),

Capt. Dalen Kru se had pu t to gebher a van ety of

13 cenari 0 1 3 for the crew 13 to ac complish,

During the multi -day air &ground sorbi es, the

prim ary go ala were to prac ti ce and b ecome profi cie

in air to ground coor dinati on to a referenc ed targets

The aircrew 1 3 had been given a sp ecific c0ordinat e t

fly to and then had to 10 cat ethe G-iound te am van

and guide them toe ach of the target a .

The aircrew having no prio r know 1edge of each

po siti on, had done a great job by giving the ground

team turn by turn dir ectio ria and 1ed them strai ght

toe ach of the four targets.

Thi 13 turned out to be another great demo nsbrabi onof what Civil AITFatr 01 (CAP) is cap able of in the

search and rescue (SAR) missions when the team

pulls together and work 1 3 towards a comm on goal.

Many memb ers earned Specialty Qualific ati on

Trainirig Re quiremenb 1 3 (SQTR' 13 ) towards G-iound

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