St Croix Squadron - Sep 2010

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1:00 pm sharp and the parade

route took us on a 1 1/2 mile

route through town and

ended up at Ojibway Park

where the towns carnival was

in its final day.

I would like to thank Com-

manders Tom Grezek & Bob

Fritsche and all the members

of the Woodbury American

Legion & VFW for having usparticipate in this event.

St. Croix members were;

Capt. Dave Yost, Maj. Dave

Kenan, 1st.Lt. Scott Richard-

son, C/CMSgt. Ethan Pike, C/

SSgt. Ryan Malcolm, C/Amn.

Jonah Branovski, C/Amn.

Colton Dexter & C/Amn.

Chandler Krech.

On Sunday, 29 August 2010,

members of the St. Croix

Squadron were invited by the

Woodbury American Legion

Post #501 & Woodbury VFW

Post #9024 to participate

with them in the celebration

of the Woodbury Days Pa-

rade.

The St. Croix squadron has

forged a solid bond and had

done many events with thesetwo Veterans groups in the

past. We have participated in

many ceremonies for the

Woodbury Veterans memo-

rial and have been a sup-

porter for events connected

to the Yellow Ribbon Net-

work.

Our cadets together with the

cadets from the WoodburyHigh School JROTC color

guard were the lead elements

to kick off the Woodbury

Days parade. Our cadets

came together and performed

seamlessly.

The veterans from the

American Legion & VFW who

attended this event were

grateful to see our young

cadets get involved and par-ticipate in an event which

marks pride, honor and sacri-

fice of their service.

It was a long and hot summer

day for our members. We

met up with our hosts by

12:00 noon and found our

position at the front of the

parade. We stepped off at

St. Croix Composite SquadronMinnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol U.S. Air Force Auxiliary

Covers Events from July / Aug 2010 September 2010 - Volume 24, Issue 5

The Aviator

Newsletter

Upcoming MinnesotaWing & St. CroixSquadron Events

MNWG SAREx & STX Remote

Mission Base Training

St. Croix Squadron Cadet

Change of Command Ceremony

MNWG Black CAP ES College

MNWG Color Guard Competi-tion

Inside this issue:

St. Croix Participates inWoodbury Days Parade! 1St. Croix Member Earns CAPPilot Wings! 2

St. Croix Squadron Com-mander Earns Pilot Awards 3

St. Croix Squadron Creditedwith an ELT Find! 4

St. Croix Shows Support forEAA #54 Pancake Breakfast 5

St. Croix Squadron CelebratesDouble Wright Bro. Awards 6

Chaplains CornerBreatheDeep & Fly High! 7

Together We Prevail

Woodbury JROTC Cadets &St. Croix Squadron Cadetstogether before the Parade

St. Croix Cadets Aid In Presenting the

Colors for the Woodbury Days Parade!

Woodbury JROTC Cadets &St. Croix Squadron CadetsLead the Parade Line up

St. Croix members whoturned out to participate inthe Woodbury Days Parade.


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In a brief ceremony at the

weekly Squadron meeting on

Thursday, 02 September 2010,

Flight Officer (FO) Jennifer Jara

was presented with her Civil

Air Patrol (CAP) Pilot wings.

Senior member F.O. Jennifer

Jara had been a student pilot

for the past year at the Lake

Elmo Airports, Fixed Base Op-

erator (FBO) Valters Aviation

in which she earned her private

pilots license earlier this year.

It was in late July 2010 when

she took and passed her initial

CAP Form 5 pilot check ride in

order to receive her CAP VFR

pilot rating.

Jennifer has built up well over

150 hours of overall flight time

and is working towards here

Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Trans-

port Pilot rating.

Squadron Commander, Capt.

David presented Jennifer with

her wings. F.O. Jennifer Jara

joins a small group of active St.

Croix Squadron CAP Pilots.

The St. Croix Squadron pilots

are one of the most active

flying squadrons in the Minne-

sota Wing.

F.O. Jara is also an assistant

Flight Operations Officer

within the squadron and is

working toward her Emer-

gency Services qualifications for

flight crew Scanner position

and Ground Team member.

On behalf of the Squadron

Commander, Capt. David Yost

and the rest of the St. CroixSquadron members, Congratu-

lations and well done!

know he has achieved this spe-

cial level in their pilot career.

Not many pilots get to achieve

this level of proficiency without

having been a career militaryor commercial airline pilot.

Capt. David Yost is not only

busy being the St. Croix Squad-

rons Unit Commander, but is

also a CFII, Cadet Orientation

pilot, Mission Pilot, a Minnesota

Wing Instructor pilot and a

Form 5 check pilot as well.

Our squadron is lucky to have

all of these specialties and

qualifications located withinour home base to keep our

pilots some of the best trained

in Minnesota Wing.

Along with the many duties he

has in CAP along the way he

has accomplished also another

milestone in a CAP pilots ca-

reer. He achieved the level of

proficiency of giving his 50th

On Thursday, 02 September

2010 , in a brief ceremony at

the St. Croix Squadron weekly

meeting, Squadron Com-

mander, Capt. David Yost re-

ceived a pleasant surprise!

With the skill of a covert op-

eration, a few of the Senior

members under the direction

of our Squadrons Operations

Officer, Maj. Stefan Sylvander,

decided to give our hard work-

ing Squadron Commander a

pleasant surprise of our own.

Under the cover of presenting

two Wright Brothers Awards

to two of our cadets, Group 3

Commander, Lt. Col. Richard

Johnson was invited to present

two awards to Capt. David

Yost.

When a Civil Air Patrol (CAP)

pilot logs over 1,000 hours in

his log book he is entitled to

receive a star over his CAP

pilot wings which lets everyone

cadet orientation flight.

So in a ceremony which was

conducted by Group 3 Com-

mander, Lt. Col. Richard John-

son, Capt. David Yost was

presented his senior pilot

wings and a certificate which

marks the milestone of achiev-

ing his 50th cadet orientation

flight.

On behalf of all the pilots and

members of the St. Croix

Squadron we would like to

Congratulate our Squadron

Commander on these mile-

stone achievements!

St. Croix Senior Member Earns CAP Pilot Wings

St. Croix Squadron Commander Achieves Senior PilotRating & 50th Orientation Flight!

Nobody who has not

been up in the sky on a

glorious morning can

possibly imagine the

way a pilot feels in free

heaven!

- William T. Piper,

President of Piper

Aircraft Corporation

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(L-R) Capt. David Yost & F.O.

Jennifer Jara

(L-R) Lt. Col. Richard Johnson

& Capt. David Yost


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On Saturday, 12 June 2010 a

call came in from the Air Force

Rescue & Coordination Center

(AFRCC) that an Emergency

Locator Transmitter (ELT) has

been detected by airborne

aircraft entering or transition-

ing the Minneapolis/St. Paul

(MSP) Terminal Airspace.

The call came in to Minnesota

Wings Emergency Services

Incident Commander, Lt.Col.

Chet Wilberg & Emergency

Services coordinator, Maj. Paul

Pieper.

The Wings ES coordinator

contacted the Squadrons of

Group 3 who are all located in

the North Metro area where

most of the ELT signals were

indicated.

Of the north metro squadrons

alerted were; St. Paul, Anoka,

St. Croix & North Hennepin

whos Emergency Service

Alerting officers quickly sprang

into action getting ground

teams assembled to go out and

search for the signals.

The St. Croix Squadrons

Ground Team leader was

1st.Lt. Chuck Jents who quickly

assembled a team to depart

and aid in the search.

Since summer vacation was on

it is easier to get cadets who

are trained in ELT searches to

join in and get some real ELT

training experiences.

Of all the squadrons dis-

patched, it was the St. Croix

squadron which located and

found the ELT signal at Osce-

ola Regional Airport (OEO).

The following St. Croix mem-

bers have been credited with

the find and they are: 1st.Lt.

Chuck Jents, C/CMSgt. Vince

Peterson, C/2d.Lt. Grady Bell,

C/SMSgt. Ethan Pike, C/ SSgt.

Mohammad Battah, C/SSgt.

Ryan Malcolm.

Congratulations to all of you

and great job on the find!

starts at an early age and never

ceases to draw the general

public into these events.

To show our support to thelocal airport community and to

our aviation partners at the

Lake Elmo airport the St. Croix

Squadron has participated once

again in this fine event.

Maj. David Kenan, the St. Croix

Squadrons recruiting officer

has once again had our Civil

Air Patrol (CAP) aircraft on

display to give the folks attend-

ing the pancake breakfast a

close up look and to sit inside

our search and rescue airplane.

Major Kenan also sets up a

recruiting table inside the Val-

ters hangar to hand out litera-

ture and to talk to the public

and young people who express

an interest in joining our or-

ganization.

On Sunday, 15 August 2010,

the Experimental Aircraft As-

sociation (EAA) Chapter #54

located at the Lake Elmo air-

port held its annual pancake

breakfast fundraiser in conjunc-

tion with Lake Elmo Airport

Days.

Like many other not for profit

organizations the need to hold

fundraisers in order to be able

to continue to provide many of

the different aviation related

activities money has to happen.

This annual Lake Elmo Aviation

Days event is held in conjunc-

tion with Valters Aviation, EAA

Chapter #54 and pilots from

around the airport itself.

Fly in pancake breakfast events

are the life blood of the small

airports and keeps aviation in

the minds eye of the public.

The fascination with aviation is

Maj. Kenan has been an active

recruiting officer for the St.

Croix squadron for many years

and has been successful in re-

cruiting members to our

squadron. He is a regular re-

cruiting fixture at many High

School career day events .


members, Thank you for all the

hard work and dedication to

the Civil Air Patrol!

St. Croix Squadron Is Credited With ELT Find!

St. Croix Squadron Shows Support for EAAChapter #54 Pancake Breakfast!

Any Pilot can describe

the mechanics of flight.

But what it can do for

the spirit of man is

beyond description!

- U.S. Senator Barry M.

Goldwater -

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The Chaplains Corner Breathe Deep, Fly High

The Mission of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Chaplain service is to provide for the religious, moral and spiritual

needs of all Civil Air Patrol members. The dedicated men and women who comprise the CAP Chaplain service

are religiously trained and certified, and specifically appointed for this ministry. CAP Chaplain service mem-

bers are at the forefront of community serving humankind.

Our vision is: The Civil Air Patrol Chaplain servicethe worlds best volunteer chaplaincy. Our vision builds on

50 years of outstanding service to America!

St. Croix Chaplain, Capt. Joe Burton has been on temporary duty elsewhere and will be returning to us soon!

Until next time Breathe Deep, Fly High!

By St. Croix Squadron Chaplain Capt. Joseph Burton

The Cadet Achievement Pro-

gram is made up of four basic

phases a cadet will encounteron the way to the top of the

program. First is the Learning

phase, second is Leadership,

third is Command & the fourth

is the Executive phase.

Cadets will be encounter chal-

lenges and promotions to the

On Thursday night, 02 Sep-

tember 2010, Group 3 Com-

mander, Lt. Col. Richard John-son in a brief ceremony at the

St. Croix Squadron hangar had

the honor of presenting two

cadets with their Wright

Brothers certificates.

Cadets Mohammad Battah &

Ryan Malcolm both had earned

this milestone award by com-

pleting the learning phase and

receiving a promotion to the

rank of Cadet Staff Sergeant(C/SSgt.) in the process.

This award is given between

the learning and leadership

phase of the Cadet Achieve-

ment program. It signifies the

ending of one phase and the

beginning of the next.

Cadet Non Commissioned

Officer (NCO) grades as they

advance through the Leader-ship phase of the cadet pro-

gram. Once they achieve the

high levels of NCO grades and

they are ready to advance to

the Command phase a promo-

tion to Cadet Second Lieuten-

ant (C/2dLt.) and the Gen. Billy

Mitchell Award is achieved.

Both Cadets have worked hard

to achieve their Wright Broth-

ers Awards and promotions toC/Staff Sergeants (C/SSgt.) is

well earned.


Commander and the rest of

the St. Croix Squadron, Con-

gratulations to both of you!

St. Croix Celebrates Double Wright Brothers Award!

Citizens Serving Communities:Above and Beyond

Promotions & Awards

Samantha Carlstrom C/SrA.

Jonah Branovski C/Amn.

Chandler Krech C/Amn.

Nathanial Holle C/Amn.

Philip Harris C/Amn.Daniel Maslowski C/Amn.

Alex Swanson C/SMSgt.

Ethan Pike C/SMSgt.

Capt. Jay Sliwinski Benjamin O. Davis

New MembersC/AB. Rebecca Rogers 16 July 2010

C/AB. Alan Larson 04 Aug 2010

C/AB. Trong Quoc D 04 Aug 2010

C/AB. Dizidula Klousse 05 Aug 2010

C/AB. Robert Moser 11 Aug 2010

C/AB. Lucas Biniek 17 Aug 2010

C/AB. Valenya Kolyadenko 24 Aug 2010

Member Count: 76Seniors 35 & Cadets 41

Trivia Question:What are runways 04 / 22 at Lake

Elmo airport (21D) most famous for?

Answer from last Issue:

The Red Service Ribbon is awarded

for 2 years of honorable service in

CAP !

St. Croix Composite Squadron

Minnesota Wing

Civil Air Patrol

U.S. Air Force Auxiliary

3275 Manning Ave. North

Box #9, Hangar 39E

Lake Elmo, MN. 55042

651-773-1210

www.stcroix.mncap.org

Squadron Commander:David W. Yost Capt., CAP.

[email protected]

Editor:Scott A. Richardson, 1st.Lt. CAP

Public Affairs Officer

[email protected]

651-387-2518

Next Issue:November 2010

Black CAP ES College St. Croix Squadron Color

Guard Events

Cadet activities

Awards & Promotions

Squadron news items

(L-R) C/SSgt. Ryan Malcolm &

Lt. Col Richards Johnson

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