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The official publication of Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol March 2006
St. Paul Squadron sponsors first aid course for wing members
by Capt. Paul Pieper,
St. Paul Squadron
St. Paul Squadron sponsored
a first aid class on
Feb. 25 at Fleming Field
airport in South St. Paul,
Minn.
Members from squadrons
throughout the wing came
together to learn about
Bloodborne pathogens,
fractures, bleeding and
other injuries and controls.
The class began at 8:30 am
with PowerPoint presentations
and discussions.
At the end of the lunch
break, students and staff
took a quick tour of the
new Minnesota Wing
Hanger/maintenance facility.
Students were able to
view the C-180 with glass
cockpit and the Gipslan
Caravan. A brief explanation
of the Gipslan was
given by first aid student
Capt. Cliff Tamplin, who
was also the primary pilot
in transporting the Caravan
from Montgomery, Ala.
The afternoon continued
with a written test, a
practical demonstration and
exam for managing burns,
fractures, breathing and
bleeding.
Students who participated
from St. Paul Squadron
included: Senior Members
Mark Chaudhary and Mike
DeLeion, 1st Lt. Mike
Jansen, 2nd Lt. Gary
Schaedler, Capt. Cliff
Tamplin and cadets Mariah
Jacobs, Mike McMahon,
Kathy Rasmussen and Peter
Ryden. Members from
Duluth Squadron included:
Flight Officers Justin
Binion and John Hjelli.
North Hennepin Squadron
attendants included: Senior
Member Vicki Richardson
and cadets Mitch Arnett,
David Blessman, William
Donkers, Ben Hartley,
Justin Korus, Jake Mason,
Cheyenne Richardson and
Blake Zafft. Those attending
from the 130th
Squadron included: 2nd Lt.
Bill Hettling and cadets
C/Airmen Cheyanne Richardson (right) practices
bandaging her mother, Senior Member Vicki
Richardson, both from North Hennepin Squadron.
Photo by Capt. Paul Pieper, St. Paul Squadron
Jake Fliehr, Jake Davis and
Andrew Johnson. Also in
attendance was Cadet
David Kendall, Ft. Snelling
Squadron.
Instructors included St. Paul
Squadron’s Capt. Tyra
Cerny, Lt. Col. Marilyn
Chambers, 2nd Lt. Paul
Markegard and Capt Paul
Pieper. Kristi McKraken,
wing administrator; Maj.
Sherrie Herzfeld, wing
medical officer; and Lt.
Col. John Quilling, wing
staff, assisted in facilitating
the event.
Minnesota
Wing Conference
April 7-9
All Civil Air Patrol members and their guests are welcome to attend the
Minnesota Wing Conference to be held at Breezy Point Resort in Breezy
Point, Minnesota, April 7-9. At the conference, the wing will recognize many
members for the outstanding contributions they made to Minnesota Wing and
CAP. For more information see: http://www.mncap.org/xp/conf.htm.

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Commander’s Column: National Board mandates changes
by Col. Steve Miller,
wing commander
This month, I attended the
winter National Board
meeting. Prior to the winter
board meeting, wing commanders
also meet with the
Senators and Congress people
from their respective
states.
Col. Kevin Sliwinski, wing
staff, and I met with all 10
of Minnesota's legislative
offices. We met with the
elected official in all but
three. In these meetings, we
present them with the annual
Report to Congress. We
discuss issues important to
CAP n ationally and at the
state level. These meetings
are time well spent. We
need our elected officials to
understand what CAP is all
about and what we can do
for the country and our
state.
There were many agenda
Col. Steve Miller
items on which the
National Board voted.
Several items were discussed
and then sent back
to committee. This action
ensures that all sides of an
issue are evaluated. At the
2006 summer National
Board meeting, those items
sent to committee will be
re-evaluated and voted
upon.
A couple of major changes
that came up at the
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Wing Commander: Col. Steve Miller
Wing Public Affairs Officer: Capt. Al Pabon
Wingtips Editor: Lt. Col. Shannon Bauer
National Board meeting
involved uniforms. First,
there is a new corporate
uniform. It includes Air
Force blue pants and belt,
the white aviator shirt, a
black name tag and Air
Force epaulets. There is a
black leather jacket that
may be worn with corporate
uniforms.
There were several patches
and badges approved for
wear on the uniform.
Patches that were displaced
from the battle dress uniform,
or BDU, right shoulder
(when the flag replaced
them) may now be worn on
the left breast pocket. These
and other minor changes
will be included in an
upcoming revised uniform
manual.
Our wing conference is just
around the corner. This
Lieutenant Colonel
Shannon Bauer, Viking
Dennis Yeager,
Minnesota Wing
Major
Scott Frankard, Viking
Captain
William Menkevich, Anoka
1st Lieutenant
Todd Christopherson,
St. Cloud
Matthew Stepaniak, Viking
year, we changed the format
of the conference.
Instead of having the specialty
fair on Saturday
afternoon, we will offer
various breakout rooms.
This model of conference is
done at the national level.
When we attended the
South Dakota and Iowa
Wing conferences, we
found they, too, use this
format. Encourage your
members to attend the conference.
The conference is
an excellent opportunity to
meet your fellow CAP
members, meet the wing
staff, pick up some uniform
accessories and other goods
from the Hawk Shop, learn
some stuff and have a great
time. I look forward to seeing
you there.
-Semper Vigilans
Senior member & cadet
officer promotions ...
2nd Lieutenant
Mark Chaudhary, Saint Paul
Jolene Flemming,
Grand Rapids
Rodger Nordlund, Anoka
Curtis Serbus, Anoka
Julie Wiens, Grand Rapids
C/Captain
Stephen Cross, Valley
Francesca Fogarty, 130th
C/2nd Lieutenant
Travis Nelson, Valley

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Retired NASA
engineer visits
Worthington
Squadron
by C/Capt. Ryan Stanley
Worthington Squadron
Retired NASA engineer
Alvin John spoke to
Worthington Squadron seniors,
cadets and guests
about various aspects of the
NASA’s Apollo Space
Program and lunar missions
March 20. The presentation
consisted of a slide show
with intriguing pictures and
other literature, posters and
items on display.
John’s presentation included
slides of Saturn rockets
in different stages of construction
and the buildings
in which the rockets were
constructed. His explanations
of the slides came
from his first-hand knowledge
of their content, and
he was able to help the
audience comprehend the
gigantic sizes of the rockets
and buildings. He also
explained to the audience
just how extensive the testing
was of every screw,
tube and piece of hardware
in order to be certified for
Retired NASA engineer Alvin John received a certificate of appreciation and coffee
mug for visiting Worthington Squadron. Left to right are: C/Lt. Col. Micah
Stanley, Alvin John, Capt. Mark McCormick, C/2nd Lt. Brandon Vis. Photo by
Maj. Carl Hallum. All members are Worthington Squadron.
use in the space program.
John brought a display of
posters and a few internal
pieces of a rocket. The
posters featured pictures of
various rockets, sections of
space and blueprints of
rocket hardware. The parts
on display were tubes and
other pieces of hardware
ruled unusable by NASA.
John told the group what
the parts were, where they
were supposed to be on the
rocket and what they were
designed to do. He shared a
few stories of the extensive
problem solving done by
engineering staff who were
able to use slide rules to
ensure the safe return of the
Apollo XIII mission after
the in flight explosion.
NASA had 12 manned
Apollo missions that put
astronauts on the moon six
times, conducted numerous
experiments aboard the
Skylab space station and
concluded with the joint
American and Soviet space
programs rendezvous of
Apollo-Soyuz in 1975.
Worthington Squadron
cadet and senior leadership
presented John with a
Certificate of Appreciation
and a Minnesota Wing coffee
mug in gratitude for his
service and his support of
the squadron’s aerospace
education program.
Send your photos and stories to: mnwingtips@mncap.com

March 2006 WingTips Page 4
Staff selections announced for
8th Cadet Training Group:
Executive Staff:
C/Lt. Col. Ryan Kenny, commander
C/Lt. Col. Brain Anderson, deputy commander
C/1st Lt. Amanda LeTourneau, executive officer
C/Chief Master Sgt.Andrew Haus, command chief
15th Cadet Training Squadron:
C/Lt. Col. Mathew Dunlevy, commander
C/Master Sgt. Jullie Crevier, first sergeant
C/2d Lt. Emily Vinge, Alpha flight commander
C/Master Sgt. Jeff Mellgren, Alpha flight sergeant
C/Chief Master Sgt. Haylee Fosterling, Bravo
flight commander
C/Tech. Sgt. Jacob Otterson, Bravo flight sergeant
C/2d Lt. Andrew Puckett, Charlie flight commander
C/Tech. Sgt. Scott Lewis, Charlie flight sergeant
16th Cadet Training Squadron:
C/1st Lt. Patrick Vinge, commander
C/Senior Airman Jacob Anderson, first sergeant
C/2d Lt. Charles Cox, Delta flight commander
C/Staff Sgt. Andrew Smalley, Delta flight sergeant
C/2d Lt. Kristin Ruech, Echo flight commander
C/Tech. Sgt. Kelsey Brennan, Echo flight sergeant
C/Chief Master Sgt. Grace Burgio, Foxtrot
flight commander
C/Senior Master Sgt. Mitchel McGillick, Foxtrot
flight sergeant
Staff Development Squadron:
C/Lt. Col. Brad Byington, commander
C/1st Lt. Cory Titus, deputy commander
Support Staff:
C/Master Sgt. Veronica Olson, administration
C/2d Lt. Sarah Pfingsten, commander of the guard
C/1st Lt. Danielle Seitz, duty officer
C/Master Sgt. Amy Brennan, duty NCO
C/Seniro Master Sgt. Alex McGilleck,
information technology
S/Senior Master Sgt. Bethany Stepanek, kitchen patrol
C/2d Lt. Ryan McKeen, leadership officer
C/1st Lt. Francesca Fogarty, public affairs
C/Capt. Laura Broker, stan/eval officer
C/Capt. Jeremiah Johnson, stan/eval assistant
Hutchinson Squadron answers
the call during meeting
Capt. Al Pabon, Minnesota Wing
Hutchinson Squadron conducted a search for an
Emergency Locator Transmitter, or ELT, Dec. 7 during its
weekly meeting at Hutchinson Airport.
The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, or AFRCC,
alerted incident commander Maj. Wayne Sherman,
Minnesota Wing, and he contacted the Hutchinson
Squadron Commander Maj. Chet Wilberg who organized
a ground team to search for the ELT.
Eight members of the squadron went out in search for the
ELT, while two members stayed back to support communications
at the mission base.
The ground team heard the ELT about 20 minutes later in
a Piper PA-28, and it was silenced by the owner of the aircraft
minutes later. The team returned to base and the mission
was closed.
Sherman was very impressed with the squadron’s response
time. He said in his mission report “Great Job!!! Kudos to
Hutch.”
Momentous Occasion ...
Lt. Col. Mike Moen, Group III deputy commander,
assumed command of Group III, March 14. He replaced
Lt. Col. Joe Volding.
Taps ...
by 1st Lt. Scott D. Johnson, St. Paul Squadron
Senior Member William “Bill” Cammack, Jr., Saint
Paul Squadron, died in a plane crash March 16. He was
returning home from a business trip in his personal aircraft,
when for reasons yet unknown, he strayed off course
and crashed.
Cammack was a valued member of CAP and was always
willing to donate his time, money and wisdom to members.
His best donation was his friendship and ever present
smile and sense of humor when it was needed most.
He could always see a solution to a problem and get the
job done.