First Aid / CPR Training

HAMMOND, LA - Hammond Composite Squadron hosted a First Aid / CPR training for cadets and Senior members from Hammond and Ascension Composite Squadrons. Pictured to the right, C/Arm Rome applies pressure bandage to the arm of C/MSgt Tressitt. Below, C/MSgt Blank, dons Personal Protective Equipment and appears to be ready to handle any toxic "waste" that baby CPR dummy might share with him. In all, 12 cadets and 8 Senior members attended the training. These members are now American Heart Association certified and are authorized to where a First Aid / CPR / AED patch on their BDU uniform. Ascension Composite would like to thank Lt Col Shelley Thibodaux and the Hammond squadron for inviting us to take part.

We look forward to more inter-squadron activities with all of our neighboring Squadrons.

CADETS: Important info about Meetings

• Cadets will wear Blues (SS Shirt-no tie) on the first Monday of the month instead of the last.
• If you need to test, STUDY! Then call Ms. Covington to let her know you intend to test.
• We are still trying to decide how to work PT testing into the meetings. For now, if you need to test, come in your PT clothes and test before regular meeting (change into uniform) .. NOTE NEW RESTRICTIONS: NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO RUN IN BOOTS, BDUs or BAREFOOTED. You must have proper clothes. No One can run the mile when temperature exceeds 90F (CAPP52-18 Attachment 2.)
• We will be working towards a new meeting format for the cadets that more effectively meets the requirements of the Cadet Program (CAPR 52-16) with regards to content.

SAFETY STAND DOWN.......

SO what is it? A stand down is a method used by the military to correct an issue that has been identified as a problem throughout its ranks. As long as one person gets injured, a near miss occurs or even "it almost happened," we have something that needs to be addressed. We overlook safety, not because we don't care but because of the "it'll never happen to us" syndrome.

Preparedness is a large part of Safety। Mark Attuso, Safety Officer, invited Richard "Rick" Weber of the Office of Emergency Preparedness to talk with our squadron about preparedness and what he envisions our role to be in coordination with his office during a disaster. Rick reports that the imagery obtained after the hurricanes in the past were and still are being used and this is the type of thing he really sees C.A.P. working with them on.

John Welds who frequently handles the job of Flight Line Marshal during missions spoke about flight line safety। He pointed out how important the "F।O.B. Walk" or Foreign Object Debris removal is. Even the smallest pebble can damage propellers.

Finally, Mark and Ken Brummett took some cadets for a ride on the Bárány chair to demonstrate the effect of disorientation. Once an aircraft enters conditions where the pilot can no longer see a distinct visual horizon, he/she becomes disoriented, no longer able to discern rates of turn or axis, these errors can eventually result in loss of control of the aircraft, usually in a steep, diving turn known as a graveyard spiral, all the while believing he/she is in complete control of the aircraft.

Mark did an excellent job putting together this "Safety Stand Down" meeting. Let us all remember: "Semper Vigilans"