Louisiana Regional Airport in Gonzales was a buzz with activity on Saturday morning as 9 Civil Air Patrol aircraft were arriving with members aiming to attend the Flight Ops Clinic hosted by the Civil Air Ascension Composite Squadron. Col. Mickey Marchand and Col. Harry Stafford, both long time members of the Civil Air Patrol and pilots themselves, organized and conducted the clinic with the classroom portion conducted at the Gonzales Public Safety Center and the flight portion out of LA Regional Airport. The clinic was designed to train pilots and none pilots alike, on the procedures and responsibilities of each member of the Flight Crew. Whether mission pilot, Observer or Scanner, all must work together as a team to accomplish the mission. “The Pilot needs to focus on flying the plane; he or she must depend on the Observer who is responsible for navigation and communications and Scanner is responsible for scanning for targets, takes photos, uploads them onto a laptop and keeps a log on photo information. Each person must be well trained to work interchangeably with any other crew member they are teamed up with. According to numerous reports from visitng air crews, Ascension Composite did an all around excellent job.
09 February 2010
08 February 2010
Promotion Ceremony a big success:
Ascension Composite Squadron proudly announces promotion of five cadets during a special ceremony during our weekly meeting Monday night, 1 Feb 2010, at the Gonzales Public Safety Center.
Those receiving promotions were: David Kelly of Dutchtown, achieving the Maj. Gen. John F Curry award and promoted to the rank of C/Airman; Chase Blank of Lutcher, Joseph Phillips of Denham Springs and Codey Pike of Gonzales, all received the H.H. “Hap” Arnold award and promoted to the rank of C/Airman 1st Class. My-kel Pardue, currently the squadron’s highest ranking cadet, received the Lindbergh award and rank of C/Master Sergeant (pictured), making him a Senior Grade NCO. In order to meet the requirements for these achievements and earn promotions, each cadet must demonstrate a certain level of understanding and display of the core values as well as customs and courtesies. They pass written tests on Leadership and Aerospace education and meet minimum requirements for PT. In return for their hard work and enthusiasm, the cadets go on camping trips, field trips, attend encampments, leadership academies, orientation flights and they participate in emergency service training.
19 January 2010
Next Meeting Communication Training
Monday, January 25, Ken Brumett will conduct communication training for the squadron. We hope to see everyone there. Lots of changes and new things coming down the pipeline for Cadets and Senior members as well!
Blog updates
Sorry fellas for the delay in updating the blog. December was kinda of hectic but I'll try to get better at it. Bookmark the site and watch for squadron news. I'd appreciate some submissions from all duty positions whenever possible. Just email them to me.
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