SPRING CTEP / ACADEMY A SUCCESS

Shown Above: Janelle and Ken with Col Scarborough and classmate from TLC. 

LAFAYETTE - Ascension Composite cadets and Senior Members attended the semi-annual Cadet Training Education Program (CTEP) and Leadership Academy this past weekend.

Senior Members Major Ken Brummett and Ms. Janelle Townsend continued their training by attending the Training Leaders of Cadets (TLC) program while 1Lt Lydia Pike took the Corporate Leadership Course (CLC.)  Lt. Col. Mickey Marchand taught the Air Crew course for Scanners, Observers and Mission Pilots.

Cadet Airmen who attended the Training for the first time and completed Airman Leadership School (ALS) were: Cadet E. Allen and Cadet L. Ross. Cadets J. Townsend, H. Pike, L. Camacho, C. Hodge completed Non-Commissioned Officer School (NCOS) and Cadets M.Christian and D.Geromini completed Communications Training. Cadet Senior Master Sgt C. Gaudin served as instructor for portions of both ALS and NCOS.

The weekend was a success and lots of fun was had while the majority of the members and the cadets stayed at the First Baptist Church gym along with 5 cadets from Capital City, 1 cadet from St.Tammany Composite and 4 cadets from Lafayette Composite. A special thanks to Major David Taylor of Hammond Composite Squadron for staying at the gym to assist with cadet supervision.

While staying at the gym meant sleeping in sleeping bags and no Television and other luxuries of the hotel rooms, it afforded the cadets some other opportunities such as Basketball, Volleyball, Indoor Base Ball, Indoor PT in the morning and lots of comradery, all for the inviting price of FREE!

If you missed this CTEP / Academy, you missed a lot of fun but don't worry! Mark your calendars. The next one is scheduled for August 24, 25 & 26 in Lafayette, LA. We will be looking to fill at least 2 vans with just our cadets. Don't miss out again.

If you want to help organize the next CTEP trip, please let your Cadet Commander know ASAP. We look for NCOs to organize these overnight trips and be the Cadet In Charge. If you plan to be an NCO by August, step up and show your leadership abilities by taking on this trip!

ANNOUNCEMENT Re: 12 SEP Meeting!!!

PLEASE JOIN US

for
Ascension Composite
Awards and Recognition
And
Change of Command Ceremony

MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2011 @ 19:00 (arrive early please)
(cadets can arrive as early as 5:30 to begin helping, no later than 6:30 please.)

All members are requested to attend.
Families and friends are invited and encouraged to attended.

--->>>>>> Location ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL - entrance #1

NASA Michoud Tour: Alternate date

Thanks to 1st Lt Wiggington with Pontchartrain Composite Squadron, we will have another opportunity to tour NASA Michoud facility in New Orleans on TUESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER, the wee schools are closed for Thanksgiving Holidays.

We need someone to promote and help organize this activity. Getting there is the easy part. If you would like to help with this, please contact Lt Pike

Submitted by: 1Lt, Lydia C Pike, CAP, DCC

Member Promotion and Recognition meeting

Please be sure to join us at our meeting on Monday, June 13, 2011. We will once again be celebrating the latest accomplishments of our squadron members. Families are invited. This is a great opportunity for us all to get to know the families of our fellow members and for them to get to know us.

••••We will NOT be at the airport for this meeting. We will meet at the Gonzales Public Safety Center on Orice Roth Rd.

Please arrive by 6:45pm (cadets arrive by 6pm - earlier if you can! Call if you are running late.)

LPike

Catching Up!

Sorry I have been slow to update the blog. Meetings were kind of slow this last month - seems the Senior Members were often tied up with other activities. Hopefully, April will be a stronger attendance month. BUT, as usual, our cadets have maintained and are growing!

We have 3 new recruits who have decided to join. Major Smith has been doing a little recruiting and C/Sgt Tressitt is truly earning his title as recruiter. C/Rome's recruit will be turning in his application next Monday. Now we SM's need to get moving in the recruiting department to keep up.

Here is synopsis of what has been happening in LA022 these last couple of months.

SPECIAL ATTENTION NEEDED

Airport Lease agreement: Things are not looking very good in this area. The way it looks, we will be given the choice of paying a monthly rent we can not afford or moving out. We need all the support we can get from all members, parents and community leaders. Please contact a Senior Member to find out what you can do.

THIS IS AN URGENT MATTER

St Patrick's Day Parade - We had we had three Marshalls from our squadron for a total of $165.00 raised for the squadron.

CORRECTION: 5 marshals for total of $275

DAR Award to Cadet: C/Gaudin presented with award by local chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in recognition of her citizenship and patriotism through the Civil Air Patrol.

Ascension In the news (Articles that appeared in the Advocate recently):

Ascesnion Squadron Earns Honor (Ascesnion Section)

Air Patrol Cadets get turn at controls (Ascension Section)

Maurepaus Jr High Cadet Stands out (Livingston Section)

Wreaths Across America: Lt Col Collins is making progress on Wreaths Across America. It's not to early to start asking employers to consider a business sponsorship of wreaths for this very worthy event. Check this link out to see what it is all about.

Hovercraft! Thanks to Capital City Composite Squadron, we were finally able to get the long awaited hovercraft "flying." Major Smith, Major Moeller and Lt Ravey were able to get it working during the last to Aerospace meetings and all cadets and our guests were able to get a ride. Much fun ! ! !

O-flights: We had 6 O-flight Sorties this past month Plane Status: As of last Monday night, "Charlie Papa" was still not back from the 100 hour maintenance. As soon as we get it back, Lt Col Collins will be putting more Sorties in for O-Flights. REMEMBER: Our policy is 1 per achievement (promotion) and those who have not flown have first priority.

Office Clean-up: You may have noticed some changes in the office. Clean-up and reorganization is in progress. If you can't find something, ask Lt Pike! If it was in there, it's still there - it just may have a new home.

Hanger Clean-up and Uniform status: Hanger may appear more organized simply because the uniforms are getting straight. We are weeding out. We will keep an assortment of sizes in "Blues" and have kept 2 boxes of donated BDUs that were in good shape. Please see C/First Sgt Blank for uniform issues.

Upcoming:

Wing / CAC / Commanders Call meeting this weekend. These meetings are open to all if interested.

Status of DC trip - Everything is on hold until I hear from Southwest Airlines. I have made a proposal to their Charitable Giving program and it is in review. If we get the donation of tickets or even a substantial discount, the trip will be a "go," if not, the trip is a "no go" due to the cost of airfare. It could be the end of April before we know.

C-17 - O-Flight: TSA list has been finalized. Those who are going should have a Parent Information Sheet covering all details.

CTEP/Academy coming up April 8th-10th. Get your registration in! Cadets MUST have Curry BEFORE we leave.

Library Grand Re-opening ceremony at the Ascension Parish Library on Cornerview in Gonzales is April 16th. Honor Guard has been requested to post Colors and as many cadets as possible are asked to attend - Full class A's - We need a strong showing. The library is going to start working with us to get the word out about CAP. This will go a long way toward our issues with the Airport. April 26, we need ALL cadets (Class A with Service Coat) and ALL parents and anyone else you can bring to the Airport Authority Meeting. Even if you won't be speaking, we need a major show of support for C.A.P.

LA022 In the News:

News Article: TheAdvocate February 24, 2011