By: Lt Col Liz Dunster, CAP Assistant Public Affairs Officer, North Carolina Wing “These men and women gave their lives for us, and this is the very least we can do.” Maplewood Cemetery in Wilson, NC was the site of a Memorial Day Flag Ceremony on Saturday 27 May 2023....
By: 2d Lt Yelena McManaman, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron On May 19, 2023, eighteen members of the Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron supported an annual Minuteman Muster open house hosted by the NC National Guard Joint Force Headquarters. The event included USA Track & Field (USATF) Certified 5K and...
By: Capt Beau Bentley, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Charlotte Senior Squadron U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency commander, spoke with cadets from the North Carolina Wing at the 111th Search and Rescue Squadron during a recent visit to Charlotte, North Carolina on May 20,...
By: Lt Col Stephen Leighton, CAP Health Services Officer, North Carolina Wing As of April 2023, the Civil Air Patrol’s Operation Pulse Lift (OPL) has raised over 20,500 units of blood, potentially contributing, according to the American Red Cross (ARC), to more than 60,000 lives saved. The North Carolina Wing...
By: Capt Brent Wooters, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Dan River Composite Squadron The North Carolina Wing has been on the cutting edge of the Civil Air Patrol small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) program that culminated in the first locate and save within CAP in August of 2021. The program continues...
By: 2d Lt Yelena McManaman, CAP Event Public Affairs Officer On May 6, 2023, thirty Civil Air Patrol cadets and senior members from six Group 2 squadrons successfully completed Points of Distribution (PODs) training. The training was hosted by Franklin County Composite Squadron. PODs training plays a crucial role in...
By: 1st Lt D. Broadhead, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Asheville Composite Squadron On April 28, 2023, the Asheville Composite Squadron held its monthly promotions and awards ceremony recognizing the achievements of multiple Cadets and Senior Members. The ceremony celebrated thirty-three Cadet promotions and one Senior Member promotion. Despite the gloomy...
By: Capt Luke Elliott, CAP Deputy Commander for Seniors, Cunningham Field Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol North Carolina Wing Commander Col D Bissell, NCWG Vice-Commander of Operations Lt Col B Kearns, NCWG Chief of Staff Maj K. Morton, and NCWG Command NCO SMSgt C. Kehrer; as well as, Cunningham Field...
By: Lt Col Jeffery Schrock, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Mid-Atlantic Region Nearly 300 volunteers trained safely at Ft. Barfoot in Blackstone, Va. for the 2023 Civil Air Patrol Mid-Atlantic Region Search and Rescue College (MARSAR) on April 14-16. Volunteers from Delaware, Maryland, National Capital, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia,...
By: Capt Racheal Gliniak, CAP Event Public Affairs Officer Excitement and competition were in the air as 10 teams from Civil Air Patrol’s Mid-Atlantic Region arrived at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Va. on March 31. Teams and competition staff from Delaware, Maryland, National Capital, South Carolina, North...
