By: SM Yelena McManaman, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Raleigh Wake Composite Squadron On December 9, 2021 cadets from the Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron volunteered at the Governor’s Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony. This annual tradition, in its 43rd season, was once again held in-person. This year, cadets of the Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron...
By: Maj Kimberley Morton, CAP Commander, NC Wing Group 3 As a CAP member we support many different missions. An email request for assistance went out to all CAP members nationwide on September 1, 2021, to help FEMA with crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is a method for gathering open-source ideas, content, or...
By: Lt Col Richard Tedesco, CAP Assistant Chief of Staff, North Carolina Wing On 7 December 2021, the Wake Forest Community honored Corporal Leon Clevenger back to Wake Forest after 71 years. Corporal Clevenger was an infantryman in Korea who was reported missing in action on July 11, 1950. His...
By: Capt Brent Wooters, CAP Deputy Commander, Guilford Composite Squadron The newest cadets of Guilford Composite Squadron are very eager and motivated to get their feet off the ground. The cadets spent seven weeks in the Great Start Program learning the ins and outs of Civil Air Patrol and how...
By: Capt Liz Dunster, CAP North Carolina Wing Public Affairs Officer North Carolina Wing held its’ first Education and Training Summit on 23 October 2021, at NC Wing Headquarters in Burlington, NC. The summit was organized by NC Wing Education and Training team Lt Col Kathy Nicholas, Lt Col Valerie...
On 19 October 2021 at 2223Z, the AFRCC requested that the NC Wing conduct a search for a missing 50 year old male in Anson County, North Carolina. The Wing responded with Maj Scott Stevens assuming Incident Command. Three aircrew members responded, the aircrew departing at 1302Z on 20 October....
By: Maj David Hartman, CAP SAREX Public Affairs Officer Civil Air Patrol (CAP) NC Wing Group 1 hosted a Search and Rescue exercise featuring CAP’s first use of drones in Western NC on September 4, 2021. The small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) was integrated with a Cessna 172 manned aircraft...
By: 1st Lt Philip Nazzaro, CAP North Carolina Wing CAC Senior Advisor On August 21, 2021, the NCWG Cadet Advisory Council (CAC) met in-person, during a hybrid meeting, for the first time since February 2020. The CAC meeting was held in conjunction with the Commanders’ Call at Wing HQ, in...
By: C/Amn Jada Stewart, CAP Tar River Composite Squadron On 21 August 2021, Tar River Composite Squadron had a cookout, watched Civil Air Patrol’s High Altitude Balloon Challenge launch, and Cadet Orientation Rides. There were many cadets, senior members, and prospective cadets there. I feel that this activity made all...
By: Capt Beau Bentley, CAP Event Public Affairs Officer 97 cadets and 14 Senior members from across the North Carolina Wing came to the Aviation Institute of Maintenance Charlotte campus to participate in the STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math ) Workshop on Saturday July 10, 2021. The STEM...
