NERPA505 Update

Greetings 505! Here's hoping everyone had a great weekend! I know everyone who was able to attend the Field Training Exercise did. It was a great, though sometimes wet and cold, experience. Check out some of the photos on the blog! There is also a brief, but good, front-page article in the 18 May Warren Times Observer about our participation in the FTX. If you do not get the WTO, the Internet link for the article is: http://www.timesobserver.com/page/content.detail/id/516654.html?nav=5006

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Congratulations are in order to cadets Daniel Hagberg and Collin Matheny for the Gen. Hap Arnold award and promotion to C/A1C! Cadet Hagberg was promoted on 8 May, and Matheny on 14 May.

(1) Tuesday is the last meeting before the Russell Jubilee on 23 May. SM Atwood requests that all cadets involved in the Color Guard be ready to drill at 1830 hours sharp. The Russell Jubilee will be our first opportunity to showcase our Color Guard, and it will be a great opportunity for our squadron. Hopefully, we will have a CAP van to follow the Color Guard in the parade. We also need a few people to walk along the parade route to distribute treats and information. We will have a display table set up in the fire hall. Anyone who would like to volunteer to attend the table, please let me know and we will work out a schedule. All those walking in the parade need to be at the Russell Elementary School parking lot by 1000 hrs. All squadron members who have uniforms should be in them, blues for cadets, and be in compliance with grooming standards.
(2) Tuesday is also Emergency Services emphasis night. We will plan to cover at least one more chapter in the Ground Team manual. Uniform of the day is BDUs, sleeves rolled up.
(3) All squadron members who plan to participate in the parade need to be sure they have signed off on the monthly safety briefing.
(4) All of us need to work harder on recruiting. We stand to lose a few more inactive members over May and June. We do not want to lose anyone, but sometimes people find CAP not to be for them, or drop out for other reasons. We must maintain no less than 16 members to hold on to our squadron charter. Our current total membership is now at the minimum. Our Group Commander understands how hard it is to grow, but if we get too low, and stay too low, he has the discretion to deactivate our squadron. I hope we all share the commitment to not allow that to happen.

We are appreciative of all of our members and their families, and of all of the support that our families give. Thank you!

CADETS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO ASK YOUR PARENTS TO READ THE SQUADRON UPDATES SO THEY CAN KEEP INFORMED OF OUR ACTIVITIES AND PLANS. PARENTS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO INFORM YOUR CADET(S) OF THESE UPDATES SO THEY WILL BE REMINDED OF ACTIVITIES.

Semper Vigilans! See you Tuesday!

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Randall F. Matheny, Chaplain (Capt.)
Group 6, PAWG 31
Civil Air Patrol
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kb3mom