Wisconsin Wing Headquarters
CAP WI Wing HQ
2400 Wright Street
Madison, WI 53704-2572
Telephone: 608-242-3067
Fax: 608-242-3068
Note:
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Written by 1st Lt Terese Barta
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Monday, 28 July 2008 |
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 Stevens Point, WI - This spring, Cadet 2d Lt Steven Lang set a goal for himself--to achieve solo flight before the end of the summer. On Monday, July 21, he met that goal, as his mother Pamela Lang and squadron commander Maj. Virginia Suarino watched at the Stevens Point Municipal Airport.
Lang, Cadet Commander for the Stevens Point Composite Squadron, started flight training July 9, 2008 in N910CP with Captain John Thompson, also of the Stevens Point Composite Squadron.
Thompson, who has served as Chief Flight Instructor at the CAP National Flight Academy the past two years, had the honor of pinning solo wings on Cadet Lang at the squadron meeting held July 21.
The solo flight is a major milestone in pilot training. To accomplish it, a student typically flies the aircraft for three take offs and landings without an instructor aboard.
Cadet Lang, of Marshfield, WI, is also the son of Lt. Col. (Dr.) Kevin Lang, who is currently serving as Deputy Commander of Cadets and Cadet Programs Officer for the squadron.
Cadet Lang hopes to someday use his pilot's license in doing medical missionary work. He has plans to attend the Air Force Academy and also become a doctor.
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Written by Lt Col Jo Stys
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Monday, 28 July 2008 |
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Milwaukee, WI – Nine officers from Wisconsin Wing, all holding the rank of Major, graduated last week from Great Lakes Regional Staff College held at Grissom Air Reserve Base outside Peru, Indiana. In addition, Major Ron Wroblewski, of SE Group, WI, served on staff as a Seminar Advisor, a post he has held for a number of years. The entire student body numbered nineteen students.
Graduating from the course were:
Major Bob Bowen
Major Becky Cincotta
Major Michael Cunningham
Major Gordon Fluery
Major Major Virginia Saurino
Major Roy Seymer
Major Julie Anne Sorenson
Major Ron Sorenson
Major Tamara Wienke
Congratulations to all! Special congratulations to Major Julie Anne Sorenson who came in second place in voting for President of the Mess and Most Popular Student.
Regional Staff College is a prerequisite for completing Level 4 and attaining the rank of Lt Colonel. It is a week-long program held once per year.
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Written by 1st Lt Matthew Barrett
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 |
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 Baraboo, WI - In a cadet change of command ceremony on July 15, 2008 at the National Guard Armory, home of the ColSac Composite Squadron, C/2d Lt Christiana Richardson took the position of Cadet Commander from outgoing commander C/1st Lt Sarah Ross.
Cadet Richardson was chosen from the senior cadet staff of ColSac. She has some big shoes to fill as Cadet Ross did an exemplary job for the year she held the position. C/2d Lt Richardson is also the squadron's cadet public affairs officer, and is joined in ColSac by her father 1st Lt Gregg Richardson (Moral Leadership Officer) and sister C/1st Lt Janelle Richardson (Cadet Emergency Services Officer and Wing Cadet Advisory Council Representative). The family has been members of CAP since 2005.
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Written by 1st Lt Terese Barta
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
 Stevens Point, WI - The Stevens Point Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) announces the promotion of Captain Peter Arnold to the rank of Major.
Arnold has been involved in the Civil Air Patrol for almost 10years. His current duty assignments are administrative officer, personnel officer and test control officer.
Major Arnold resides in Wausau with his wife Carolyn. During the promotion ceremony, Mrs. Arnold assisted in changing his rank insignia.
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Written by 2d Lt Jeri Gonwa
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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Hopefully your child (cadet) has told you of the upcoming Summer Encampment to be held this year Aug. 23 - 30 at Camp Ripley in Minnesota.
We are fast approaching the deadline (postmarked by August 6) for getting applications in for Encampment. Please visit the website: www.wiwgcap.org/encampment/ for a letter to the parents, application form, and a message to the attendees. Any questions that you have should be answered in those letters.
As a parent of two cadets - one attending Basic School and the other Wisconsin Cadet Academy - I encourage you to sign your child up for encampment as it promises to be something that they will never forget. They will come home with more of an understanding of what CAP is and does. I cannot speak highly enough of it.
Please do not let money or transportation be an issue. There are scholarships available for every chilld and family in need of financial assistance. Scholarship directions are also listed in the application form. Transportation arrangements are currently being made to ensure transportation for every cadet that wishes to attend.
Has your cadet already been to an encampment? Then have him or her sign up for WCA (Wisconsin Cadet Academy), the next level in the training for cadet leaders. It is held at the same time and place as the Basic encampment.
Have your child fill out the encampment application form, along with a copy of his or her CAP ID and your health insurance card. Include a check (if not applying for a scholarship) and return to your squadron commander for his or her signature by Aug. 4, so you can mail it by August 6. If it is postmarked after that date, there is a $15 late fee added onto the payment.
As a side note, the cadets will come home tired, however they will have many stories to tell and new friends that they will have come to know. It is a rare cadet that has not loved the program. And, with it being held at Camp Ripley this year, there are opportunities for exciting activities unique from Volk Field. It truly does promise to be a wonderful learning experience for everyone!
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Written by 1st Lt Terese Barta
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
 Volk Field, WI - Planting terrorist bombs, getting shot at, suffering limb amputations and even getting food poisoning was all in a days work for 19 members of the Wisconsin Wing who have been volunteering for Operation Patriot this week.
These weren't actual events, but rather examples of the scenarios designed to train emergency medical personnel and other members of the National Guard participating in Patriot missions.
Operation Patriot is a large scale exercise that integrates U.S. Army, Air Force, and Army and Air National Guard, as well as units from the Netherlands and Canada. It the largest joint training mission sponsored National Guard Bureau. Its purpose is to provide National Guard units from across the country with realistic field training.
There are about 3900 Guardsmen participating in the exercises held at Volk Field and Fort McCoy. For 1200 of them, this is real world preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan next year.
The exercise has been in existence since the mid 1990s under various names including Joint Apache and Global Patriot. The whole exercise takes place over a three-week time span, that also includes individual training designed by participating unit commanders, such as firearm qualifications and buddy/self care.
This is the fourth year that the Wisconsin Wing has participated, due to the involvement of Lt. Col John Potterton of the Madison Composite Squadron. It started with about 8 volunteers and has grown to over double that number. Wisconsin Wing is the only wing that has ever participated. Eight squadrons are represented this year.
Members of CAP participate by primarily serving as casualties. They often go through a make-up technique called "moulage" to create the types of injuries needed in each scenario.
In addition to emergency medical exercises, Amongst the numerous scenario-based training exercises are homeland defense, nuclear biological chemical training/decontamination, joint combat search and rescue, combat convoy training and close air support. There will also be a mass casualty exercise during the week.
Activities will continue through Thursday, July 23.
July 20, 2008. Planting terrorist bombs, getting shot at, suffering limb amputations and even getting food poisoning was all in a days work for 19 members of the Wisconsin Wing who have been volunteering for Operation Patriot this week.
These weren't actual events, but rather examples of the scenarios designed to train emergency medical personnel and other members of the National Guard participating in Patriot missions.
Operation Patriot is a large scale exercise that integrates U.S. Army, Air Force, and Army and Air National Guard, as well as units from the Netherlands and Canada. It the largest joint training mission sponsored National Guard Bureau. Its purpose is to provide National Guard units from across the country with realistic field training.
There are about 3900 Guardsmen participating in the exercises held at Volk Field and Fort McCoy. For 1200 of them, this is real world preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan next year.
The exercise has been in existence since the mid 1990s under various names including Joint Apache and Global Patriot. The whole exercise takes place over a three-week time span, that also includes individual training designed by participating unit commanders, such as firearm qualifications and buddy/self care.
This is the fourth year that the Wisconsin Wing has participated, due to the involvement of Lt. Col John Potterton of the Madison Composite Squadron. It started with about 8 volunteers and has grown to over double that number. Wisconsin Wing is the only wing that has ever participated. Eight squadrons are represented this year.
Members of CAP participate by primarily serving as casualties. They often go through a make-up technique called "moulage" to create the types of injuries needed in each scenario.
In addition to emergency medical exercises, Amongst the numerous scenario-based training exercises are homeland defense, nuclear biological chemical training/decontamination, joint combat search and rescue, combat convoy training and close air support. There will also be a mass casualty exercise during the week.
Activities will continue through Thursday, July 23.
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Written by C/2d Lt Christiana Richardson
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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 BARABOO, WI – During the month of June, 15-year-old Cadet Second Lieutenant Ryan Gertgen soloed in a Civil Air Patrol SGS-233 glider and also pre-soloed in a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172. Cadet Gertgen pre-soloed at Civil Air Patrol's Johnson Flight Academy, an Illinois Wing flight school. Over the course of a week at the academy, he was one of 17 cadets to receive training and learn what their capabilities. In Gerten’s words, "The best part was the last day, when my instructor, Lou Castillo, turned to me and said, 'Congrats, Ryan; you just pre-soloed.' I didn't think I was going to be able to pre-solo, but I did..."
Civil Air Patrol's National Glider Academy is where Cadet Gertgen soloed in a glider after a combined two weeks of intensive training with instructors Brian Collins and William Helgersen. Gerten said, "The best part about soloing was being the only person in the aircraft; knowing I could do it all myself." Gertgen’s advice for other cadets who hope to be future pilots is to prepare by studying and getting orientation flights completed before attending flight academies. 
Ryan Gertgen is the son of Jeff and Millie Gertgen, and has been a member of Civil Air Patrol for 3 1/2 years. He and his father are part of Baraboo's ColSac Composite Squadron, where he was recently promoted to C/1LT. Gertgen is also the Cadet Aerospace Education Officer.
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