New Wing Assignments

There have been some  recent changes in assignments within Wing Operations. The current assignments are:

Maj. David Ayers                    Ass't DO 

Capt. Arnie Rosenthal           Stan/Eval  

Capt.  Robert Weyant            Aircraft Main t  M gr

Lt.  Col. Pete Andersen         ES Officer                  

Maj.  Ted Tanory                     CD Officer                

Our thanks to Capt. Dick Weichman for his many years of dedicated and effective  service as ORWG Aircraft Maintenance Manager.

NHQ has just  issued a contract to Aero Maintenance at VUO to provide Consolidated Maintenance for ORWG. There will be more information forthcoming in the near future about how we will manage this program. Going forward  please coordinate all maintenance action requests and discrepancy reports  with Capt. Weyant.

Pilots desiring G1000 training …we have approval for another round of matching funding on the glass. Refer to my earlier announcements regarding the ground rules for taking advantage of this funding. It will be available from 7/21 through 8/19, or  up to the authorized budget whichever occurs first. If you are going to fly a reimbursable sortie please contact me a few days in advance for instructions on how to properly set up the flight release request. If not done properly, and the process is a little different, it will jeopardize the reimbursement (as one member recently found out).

On a different note …our Air Force directed/monitored GTE is scheduled for August 13th through the 15th with the ICP at UAO and a Staging base at MFR. One of the keys to a successful event is member participation. This exercise is designed to stretch our capabilities to the limit, which can be severely  hindered without maximum member participation. In the past we have taken  hits when critical positions were not filled on a timely basis.  Please mark these dates on your calendar and commit to participating to your maximum ability. This is our most important exercise of the year.

Capt. Richard Ouellette

ORWG Director of Operations

Aerospace Leadership Scholarships

The Spaatz Association is proud to announce that we are accepting applications for our 2011 Aerospace Leadership Scholarships, please see the attached.  Each $2,500.00 scholarship is intended to “Help Dreams Take Flight” for a deserving Civil Air Patrol Cadet.  The deadline to apply is 30 September 2010.  For more information see our website at www.spaatz.org . Since 1997, The Spaatz Association, through the support of its members and benefactors, has awarded nearly $100,000.00 in flying scholarship to these wonderful young people.

Richard Anderson,#193
National President
The Spaatz Association

CYBER PATRIOT

is a cyber defense competition that tests the ability of the students to defend a simulated corporate network from external hostile attacks. But, it is far more than just a competition. It is designed to educate and motivate your cadets to become the cyber defenders the nation needs while promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

This year, the AFA is expanding the competition to include an All-Service Division, which will include CAP and each of the services' JROTC units and an Open Division for high schools without a JROTC.  The winners of the All-Services Division will compete in the Open Division to determine the overall champions. 

Go to www.capmembers.com/cyber for information about registering a team. Registration runs from May 10th to July 10th.

Sincerely,

Steven J. Trupp
Program Manager
Cadet Programs, Civil Air Patrol

Cadet Calendar

There is a new page with items of interest to Cadets on the Cadet Calendar page. There is also a new sumery of those items on this page just below the Coming Events section. If you have an events on interest for all cadets in the Wing contact the WEB master to get the details posted to these pages.

Model Rocket Weekend

June 24 - 27, 2010

Senior members, and instructors,  and cadets who are planning on participating in the Rocketry Weekend at Tillamook. The cost will be $50.00 per participant, a CAPF 31 for cadets,CAPF 60 cadets and seniors. There will be a limit of 40 cadets. This will cover the cost of all meals, instructional materials, certificates and Rocketry Badges, and rocketry construction supplies.  Checks are to be made payable to: Northwest Coastal Flight OR 114. Checks, and forms are to be mailed to: Northwest Coastal Flight P.O. Box 3443 Bay City, OR 97107. 

For questions please contact Capt Bill Rush or Capt. Mike Walsh and we'll be happy to answer them.

Encampment

2009 Oregon/Washington Joint WInter Encampment 1 has concluded very successful. Here is the Year book with pictures from the 2009 Oregon/Washington Joint WInter Encampment 1. :click here

Additional pictures Graduation and Awards Banquet

Staff Changes

I am happy to announce the following new Oregon Wing Staff appointments.

Major David Rudawitz has been reappointed as Director of Communications. He will be assisted by Capt. Bob Asher.

Captain Darren Goodding has been appointed Director of Finance. Lt. Col. Rosenberg will assist with the transition.

Captain Theodore Agnello has been appointed the new Wing Information Systems Officer. He will be working to revamp our wing web presence and bring additional capabilities and social media enhancements to the site.

Please welcome them to wing staff.

Winton " Sonny" Adcock, Ph.D., PMP

Major -- Chief of Staff

New E-mail address for Oregon Wing HQ

There is a new e-mail address for the Oregon Wing Headquarters. It is orwghq@yahoo.com.

The old e-mail address was deactivated at 12 noon on August 31, 2009.

ORWG EVALUATED SAREX was SUCCESSFUL

This evaluation occurs every other year assess ORWG’s readiness to perform our various ES missions. It included simulated missions of all types: SAR, DR, HLS etc..To be successful requires a high degree of professionalism, skill, commitment and participation across the wing.

The ICP (mission base) was in Aurora with inbound message traffic beginning early in the week of August 3rd. This message traffic has set the stage for the tasks we were asked to perform later in the week. The peak of the activity occurred on Saturday, August 8th, with a debrief taking place on Sunday. However we have has requests for some tasks to be performed likely on Thursday and Friday.

Maj. Ira Rosenberg was the IC and should be contacted for information regarding mission. For more information see attached.