Fox Cities Composite Squadron - Civil Air Patrol

Cadet Cassandra Martin, a member since February 2006, completed the requirements for the Amelia Earhart Award and was promoted to C/Captain. Her award certificate will be presented by an appropriate dignitary when it comes in.

Cadets Alexander Heiting and Lennon Mauel were promoted to C/SrA. Cadet Heiting was a member of the squadron's CyberPatriot team and Cadet Mauel was on the Wisconsin Wing Drill Team.

Cadets Jacob Ahlf, Michael Chanda, and Issac Wilke were promoted to C/A1C. Cadets Chanda and Wilke were on the Wisconsin Wing Drill Team.

Waiting for time-in-grade to be completed in 3 more days is Cadet Cody Kuether, who completed the requirements for the Wright Brother's Award and will be promoted to C/SSgt.  Cadet Kuether was a member of the WIWG Drill Team.

Congratulations to all of this week's cadets! 

The Wisconsin Wing Drill Team took 2nd Place overall at this past weekend's Great Lakes Region Cadet Competition.  They competed against teams from Ohio and Michigan.  The WIWG team placed first in the Innovative Drill and Mile Run events, and second in Standard Drill, Inspection, Panel Quiz, and Volleyball.  Cadet Second Lieutenant Evan Thomsen won the male Fleet Foot award for having the fastest mile run time.

The team was composed of members from Fox Cities, Ozaukee, West Bend, and ColSac.  The members from other units were:

Cadet Major Scott Steele, Ozaukee Comp Sqdn, Drill team commander
Cadet Captain Ryan Gertgen, Col Sac Comp Sqdn, Alternate
Cadet 1st Lt Mitchell Lemons, Ozaukee Comp Sqdn
Cadet 2d Lt Jennifer Pitz, West Bend Comp Sqdn

Members from Fox Cities were:
Cadet 1st Lt Cassie Martin
Cadet 2d Lt Jacob Reuter
Cadet 2d Lt Evan Thomsen
Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Alex Roberts
Cadet Senior Master Sergeant Michael Lang
Cadet Senior Airman Cody Kuether
Cadet Airman First Class Randy Bialcik
Cadet Airman First Class Lennon Mauel
Cadet Airman Michael Chanda
Cadet Airman Issac Wilke

Serving as escorts/coaches were Majors Jacqueline Miller, Nina Schmitt, and Terrance Schmitt.  Serving as support staff were Cadet Airman Jeffrey Kelley and Cadet Basic Collin Hilker.

Congratulations to C/1st Lt Cassie Martin for being selected as Queen of the Military Ball this past Saturday! 

FCCS would like to wish former senior member Matthew Koehler good luck as he heads down to Ft Jackson, SC for Army Basic Combat Training! We're sure you'll do great! 

Fox Cities was featured on a CW 14 program that just aired.  See http://www.cw14online.com/subindex/local_shows/cw_14_focus to view the video.

Tuesday night, we have a special speaker. Ernie and Sherry Murillo will be visiting us from California. Ernie will be speaking on the CAP Core values and the application of those values in everyday life. However, there is a twist. To learn more, you will have to attend the meeting. 

Interested in computers and computer security? Whether you're a computer guru or novice, we'd like to have you participate in *the* premier national high school computer competition. Registration for this fall's round of CyberPatriot has begun! We can have up to 5 primaries on a team and 5 alternates, but I'd prefer this year to have two separate teams of 5 each so that everyone gets to compete. Competitors must be at least 13 years old and in grades 9-12 (or equivalent if home schooled/in a school that does not make this distinction) as of September 2012. 

See Major Terrance Schmitt for details! 

Interested in learning to fly remote-controlled airplanes? Lt Col Peter Boulanger and Major T. Schmitt attended Monday's meeting of the Valley Aero Modelers Club. Lt Col Boulanger discussed opportunities for our squadron to work with them to get members interested in r/c model aircraft. Youth membership in VAM is only $10 a year and membership in the parent organization, Academy of Model Aeronautics, is FREE for cadets. 

Cadets 18 and younger can take advantage of FREE membership in the Academy of Model Aeronautics. This is the governing body of r/c aircraft clubs and membership in it is required to join any of the local clubs. Benefits include liability and theft insurance for your r/c activities as well as opportunities to earn college scholarships. Cadets are highly encouraged to fill out the paperwork and join this great aviation organization! 

Fox Cities Composite Squadron to be featured on the CW14 Focus program airing Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 10:30 am. Set your DVRs and enjoy the program. The program link will be posted Sunday afternoon. 

Army ROTC Cadet Brittney Lane, a former cadet officer at Fox Cities Composite Squadron, stopped by the unit last night to visit. CDT Lane is a senior at UW-GB and a member of the Green Knight Company based at St Norbert College in De Pere. She will receive her commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army this summer.