Maxwell Composite Squadron, CAP

Capt. Harrison out of state.

I will be out of state for the week of 17-21 August 09.  Capt. Otero will be serving as Commander during my absence. 

Regards,
Lee

Lee Harrison, Capt, CAP
Commander
Maxwell Composite Squadron

Professional Development Training - Birmingham

Professional Development Weekend (June 6-7) - Birmingham
117th ANG Base, Birmingham, AL

PD weekends will encompass:

* Level Two: SLS - Squadron Leadership School
* Level Three: CLC - Corporate Learning Course
* UCC - Unit Commanders Course (if needed)

These courses are required for promotion.

If you are interested in being an instructor (also required for promotion), please email me. Instructors will be selected on a first come - first serve basis.

Registration is OPEN. Click here to register for the June 2009 Alabama Wing Professional Development Event.

Standby for information from your event coordinator on items such as transportation, lodging, uniforms, etc.

E-Services

 Hey guys,

Another reminder for everyone, you need to get your e-services account set up.

A lot of the time, we don't have much contact information on our members, and if we do, it may or may not be accurate. It would really helpful to Capt. Otero, Capt. Harrison, and others who need to get in contact with you, that they be able to do it quickly and efficiently for specific, time sensitive activities.

----------EVERYONE--------------------

Set up e-services: Go here, and click on "First time users click here to activate your account!"
Just fill in those few blanks, and your account should be set up. On the home page, it should say in the top right "My Info." Under that title, there is a link that says "Review/edit my info."

Once in there, on the left bar, there are a couple of things you should fill out, to let us know about you and find you more easily. The "Contact Information" is most likely the most important one, so hit that one first, if you please.

----------SENIOR MEMBERS----------

In addition to the e-services account, being on different CAP email lists is a good way to get timely/ just plain useful information. Here is a good place to start, and also getting onto the [wing] mailing list is a good idea.

-----------CADETS----------------------

 Most of all, we just need you to prove an email and a phone number for us to contact you with. For example, if you weren't at PT tonight, you probably don't know yet that we're going to a park to launch rockets on Saturday. We'll be trying to contact you about it, but sloppy communications methods aren't very professional.

 If you are willing to devote just a few minutes to filling the form in, an accurate email that either you (or your parents if you prefer) check daily would be a great help to Capt. Otero, and SM Jay, our AE officer.

ALWG Commanders Call 11APR09

     * * *  R E M I N D E R  * * *  

Alabama Wing will be hosting a Commander's Call and Wing Staff meeting this Saturday from 0900 - 1400. We will be meeting in the large auditorium at the Air University Academic Facility in Bldg 803 (this is NOT Wing HQ nor the LeMay Center, formally know as the CADRE).

We will have a very distinguished guest as our first speaker, Brig Gen Teresa Djuric, Commander, Jeanne M Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development, Maxwell AFB. The Commander CAP-USAF now reports to the Commander of the Holm Center. Gen Djuric leads the training for 13,000 cadets in 144 detachments of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, 1,900 trainees in Officer Training School, and 100,000 cadets in 879 high schools supporting Air Force Junior ROTC. The Holm Center produces more than 70% of the USAF's line officer, chaplain, judge advocate and medical officer production.

Following Gen Djuic's presentation, we will have an overview of ALWG accomplishments for 2008, an update on the 2006 compliance inspection close-out, Aerospace Education presentation, and training on MIMS/WMU on entering training accomplishments and obtaining on-line flight releases thru WMU.

more after the jump

USAF Evaluated Exercise Dates Set

Subject: ALWG SAR/DR EVAL IAW CAP-USAFI 10-2701:

ALCON,

Maj Carlos V. Salinas, CAP-USAF SELR/DO, has notified the Alabama Wing that the ALWG SAR/DR Evaluation Exercise is scheduled for 19-21 June 2009.  We will begin making preparations for this USAF-evaluated exercise at our next meeting, Monday April 6, 2009.  Please deconflict the date on your calendars.

Aircrews, Ground Teams and Mission Base Staff will be needed for the EVAL Exercise.

Questions - contact Capt. Harrison


Regards,
Lee

Lee Harrison, Capt, CAP
Commander
Maxwell Composite Squadron

ICS-300 Classes to be held at Bessemer‏

Alabama Wing Members,

The ICS-300 class scheduled for 3 - 5 April 2009, at the Bessemer Squadron Building has been CANCELED. There were only three members that signed up for the course. We need a Minimum of 12 - 15 to justify the class.

There is another ICS-300 Class scheduled for 24 - 26 April, 2009, at the Bessemer Airport. At this point we only have nine members signed-up for the course (including the three from the CANCELED 3 April course.

If you are interested in attending the ICS-300 course in April, send me an E-mail by Friday, 17 April. Again we need to have about 12 - 15 members to attend the course to justify the course. If we do not obtain the required numbers, we will try and reschedule the course latter in the year. The course is being taught by Col Pete Norris, SER/ESO, and as most of you know he is a director in the NESA program and will be very busy this summer.Please E-mail me by the suspense date if you want to attend. If you have already sent your name in, you do not have to apply again.

Thanks,

John P. Neil, Major
Director of Operations
Alabama Wing
CAP

ICS-300 Classes to be held at Bessemer‏

Alabama Wing Members,

The Southeast region, Alabama Wing, and the Bessemer Composite Squadron will be hosting two ICS-300 classes in April.  The first class will be held from 3 - 5 April and the second class will be held from 24 - 26 April.  The cost of the class is $20.00 to cover books and materials.  The courses will be taught by the Region ES Officer, Col. Pete Norris.  The 24 - 26 April class is a repeat of the first class, so you only need to attend either class, not both.

If you are interested in this course, please E-mail me by the end of this week (27 March 200).  At current we only have four members total (for both weekends) that have expressed an interest in the class.  We need 12 at a minimum to hold the class.

We are also working on the ICS-300 course in the Mobile area later this year.  This will be open to other agencies and other wings also.

Thank you for your support.

John P. Neil, Major
Director of Operations

Alabama Wing

CAP

Maxwell Composite Members, Contact Capt. Lee Harrison for Maj. Neil's contact information if you are interested in attending this training.

FY 09 ALWG Training/Events Schedule

Linked below is the most current activities scheduled for the rest of the FY2009.  These are not all of the activates and more will be added as the year progresses.  Under the mission listed you will see what aircraft will be used for those events.   If your aircraft is listed for the mission/training, please make sure that it is available and that there is an air crew for the day.

This schedule may be modified as schedules change because of other mission request, weather, aircraft maintenance, member schedules...

Click here for the document.

John P. Neil, Major

Director of Operations

Alabama Wing

CAP

Nondiscrimination Policy

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All Commanders,   The attached memo is the CAP National Commander's Annual Statement of Nondiscrimination mandated by CAPR 36-1 paragraph 4b(2).  The purpose of this memo is to remind the membership of CAP's Nondiscrimination Policy.  Please ensure that all members under your command are made aware of the contents of this memo and of the CAP Nondiscrimination Policy. Please click here to view the memo.   If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the CAP Equal Opportunity Officer, Col Ted Chavez, or the Equal Opportunity Administrator at National Headquarters, Mr. Gerry Rosenzweig.     AMY S. COURTER Major General, CAP National Commander

Squadron News Items Needed!

Articles are needed for the upcoming CAP newsletter. If you have any items you would like to submit please contact Capt Jamey Haigh, our squadron PAO. His e-mail address is available through CAP eServices.