By: Capt Liz Dunster, CAP North Carolina Wing Public Affairs Officer The annual North Carolina Wing Commander’s Retreat was held over the weekend of 7-9 October 2022 at the NC Justice Academy – East in Salemburg, North Carolina. In a casual but learned environment, fifty-three NCWG members, including Wing...
By: Capt Liz Dunster, CAP Tar River Composite Squadron Public Affairs Officer Cadets from Tar River and Pitt Greenville Composite Squadrons, from Wilson and Greenville NC, are working together in the fifteenth season of the Air and Space Forces Association’s National Cyber Defense Competition, CyberPatriot XV! They met again on...
By: SM Racheal Gliniak, CAP Event Public Affairs Officer Through Emergency Services training, Civil Air Patrol members can earn qualifications as a Ground Team member to aid in search and rescue missions on foot for persons lost on land. An Urban Direction Finding (UDF) team locates active Emergency Locator Transmitters...
By: SM Racheal Gliniak, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Pitt-Greenville Composite Squadron On 24 September 2022, on military appreciation night, the East Carolina University (ECU) Pirates football team played against the Naval Academy Midshipmen football team. The University provided an opportunity for their ROTC program, each local JROTC program in...
By: 2d Lt Yelena McManaman Public Affairs Officer, Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron On Saturday, September 10, Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron hosted an Urban Directional Finding (UDF) training event. UDF training was part of a larger Search and Rescue Exercise conducted that day. Early on Saturday morning 13 senior members and 7 cadets...
By: SM Susan Seiler, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Iredell Composite Squadron On Saturday, August 27, 2022, the Iredell Composite Squadron cadets and senior members trained to serve during an emergency. Early this warm summer morning, twenty-one cadets and senior members arrived at the Iredell Composite Squadron Hangar in Statesville, NC....
By: Capt Steven Taylor, CAP Deputy Commander for Seniors On 22 August 2022, Goldsboro Composite Squadron attended the annual Wayne County Homeschool Fair in Goldsboro, NC. Goldsboro Composite Squadron members and the NC Wing Recruiting and Retention Director, 1st Lt Melita Bulluck, had the opportunity to interact with parents and students seeking...
By: SM Nick Keaton, CAP Assistant PAO, Dan River Flight After completing eight weeks of rigorous training, C/SSgt Erin Price was welcomed back home as a newly licensed private pilot and a graduate of the 2022 AFJROTC Flight Academy at Purdue University. C/SSgt Price, a dually enrolled Air Force JROTC...
By; Lt Col John Auten, CAP Aerospace Education Officer, Franklin County Composite Squadron On August 3rd 2022, Franklin County Composite Squadron, NC-145, hosted fifth, sixth, and seventh graders from the Franklin County Unit of Boys & Girls Club of North Central North Carolina. Fifteen of these wonderful young people...
By: Senior Member Racheal Gliniak, CAP Public Affairs Officer, Pitt-Greenville Composite Squadron Greenville, North Carolina -- Seven senior members attended the Group III Basic Training Leaders of Cadets course to learn how to become better mentors of cadets and more effective managers of cadet squadrons. The senior members ranged in experience...
