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NEW MEMBER TRAINING INFORMATION

Meeting Schedules

Seniors

The Waco Composite Squadron Adult Members meet the First and Third Monday of each month and the CAP Cadets meet every Monday at the Blackland Aviation Building located next to Texas Aero, on the Waco Regional Airport. The meetings begin at 6:30 PM. Please email Phillip Crawford or call 254-716-0882 with questions.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

EMERGENCY SERVICE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

The CAP National Board now requires all members with Emergency Services Qualifications to take the following one-time courses:

IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100

IS-200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction

IS-800 National Response Framework, An Introduction

They are available for free, online at http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp . They take about an hour to complete each.

Please complete them, save a copy of your completion certificate, and bring it to a meeting or email them to Phillip Crawford. The information needs to be placed in your personnel folder but most importantly it must be entered into the MIMS system as part of your ES qualifications.

Communication Unit Leaders (CUL) and Ground or Air Branch Directors are required to have IS-300 which is a classroom based course.

Compliance deadline has been established as 31 December 2008.

NEW AIRCRAFT

Weight & Balance For N735CR CAPF 4273 C-182

FAAST Tutorial

This is a helpful document to review before completing the FAAST Course

FAAST Tutorial

Operational Risk Mgt Forms

Ground Team

Aircrew

ELT Tracker Training

Document

Member Training Matrix

The above document is very helpful to new members. It outlines the necessary steps to becoming a qualified member.

Unfunded Rate Eff. March 1, 2007 – C-182 $41.00 plus fuel. C-172 $30.00 plus fuel

All repairs and maintenance are to be performed by Aviator Air Center at Grand Prairie Municipal.

Dues: $10 Per Month or $100 Annually. Receive a $20 Discount by paying your dues annually.

Mail all dues and payments to Squadron Address Above.

Training Required By All Members

Security Training required by all CAP Members

To complete the training – go to this web site:

https://tests.cap.af.mil/opsec/main.cfm

The Squadron has a C-182 N9879E. The plane will be scheduled through CAPERS

Texas Wing Web Site

Texas Group III

MIMS Help Link – Scroll down and click on “MIMS Assistance”

Each pilot should enter his/her own data into MIMS and request their unit validation officer to verify the data. MIMS directions

Supplier of CAP Clothing and Supplies

Vanguard Industries has taken over operations for CAPMart and is
now our official supplier for such items. The Vanguard Web site is
www.vanguardmil.com/store/splash.php. Starting today, this web site is
now displaying CAP items and accepting on-line orders or you may call them
toll-free at (800) 221-1264. Vanguard is working to integrate all our items
into their system)

ATTN: All ELT Mission Managers and Incident Commanders

Subject: Sending in of Mission Reports

Please send in all mission paperwork within 48 hours of completion of a mission to Wing Admin and email copies to me at: speedbump1@nts-online.net. I am making a back up of all data and putting it in a data base to better serve all IC’s and ELTMM’s. This includes, but is not limited to: CAPF 115, 104, 110, 122 and Texas Wing Forms 117,118, 201. This is a request and mandatory, but it will greatly improve our reporting and archival abilities.

Thanks for all your hard work and we are here to help make you job easier. Please contact me at the numbers below or by email anytime.

Russ Melvin, Major, CAP

Members Directions for CAPF 101 Mission Qualifications Renewal

· Open personal e-Services web page.

· Click on “Personal SQTR (old 101t) under CAP Utilities column

· At “Select Achievement”, open & scroll to expired qualification

· Open the SQTR for the expired or soon to be expired qualification and PRINT it. (DO NOT go back in MIMS and change ANYTHING!!!)

· Have a qualified evaluator evaluate you on a sortie or mission participation in this qualification duty.

· Evaluator will check and confirm that all tasks are covered and performance evaluated as qualified to perform duties in this specialty.

· Evaluator will place signature, CAPID, date, mission number, and wording “Renewal Evaluation”, at the bottom of form.

· Member will take this completed and signed SQTR renewal evaluation to their unit commander for approval.

· After approval, the member will place the completed form in their personal CAPF 114 file.

· NOTE: Unit commanders will have Group Commanders perform renewal approval as above for them.

TXWG Staff and Group Commanders will forward a “copy” of their renewal evaluation to Major Russell Melvin or Capt. Ted Tessitore for approval. Original renewal evaluation forms will be kept in member’s personal CAPF 114 file as above.

Pilot Flight Release Procedures – Helpful hints

Yeager Test Now Online

The Aerospace Education Program for Senior Members test, known as the Yeager test, is now on line. CAP members can now go to the web site, sign in, and take either version of the test. If they pass the test, they can print out a certificate of completion. The member should make a copy of the certificate of completion, and send it to the wing DAE (or, if on Region staff, to the Region DCS/AE). The DAE (or the DCS/AE) will treat the certificate of completion just like a CAPF 126, and send the Yeager Award Certificate (CAPC 20) to the unit commander for presentation. The DAE will then fill out a CAPF 127, and send it to National Headquarters, as usual, to credit the member in the National Database, and have their name appear in the CAP NEWS.

Also, the Aerospace Education Officer's specialty track (215) tests for Technician, Senior, and Master, are also on line. A member can take the test, and if they pass it, print out the certificate of completion as proof for their commander to sign off that particular achievement block on Attachment 1, CAPP 215 checklist. A member cannot take all the tests at the same time for the 215 specialty track. Instead, if they pass it successfully, there is a waiting period of four (4) months before the next test can be taken. This is to reflect the four months minimum time required by CAPP 215 between upgrades within the specialty.

Effectively immediately National Headquarters will begin collecting wing
dues along with the National, Region, and Bookstore fees for new members.
Cadet New Members and Renewals: $30, Senior New members: $75, Seniors Renewals: $65, Cadet Sponsor (New): $25, cadet Sponsor (Renewal): $20

Call the Personnel Office at National Headquarters at 334-953-5191 if you have any
questions.

Normal monthly meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month at the Blackland Aviation Building, second floor Conference Room, located at the Waco Regional Airport.

Edward M. Brown, GS-12, DAF
State Director
CAP-USAF/TXLO
254-751-7047 (v), 254-751-7048 (f)

This page was last updated 07/02/2008