Dr. Capt Craig Small, 2nd Lt. Mary C. Welch and 2nd Lt. George Berube of the Caribou Civil Air Patrol (CAP) have completed the required training in Aerospace Education to receive the Charles E. (Chuck) Yeager Aerospace Education Achievement Award. The awards were given recently at the County Composite Squadron based at the Caribou Airport.
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Squadron Commander Capt. David Barbosa, left, presents Dr. Capt. Craig Small with his Yeager Award.
This award is one of the first steps in the professional development of all senior members of the CAP. The squadron meets the second and last Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Caribou Airport; anyone interested in the Civil Air Patrol and its many programs are welcome to attend.
“Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 58,000 members nationwide,” said Capt Berube. “CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 72 lives in fiscal year 2009.”
“Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counter-drug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies,” he added. “The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 23,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 68 years.”
Additional information about Civil Air Patrol programs can be obtained by visiting www.gocivilairpatrol.com or call Capt Ray Burby at 492-1615.
