Situation:
Location: Mt Airy Park, 660 Mt Airy Rd, New Windsor, NY, 12553. The park is also known as Kristi Babcock Memorial Park
Time: 1830 – 2010 (10 minutes prior to sunset)
UOD: Civillian Attire – PT Gear
Order of Events:
1830 – Opening Formation
1840 – Safety
1845 – Physical Fitness
1945 – Emergency Services
2010 – Closing
Important:
Notify your Flight Sergeant if you will not be in attendance.
Bring a pen/pencil, small notebook, and water.
Additional:
N/A
All,
The sign up form has been fixed for the July 4th parade. Please fill this out if you are interested before the next meeting.
All,
Our squadron has been invited to participate in a July 4th Parade in Cornwall, starting at 1300 hours. We are looking for cadets who are interested in color guard, or marching for this event. Please complete the sign up form before the next meeting if you are interested in participating.
Situation:
Location: Mt Airy Park, 660 Mt Airy Rd, New Windsor, NY, 12553. The park is also known as Kristi Babcock Memorial Park
Time: 1830 – 2010 (10 minutes prior to sunset)
UOD: ABU’s/Appropriate Civilian Attire
Order of Events:
1830 – Opening Formation
1850 – Customs and Courtesies
1920 – Drill & Ceremonies
1940 – Great Start Promotions
2000 – Closing Formation
Important:
Notify your Flight Sergeant if you will not be in attendance.
Bring a pen/pencil, small notebook, and water.
Additional:
Per the Cadet Commander, ABU sleeves rolled up.
The Orange County Cadet Squadron
is pleased to welcome
Kirt Squires
Meteorologist, National Weather Service
Central Weather Service Unit (CWSU)
March 23, 2021
Kirt Squires is National Weather Service Meteorologist at the ZNY ARTCC Center Weather Service Unit in Ronkonkoma NY. He is the most senior forecaster in the office and has been working there for 14 years.
The Center Weather Service Unit is a weather forecast office embedded within an FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center. This is a branch of the National Weather Service contracted to the FAA.
Mr. Squires will present about the National Weather Service (NWS), NWS aviation forecasting products and services, and the role the NWS plays in the safety and economic enhancement of the national airspace.
Mr. Squires is a native New Yorker from Mastic NY, on the the east end of Long Island. He graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Meteorology.
His interest in weather began at age three when Hurricane Gloria caused his family to evaluate Long Island, and that memory led him to study meteorology. His married with three children and enjoys surfing and racing motorcycles and cars.
ALCON:
Pennsylvania Wing has been tasked to support a Type 1 FEMA Vaccination Site in the Philadephia area and is requesting support from CAP members across the Northeast Region. Details as follows:
Mission Location: Philadelphia Convention Center
Mission Dates: Immediately – 30 Apr 2021
Number of CAP Personnel Requested Daily: up to 50
Requested Participation Days of the Week: Monday-Friday
Minimum # of Days to Commit: 3 days in a row
Duties will include assisting with screening for COVID symptoms, assisting people with disabilities, and directing people through lines to the correct stations in the clinic. Work will be 10-12 hour days beginning at 0730 each day. Food will not be provided, but a per diem rate will be provided to help with food costs. There are multiple locations to obtain food across the street from the location. Uniforms are required. Remain Overnight (RON) is funded to cover hotels. Details will be forthcoming. Cadets are permitted to participate.
If you would like to assist with this mission, contact me at ezra.kuliszewski@ny030.org and cc Maj Bill Carroll (CMG/DC) at wcarrolljr@hvc.rr.com. In your email, verify that you have a uniform and specify which dates you are able to help. For cadets interested in helping, please have your parent contact me. Once I get our response coordinated I will let you know if your assistance is needed for the dates that you are available.
Good Morning OCCS Members
Please review the attached document found at this link – Commander’s Intent and Goals. It is designed to set the tone and goals of our journey together as we move forward. I am sure that you have expectations and goals as well, and I welcome you to share them with me at any time. You can reach me at any time via email at ezra.kuliszewski@ny030.org or by phone at (845) 238-1944. I look forward to working with each of you in the next phase of our unit’s development.
Semper Vigilans!
Capt Kuliszewski
The Orange County Cadet Squadron is pleased to welcome Dr. Alison Chalker Air Race Classic Pilot Member of the 99s. Alison Chalker (Moorestown, NJ) has been a pilot since 1990, and is a member of Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of The Ninety-Nines.
She has a Commercial pilot’s license, single-engine land, with an instrument rating, complex, high-performance and tailwheel endorsements.
Alison is a general aviation pilot who flies for fun and has more than 1500 hours flown. She has a four seat single engine Cessna 182, and enjoys flying to meet friends for lunch around the East coast region; taking passengers for airplane rides to raise funds for the Chapter scholarships in our annual Pennies-a-Pound event; and flying her husband Ray and dogs Einstein and Piper to visit friends and family around the country.
Her favorite aviation activity is the Air Race Classic. In this annual adventure, teams of two women fly a four day, 2000 nautical mile cross-country route that is different every year, competing against their own handicap.
Alison works in the pharmaceutical industry and moved to the US from the UK in 1996. Over the last 30 years, she has worked with teams to help develop new drugs for infectious diseases, cardiovascular conditions, and neuropsychiatric illnesses.
Her local 99’s chapter will also be in attendance!
Please come prepared with questions and have your camera on.
The Orange County Cadet Squadron is pleased to welcome Captain Karen Kahn Pilot & Author Presenting “Turning Pro…Have You Got What It Takes”
Captain Kahn has been actively involved in the aviation industry for 50+ years. A pioneer in her field, she was one of the first female pilots hired by a major US airline.
Prior to starting her airline career in 1977, she instructed at the Sierra Academy in Northern California and operated her own weekend ground school teaching Private, Commercial and Instrument courses.
She holds an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, including type ratings on the Boeing 757/767, McDonnell-Douglas MD-80. She was the first woman to be type-rated in a Lockheed JetStar.
Her other ratings include: CFII MEI, Flight Engineer, Turbojet, Seaplane, Helicopter (IFR), and has qualified seven times for the Master CFI (now Emeritus) designation.
As an author, speaker and career counselor, Captain Kahn also specializes in helping pilots improve their career preparation.
More recently she has expanded her business to provide career development beyond aviation.
Her book “Flight Guide for Success: Tips and Tricks for the Aspiring Airline Pilot” is the basis for her career counseling sessions and the basis for her presentation.
Please come prepared with questions.
Regards,
C/1st Lt LaCombe