Squadron News

Please find the below flyer for your review. The Syracuse Cadet Squadron Color Guard will be presenting the colors for the opening game of the Syracuse Crunch Hockey Team on 15 October at approximately 7:30pm.

The squadron is selling tickets for that night’s game. Proceeds from those ticket sales will go to the squadron. Please consider purchasing a ticket or two to support our squadron. Thank you.

MATTHEW J. MALLORY, Capt, CAP
Commander NER-NY-135
Syracuse Cadet Squadron
Cell: 315-567-9268

Please check out our calendar section and read through the new 2011 4th Quarter Schedule. Please make maximum use of the schedule so that you are prepared for the evenings meetings. If you have any questions about the calendar please address them to your Cadet Chain of Command.

Support the Syracuse Cadet Squadron by donating your unwanted car, truck, motorcycle, RV, boat, airplane, and or farm equipment. Click the image below to find out more.

Please check out our calendar section and read through the new 2011 3rd Quarter Schedule. Please make maximum use of the schedule so that you are prepared for the evenings meetings. If you have any questions about the calendar please address them to your Cadet Chain of Command.

Syracuse Cadet Squadron hosted an NRA Rifle Course Bivouac in May that led to all 28 cadets and six senior members passing the basic rifle shooting course.

In addition, 16 of the cadets and four senior members went on to earn the Winchester/NRA Pro-Marksmanship certification.

The two-and-a-half-day bivouac took place at Verona Beach State Park, with classroom instruction and shooting at Oneida Rifle Club.

Calling it “a huge success,” Squadron Commander First Lt. Matt Mallory said he received a congratulatory email from head NRA instructor Dave Klish, who praised the CAP cadets.

“I commend you on a fantastic group of young men and women,” Klish wrote. “To mold them into what you have is a testament to you, your adult help and assistants and to the youth alike. I have not seen such a well-disciplined and focused group in over 25 years. You should be extremely proud of your and their accomplishment.”

The Rifle Course Bivouac included over eight hours of shooting, with the group expending over 6,900 rounds of .22 caliber ammunition and shooting 250 paper targets.

Those earning the Pro-Markmanship certification had to “shoot five bullets into ten bull’s-eyes, scoring a minimum of 20 points in each bull’s-eye, all from 50 feet away,” Mallory said. “The 16 cadets are authorized to wear the Pro-Marksmanship medal on their blues uniform.”

He added: “I cannot express enough how proud I am of all of our cadets and senior members that participated.”

The Syracuse Cadet Squadron is initiating a new tech-recycling program that doubles as a fundraiser. We are asking for your help with this endeavor.
As we all know, protecting the environment by recycling your used consumer electronics is the right thing to do. We now furnish an easy way for you to get rid of those items the correct way and in turn you will be helping us to raise money for our youth program.
The more you recycle and we collect the greater the impact will be on future squadron events reducing the cost proportionately. Please consider recycling your consumer electronics from the below list.

• Cell Phones
• Ink Jet Printer Cartridges
• Laptops and Notebooks
• MP3 Players
• Digital Cameras
• Digital Video Cameras
• GPS Devices
• Radar Detectors
• Electronic Book Readers

In some cases the Items donated may warrant a receipt for tax purposes. Receipts are available by request. All items will be recycled in accordance with EPA regulations.
Please feel free to contact either 2d Lt Judy Bierut at 315-677-7761, SM Robert Woodruff at 315-214-0068, or 1st Lt Matthew Mallory at 315 567-9268.  You can also EMAIL us if you have any questions, or would like clarification.

Please take a few moments to look over our Resources page.  New content has been added for your use.  Below is a run down of added content:

• New Cadet Help:  Check out this link for help from National Headquarters in getting set up on everything Cadet.
• Ribbon Rack Builder:  Good for Senior members and Cadets, multi-service and accurate.
• Tie Guide:  Having problems tying your tie?  Try this guide’s Half Windsor or Full Windsor for that proper knot.
• NY Alert:  Alert and Emergency Services site for NYS.

If you have any suggestions or comments on our resource pages, please feel free to send a message to TSgt Norris.

As we come into the meeting this week, please make sure you take time to congratulate last week’s promotees.  They are listed below with their new grade achieved.  Each deserves a round of applause for their dedication and commitment to the program.

• Capt. Kate Reed
• C/Amn Aaron Stewart
• C/Amn David Oliver
• C/Amn Andy Zamora

Congratulations to each of you on your new promotion!

New Cadet Help is a web page put together by National Headquarters, CAP.  It is an all encompassing website for parents and new cadets and it will guide you through the set up of all aspects of new cadet life.  If you have any questions, please feel free to address them to your chain of command.

SYRACUSE — During the meeting of Syracuse Cadet Squadron Wednesday night, Cadet Faith Schreiber was presented a milestone achievement award: the Billy Mitchell Award.  Along with the award presentation, Cadet Schreiber was promoted to the grade of Cadet Second Lieutenant.  The Billy Mitchell award is the second of five cadet milestones and is earned after completing the first eight cadet achievements.  The award is named after Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell, a WWI advocate of an independent Air Force.  Cadet Schreiber has been a member of the Civil Air Patrol since September of 2008.  In her time with the squadron, Cadet Schreiber has filled various leadership roles, and is currently serving as a Cadet Flight Commander and serves as the Squadron’s Color Guard Officer in Charge.  Cadet Schreiber is a 2010 Northeast Region Cadet Leadership School graduate.

On hand to present Cadet Schreiber with her award was Maj. Daniel Brodsky, Central New York Group’s Deputy Commander.  Promoting Cadet Schreiber was her mother and sister, both members of the Squadron.  1^st Lt Penny Schreiber, mother and Deputy Commander for Cadets, stated that she was honored to be able to promote her daughter.  Cadet Maj. Sarah Schreiber, sister and Cadet Commander, said that she was proud of her sibling and was the first to congratulate her on the achievement.

The Squadron meeting held the evening of April 6th was a great night for the Syracuse Cadet Squadron!  The following Cadets were promoted to their new grades.  Each deserve sincere congratulations for their respective achievements.

C/Capt Sarah Schreiber to Cadet Major (C/Maj).

C/CMSgt Faith Schreiber to Cadet Second Lieutenant (C/2nd Lt) and was presented her Billy Mitchell Milestone Achievement Award.

C/A1C Emily Beirut to Cadet Senior Airman (C/SrA).

C/Amn Nicholas Starr to Cadet Airman First Class (C/A1C).

Cadet John Beirut to Cadet Airman (C/Amn).

Cadet Garrett Halko to Cadet Airman (C/Amn).

Again, congratulations to each of our newly promoted Cadets.  Each of these cadets are deserving of their new grades.

For photos of the promotions, please see our Public Affairs page on Facebook.  If you would like digital copies of the photos you see, please contact TSGT Brian Norris for details.

FABIUS – During the last weekend of March, members of the Syracuse and Fulton Squadrons participated in a winter bivouac held at Highland Forest County Park. The purpose of the training was to promote emergency services training and culminated with 2 practice sorties resulting in multiple levels of Ground Team qualifications. Ground Team Leader, Ground Team Member 2 & 3, and Mission Radio Operator were among the achievements successfully met this weekend.

Training throughout the weekend focused on the basics of emergency services. For some members, this was a refresher of knowledge already learned, but for the majority of the members in attendance this was their first time handling a handheld Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB). Blocks of instruction were also given to reinforce proper radio communications on corporate assets, map reading, compass navigation, improvised field first aid, and litter carries. The capstone event called on the Ground Team trainees to utilize all the skills they had learned in the weekend to process clues to find a simulated downed pilot roaming the woods nearby. Through teamwork, the “pilot” was rescued and each member walked away from the simulated emergency with a better understanding of what a real Ground Team mission entails.

Attendees were able to keep a great attitude, have fun, and learn how to be of better service to their community, despite a cold weekend with temperatures hovering at 10 degrees.

Story and photos by c/Capt Sarah Schreiber & TSgt Brian Norris

Please check out our calendar section and read through the new 2011 2nd Quarter schedule. Please make maximum use of the schedule so that you are prepared for the evenings meetings. If you have any questions about the calendar please address them to your Cadet Chain of Command.

As some of you may know already, Technical Sergeant Norris is our Squadron’s photographer and Public Affairs NCO.  Each meeting TSgt Norris photographs the goings on of the meetings.  Don’t be camera shy!  He won’t post photos you don’t like.  In the event that there is a photo posted on here, or on our Squadron’s Facebook Page, that is not to your liking, please notify TSgt Norris, at bsnorris@syr.edu, and he will remove the photo.  Please include the reason that you do not like the photo so that TSgt Norris can avoid these types of photos in the future.  On the flip side, if there is a photo that you particularly like, arrangements can be made to get you a digital full sized copy.  Photos posted to the internet are generally scaled down to save on bandwidth and to speed up web page load times.  Either way you go contact TSgt Norris, he’s our photographer.

SYRACUSE – Civil Air Patrol Cadet Michael Marotta of Fayetteville received a milestone achievement, the Billy Mitchell Award, and was promoted to the rank of cadet second lieutenant, during a recent meeting of the Syracuse Cadet Squadron.

Lt. Col. Fritz Koennecke, cadet programs officer for Central New York Group, presented the award and promoted Cadet Marotta, pinning on cadet officer shoulder boards, in front of family and friends.

Colonel Koennecke praised Cadet Marotta, noting he has filled various leadership roles since joining the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in October 2007 and is currently the cadet executive officer. Among his achievements is attending CAP’s Hawk Mountain Ranger School in Pennsylvania. He is a student at Onondaga Community College.

The Billy Mitchell Award is the second of five cadet milestones, named after Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell, a World War I advocate of an independent Air Force.

Syracuse Cadet Squadron meets Wednesday evenings at the 1st Lt. James McConnell Army Reserve Center in Liverpool, and is one of six squadrons in the Central New York Group. As the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol has three primary missions of emergency services, cadet mentoring, and aerospace education.

Story and photos by TSgt Brian S Norris, CAP

Lt Col Koennecke presents Cadet Marotta the Billy Mitchell Award

Syracuse, NY- The Syracuse Cadet Squadron was paid a special visit by Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-25) Wednesday evening. Buerkle, an Auburn native, spoke to the cadets and senior members of the squadron about multiple topics ranging from government spending to local issues. On the topic of spending Buerkle had the following thoughts:

“The United States’ debt is currently over $14 trillion. The President’s budget not only increases spending, but also raises taxes for families and small businesses – the very people who are desperate for relief. This budget from the President spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much. This budget failed to address the fiscal and economic threats that currently face our nation.”

Buerkle also took time to answer questions from the cadets of the squadron. Cadet Airman Briana Winslow inquired as to how cadets can best pursue a service academy referral. Buerkle explained the process to the cadets, stating that it involved committees and that each service academy received an allotted amount of referrals per state. Afterwards, Buerkle meet with multiple cadets and spoke to them candidly.

Before departing, 1st Lt Matthew Mallory, squadron commander, presented Buerkle with a squadron challenge coin, in appreciation for her efforts towards building a better community.

Story and photos by TSgt Brian S Norris, CAP

March 31 is the final deadline for all members to complete the required one-time online safety briefing. Members who don’t complete it will be suspended. If you haven’t taken the briefing and you show up at a mission base after 31 March, you won’t be able to participate. Ditto for attending meetings.

This module, Introduction to CAP Safety for New Members, is available in eServices under the “Online Safety Education” application in “My Favorites” on the unrestricted side of “CAP Utilities.”

Four cadets presented the colors for the Syracuse University Basketball game today. Each received a squadron challenge coin from the commander for doing a great job!

The quarterly schedule has been updated. Download the 2011 Q1 Schedule here.