17 November 2011- Meeting Agenda

"An oath is your word...you give your word and it should be a bond.  Even moreso if it is taken for the good of the community.  The CAP Cadet Oath says what a cadet should do for service to their community, state and Nation"     -Major Joe Ely Carrales, CAP

1610 L hrs- Opening Ceremony
Pledge of Allegiance, Cadet Oath and Moment of Silence

1620 L hrs- Promotions C/AB S. Mitchell to C/Amn (initial announcement ceremony to follow at final assembly before dismissal)

"I hereby certify that C/AB Scott Mitchell, CAP has successfully completed the necessary course of study for the award of the the Major General John F. Curry Award, named in honor of the Civil Air Patrol's first National Commander, signified by this ribbon. Also, the award of the grade of Cadet Airman as an element member in the Coastal Bend Cadet Squadron effective immediately."

Upcoming Events:
La POSADA de KINGSVILLE NIGHT PARADE- 3 December 2011. Details to Come.

Flight Assignments:
Alpha Flight:

Flight Sgt: C/SSgt Juan Vela, Jr.
Element Leader: C/Amn Tristan Wolfe

Bravo Flight:
Flight Sgt: C/SSgt Robert Alcantara
Element Leader: C/A1C Stillwagon

Charlie Flight:
Flight Sgt: C/TSgt Juan Cardec
Element Leader: C/SrA Sarah Del Valle

Cadets conducted a COOK FIRE CLASS given by local Scouting Personality 2nd Lt Terry Bru as well as practiced Drill for the upcoming LA POSADA DE KINGSVILLE  PARADE. 

2d Lt Terry Bru reviews cook fire safety as he instructs a core group of COASTAL BEND CADET SQUADRON CADETS who, in the same manner as was done in the Revolutionary War of the late-1700s, will train other members of their flight.

The other members of A, B and C flights practiced drill.  The influx of new cadets may over whelm the squadron's resources.  Notice the attempts to uniform everyone are slowly taking the unit to compliance.

Using tried and true methods, 2d Lt Bru instructs cadets in the fundamentals of fire from the "FIRE TRIANGLE" to idea that one must "build" a fire using specially selected wood ranging from the skinniest twigs to more substantial branches and logs.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED...a small cook fire is made using, this occasion, only one match.  The cadets who observed the class then built their own fires.  They will instruct the rest of the flights once the unit returns from the Thanksgiving Holidays.