Sheldon Cadet Squadron - Nov 2013

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This year our November

activity was two-fold. Cadets

were given the opportunity to

participate in one of two different

activities. Cadets C/Amn and

above were eligible to attend

Aerospace Education weekend

and C/TSgt and above were eli-

gible to attend the Emergency

Services Weekend. All cadets in-

processed Friday evening, at-

tended a safety meeting then split

in to their appropriate group.

Aerospace Education

WeekendFriday evening cadets

studied astronomy and were able

to get in about an our of star,planets and moon observations

before the clouds set in.

On Saturday the cadets of

AE weekend went to two airports,

Hobby (HOU) and Intercontinen-

tal (IAH). They were both new

experiences for the cadets

and will really help them

learn module two. At Hobby

the cadets volunteered at

the 1940 Air Terminal Mu-

seum by participating in a

F.O.D. search. F.O.D. is the

FAA term for Foreign Ob-

ject Debris. Cadets helped

out by picking up rocks us-

ing the line search method.

When planes and helicop-

ters are taking off or land-

ing F.O.D. is not only potentially

dangerous for those on the

ground, but can cause thousands

to hundreds of thousands of dol-

lars to the planes.

Cadets learned the history

of Hobby and saw the museum. It

was fun for the cadets and they

were able to get a lot of questions

answered about airport opera-

tions. We went to see the flight

simulators too and were able to

see what the inside of different

cockpits looks like.

Afterwards we traveled to-

wards IAH and the cadets ate

lunch about noon near one of the

runways. Cadets enjoyed their

sack lunches of a turkey sub,granola bar, Doritos, grapes, Ca-

priSun, and peanut butter crack-

ers. Then the cadets went to Inter-

continental Airport and saw be-

hind the scenes of the airport. It

was really cool for the cadets and

we got to see the inside of an air-

Aerospace Education & Emergency Services Weekend

Upcoming

Activities

Camp Curry 46,13-15 December

2013

Booster Club Mtg,6:45 on Thursday,

19 December 2013

Promotion Ceremo-ny, 7:00 p.m. on

Thursday, 19 De-

cember 2013

Winter Social, fol-lowing promotion

ceremony, Thurs-

day, 19 December

2013

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Aerospace Education

Weekend

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2

Emergency Services

Weekend

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AE/ES Weekend, continued...plane. Not many people get the access we

did, so we considered ourselves lucky.

We toured the United Airlines

Maintenance Facility and were able to see

planes in different states of maintenance.

One of the planes we got on was in for lightmaintenance, but one had been completely

been torn apart for a D-check (required by

the FAA every four years). We actually saw

the inside of the plane being reconstructed.

After that, we were escorted by Airport Se-

curity to get really close to the runways.

We were able to get out on the runway and

view landings and take-offs. We literally

drove the taxiway and at one point it probably

looked like we were chasing after an airplane.

That was the most fun for the cadets.The cadets also learned about the Fed-

Ex hangar and airplanes. We actually went in-

side one of their cargo planes. The cockpit was

huge and the back was also huge it was bigger

than the cap van. Also, the cadets learned how

they move their cargo by using these tiny roll-

ers, making it easier for them. Cadets got to

see the planes take off and land a few more

times and then we returned to campus. We

were the first cadets in this squadron to do this

activity and it is one most of us will remember

for a long time. The cadets who attended real-

ly enjoyed this exciting event.

Emergency Services WeekendFriday night cadets spent preparing

their equipment and gathering supplies for the

weekend. On Saturday the journey began. The

first part of our adventure was the trip to Shel-

don Lake State Park. We started by walking to

the park and it was a long walk, but bearable.It was fun because we got to bond and know

things that we never knew about each other.

When we got to Sheldon Lake State Park we

unloaded and put the fishing rod together. The

fishing was slow but we still had fun. We also

worked on alternative methods of fishing.

There was even an alligator there too! Overall

it was fun and we even learned a few survival


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skills from Capt. Schulin along the way.

After returning to campus we put our

equipment up, took a small break, and then ate

dinner outside. Later that night Capt. Schulin

made us do an exercise based of what we

learned. Our mission was to rescue the survivorsof a plane crash at night. There were 30 quar-

ters, we needed to find and rescue, in a 50 by 30

field, in the dark. We found 25 of them then

couldnt find any more, at that time he gave us

an option to quit but we didnt. After about an

hour he called us over and said On a mission

we cant save everyone but you tried and didnt

give up, and the search was called off for the

night.

The next morning after breakfast we re-

sumed our search for the remaining five quar-ters, who we named the Quartez family. After

about an hour and a half we were able to rescue

them all and the mission was a success. During

the weekend we were able to continue learning

more about Emergency Services and enhance

our skills at conducting line searches.

~ By C/CMSgt Cunningham &

C/SMSgt Zuniga

AE/ES Weekend, continued...


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Commanders Corner

We had our first combination weekend offering both an Aerospace Education weekend

and an Emergency Services weekend. The AE folks got a chance to see stars and planets

through our telescopes with a full Saturday at both Hobby and Bush Airports. See our Facebook

page for details. The ES folks got to do a long ruck march, do a little fishing and do a late night

mission to save the Quartez family.

The CAP 1.5 had an outstanding week with 15 of 16 passing the Arnold leadership test

and most passing the CPFT as well. CAP II and III will test this week to put us in a great positiongoing into CP Curry 46.

Take the Thanksgiving vacation to get ready for Cp Curry 46. Know your material and be ready

to pass the PT test.

Key Events:

Cp Curry 46 13-15 Dec The largest event of the year.

Color Guard Team weekend 13-15 Dec.

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