Members of Civil Air Patrol's Central Alabama Senior Squadron 132 recently attended the Alabama Wing Conference in Huntsville, Alabama. Col. J Bradford Lynn assumed command of the Alabama Wing in a ceremony presided over by Col. Alvin Bedgood, SER Region Commander.
Capt Rick Kilgore, 2nd Lt Rhonda Pyatt, 1st Lt Brian Pyatt, Lt Col Eldon Woodie, Maj Jay Jerman, Lt. Col Austin Landry, Capt. Dawson Moore, Maj Carl Rossomme, Capt Ronnie Allen
As part of the conference offerings, Capt. Ronald Allen, 1st Lt. James (Brian) Pyatt, and 2nd Lt. Rhonda Pyatt completed Storm Spotter training presented by the National Weather Service.
The following awards were presented to Central Alabama Senior Squadron AL 132 CAP members at the Awards Banquet:
Senior Squadron of the Year (2) - Central Alabama AL 132 & Huntsville AL 055-
Col J Bradford Lynn, Lt. Col Austin Landry
2nd Lt Rhonda Pyatt, Col J Bradford Lynn, Public Affairs Officer of the Year
Chaplain of the Year - Lt. Col. William (Bill) A. Cochran
Capt Dawson Moore, Col. J Bradford Lynn- Personnel Officer of the Year
Capt. James (Rick) Kilgore co-emceed the conference and 2nd Lt. Rhonda Pyatt was part of the CAP staff photography team.
Maj. Gen. Charles Carr, CAP National Commander was the guest speaker at the Awards Banquet. -Special to Alabama Aviator by 2nd Lt Rhonda Pyatt, Public Affairs Officer- Central Alabama Senior Squadron
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 61,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. 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 54 lives in fiscal year 2011. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to nearly 27,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. CAP received the World Peace Prize in 2011 and has been performing missions for America for 70 years. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/ or http://www.capvolunteernow.com/ for more information.