Several CAP members from Squadron 188 and Group 2 were given the opportunity to participate in water survival training provided by the United States Coast Guard. 1st Lt Al Chavez of Amelia Earhart Senior Squadron 188 arranged the fun and very important training session with the assistance of the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard provided the training at their training facility on Coast Guard Island in Alameda California.
On October 6 Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Squadron 188, along with Squadron 18, participated in the Livermore Airport Annual open house. Squadron 18's Cadets honored the crowd with an excellent Presentation of the Colors during the National Anthem. Both Squadron 188 and 18 set up a recruiting booth to help drive interest in the Civil Air Patrol. CAP Capt Yudis Coreas of Squadron 10 flew in their Cessna 182 G1000 equipped search aircraft for display. Visitors were able to sit in the cockpit and were enthralled by the G 1000 displays and capability of the CAP aircraft; meanwhile the children loved its video game like appearance.
The members of Squadron 188 recently learned of their Three-peat as Group 2 Top Senior Squadron of the Year. This honor is awarded to the squadron that best demonstrates their commitment to, and efforts in, fulfilling the three primary CAP missions of Aerospace Education, Cadet Programs, and Emergency Services.
Our Safety Officer Capt Frank Riebli, created three excellent Safety Posters for this years Wing Operational Exercise (WOX) and wanted to share them with fellow Civil Air Patrol members.
An update on Squadron 188
If you had asked me on July 3 what I'd be doing for Independence Day this year, I'd have told you cheerfully that my husband, daughter, and I were heading a couple of hours north to Santa Rosa for a barbecue.
At the Wing Operational Exercise (WOX), some of the participants decided to have dinner together after the base closed for the night on Saturday. Given how stressful the day's events were, complete with a light fixture sparking and smoking (which forced a brief CAP staff evacuation and response from the Fire Department to give the all-clear), we felt we earned a nice dinner where we could all chat with each other away from a mission base. Our dinner companions included Sq. 188's Noel Luneau, me, the Group 2 Commander, Cal Wing Director of Operations, and many others. A Ground Team joined us at an adjacent booth. It was good to see 15 or so CAP members from bases state-wide, unwinding after a very eventful day.
On 24 June 2012 CAWG landed another successful Wing Operations Exercise. The four-day WOX called “Seismic Survey II” was predicated on an increase in seismic activity around the Pacific Rim, and heretofore undetected new volcanic movement.
