From Jeffery.Thomas at minot.af.mil  Fri Mar 19 12:42:09 2010
From: Jeffery.Thomas at minot.af.mil (Thomas,
	Jeffery A MSgt USAF AFGSC 5 MXG/MXL)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:42:09 -0500
Subject: [Minot-general] FW: [ND Wing CAP] Our Disaster Missions
Message-ID: <201003191747.o2JHlwdS018934@qjvf-fwl-001.minot.af.mil>



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From: nd-general-bounces at lists.ndcap.us
[mailto:nd-general-bounces at lists.ndcap.us] On Behalf Of NDWG DO
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:55 PM
To: 'ND Wing General Mailing List'
Subject: [ND Wing CAP] Our Disaster Missions

I have seen the pictures and the information concerning the number of
personnel and hours that have been put in during our Disaster Response
Missions the past few weeks.  That includes the aircrews, ground teams,
communicators and mission staff personnel.  The numbers are already adding
up to figures that are mind boggling.  And those don't include the hours of
our NHQ staff, CAP-USAF personnel or 1st Air Force.

 

I was asked by someone if I was proud of the members of the North Central
Region for the response you have given so far.  I said that I am always
proud of each and every member of our Region.  And when I don't think you
can raise that pride bar any higher, you do it.

 

The long hours we spend every year in training and the hours we spent this
past winter doing table top exercises in anticipation of what we are now
doing has paid off.  In everything I see there is professionalism and pride.
And that is what I have heard describe our work too.  But I would expect
that because we are the Civil Air Patrol and we have proven that we are one
Civil Air Patrol.  Wings working together as well as communicators and
mission staff from throughout the Region have come together in one solid
team.

 

All of you are sacrificing so we can ease the distress of those in the
mission areas.  If what we are doing can mitigate some of the consequences
of the flooding, we have done our job.  If what we are doing has helped out
Emergency Management Agencies and made their jobs easier, we did what we
were supposed to do.

 

Most of us don't expect nor will we probably hear a personal thank you from
anyone we helped.  But that's not why we perform our missions.  We do it for
love of country and our American families.  We have done it for that reason
for 68 years and we will always do it for that same reason.  Civil Air
Patrol volunteers serving our great nation.

 

Tell all of your members that their Region commander knows what they are
doing.  Tell them I am so proud of them.  Whether they are actively engaged
in our missions now or training in anticipation of helping, I know what they
are contributing.  And tell them from the bottom of my heart, I said "Thank
You".

 

Steve W. Kuddes, Colonel, CAP
Commander, North Central Region

 

		

 

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