Location: Birchwood CAP Hangar, Birchwood Airport (Follow Birchwood Loop Rd until the asphalt ends.  Turn left & enter the airport through the fence.  Look right and you will see the CAP emblem on the side of the CAP hangar.  Drive carefully on the airport)

Uniform of the Day: ABUs

Meeting Lead: C/Capt Mitchell Anderson

• 1815 - Staff Arrive/Meeting Prep/Set up ~8 TLP stations w/ scoresheets (1 station for every 5-6 cadets)

• 18:30 - Meeting Start Time/Opening Formation (4 flights: 1 Arcturus, 2 Birchwood, 2 PLH)

• 18:40-19:10 - Drill (SMs set up TLPs & prepare to judge)

• 19:10-19:25- TLP Rotation 1 (split into 8 groups with squadrons distributed among each group)

• 19:25-19:40 - TLP Rotation 2

• 19:40-19:55 - TLP Rotation 3

• 19:55-20:20 - Col Bailey Presentation & Q&A

• 20:20 - Closing Formation/Announcements

• 20:30 - Cadets Dismissed/Staff AAR

• 20:45 - Staff Dismissed

Southcentral AK Cadets,

Please join us for a special weekly-style meeting at Birchwood Squadron.

Who: Southcentral AK Cadets & associated SMs from Arcturus, Birchwood, Lake Hood, Polaris and Wing. Any other CAP members in the area are also welcome!

When: 6:30-8:30pm on Thursday, 9/29/22

Uniform: ABUs (SMs wear ABUs or corporate polos)

Where: Birchwood CAP Hangar, Birchwood Airport

Why: Col Bailey, CAP National Executive Officer, will be visiting Alaska for the WIng Conference and is excited to attend a cadet meeting.  What a great opportunity for a Group Meeting, with cadets from all 4 Southcentral squadrons to reunite for an evening of CAP training!  Be prepared to form up with your own squadron for opening formation, then take advantage of this great opportunity to mix and mingle with other cadets for drill and TLPs. SMs will score your TLP success using competition score sheets so we can all practice for the December cadet competition.  Finally, Col Bailey will address all members present then field questions from the audience.

Please have a question prepared for Col Bailey and a short story about how Emergency Services and/or Aviation are particularly relevant to you as an Alaskan in case you get a chance to share.

Details are available here: https://lakehood.cap.gov/events/92922-tlp

Carpooling: 

Anchorage-area cadets can meet at Ardaiz Cir by 6pm.  A caravan of vehicles will leave Ardaiz Cir at 6pm.  Some SMs and parents will be asked to carpool cadets to Birchwood.  SMs & parents--if you have any extra seats in your car and are passing by Polaris Squadron on your way to Birchwood, please try to stop by Ardaiz Cir to pick up any cadets who may need a ride.

Valley-area cadets, please contact your respective DCCs to make any arrangements.

Driving to Birchwood CAP Hangar: Take Seward Highway to the North Birchwood Exit. Turn west on Birchwood Loop Rd.  Follow Birchwood Loop Rd past the Birchwood Shooting Park.  When the asphalt ends, turn left, enter the airport through the opening in the fence (there's no gate).  Turn right and you will see the Alaska Wing CAP Emblem on the Birchwood Hangar.  Park near the connex before you get to the hangar.

I am excited for all of you from different squadrons to reconnect! 

Capt Karen L Padgett

Alaska Wing Director of Cadet Programs 

Squadron Commander, Lake Hood Cadet Squadron, Anchorage, AK

Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary

(M) 907.350.8533

karen.padgett@akwg.cap.gov