CTWG: Wing Conference Update

To All CTWG Officers
Commanders and CAC Reps - Please Also Share With Your Cadets

I'll tell you right off the bat... this is not your ordinary wing conference!!!

The 2009 CTWG Conference (Oct 23-25) will be on the scenic campus of the University of Connecticut at the award-winning Nathan Hale Inn.

We expect that either the CAP National Commander (Maj Gen Courter) or the CAP National Vice Commander (Brig Gen Chitwood) will be on hand. We are also expecting the new Region Commander, Col Hayden, and many others from National Staff and nearby wings.

Our guest speaker will be Connecticut's own Col John Davies (USArmy, Ret), who will tell us about his experiences during the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Also joining us will be his wife Col Jane Reichardt Davies, a former CTWG cadet and recent National Capital Wing commander.

The legendary Col Mary Feik will be there to hangar-fly with our cadets, and to personally present (what else?) the Mary Feik Award to each cadets who has earned it in the past twelve months.

A very good lunch is included in the conference price.

The banquet price has been reduced to $60, and the full package (conference plus lunch plus banquet dinner) is now only $95.
A full beakfast buffet is available

Cadets will be busy that Saturday! There will be a Cadet Field Training Exercise (FTX for short) which will include the Basic Communications Class as well as Standard First Aid taught by USAF medics. Standard First Aid Certification is included in the conference price.

Speaking of cadets, we will be recognizing our wing's Squadron of Merit at the Conference.

The Cadet FTX includes an MRE lunch.
For the flyboys, we will have pilot classes by the FAA Safety Team and by AOPA instructors, plus a CAP check pilot school, and G1000 instruction.

There will be senior member workshops on Recruiting, CAP E-Services, Fundraising, the Aerospace Education Excellence program, and Public Affairs.
The Awards Banquet will be in a classic USAF Dining-Out format.

The annual Howard E. Palmer Cadet Ball will follow the banquet

There will be the Cadet Honor Guard Competition on Sunday for the Shutter Award.

For those overnighting, rooms are available on site. Details in the attached brochure/registration form in .pdf. Please register as soon as possible!

See U @ UConn!

Pete Jensen, Col, CAP
Commander
Connecticut Wing