Newsletter
December 2001
CALENDAR
December 5 Wing Staff Meeting - Iowa City Airport 8 Wing Color Guard Competition - Cedar Rapids, IA 31 Final Date to Have National Cadet Special Activity Applications at Wing HQ January 9 Wing Staff Meeting - Cedar Rapids PS Air Conference Room 12 National Cadet Special Activities Selection Board - Cedar Rapids 19 Indoor Tabletop Radiation Monitor Class - Cedar Rapids February 2 Commander's Call/Cadet Advisory Council -TBA 16 Operations Exercise - Ankeny
SEASON'S BEST FROM IOWA WING COMMANDER COL REX GLASGOW AND THE IOWA WING STAFF
May the Holiday Season be full of Peace and Joy for One and All. Remember fly and drive safe. Looking forward to a very Great 2002.
FROM THE DESK OF THE IOWA WING DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, LT COL RUSS SMITH
The first operations exercise for 2002 will be at the Ankeny Airport, 16 February. COL Gene Kellogg will be the Incident Commander. There are many openings for Mission Base Staff, contact COL Kellogg if you would like to be on staff.
Remember to preheat of aircraft engines is required when temps go 20 degrees F or lower.
THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
BY CAPT DOUG JANSENNebraska Wing hosted the AFRCC Search Management Course in Lincoln, NE on 10 and 11 November 2001. Capt. John Halbrook, Capt. Doug Jansen, and 2LT Brandon Hanson of Iowa Wing completed the course. The two day course covered topics such as COSPAS/SARSAT, ELT Technology, Air Force and other search resources, National Track Analysis Program (NTAP), and search management. The course concluded with a day-long tabletop search mission to bring home the topics discussed the first day. Students were divided into groups and each group had to appoint a mission coordinator and staff to complete their search objectives.
TAKING AIM
BY CAPT DOUG JANSENOver forty members of the Iowa Wing got to spend an evening at Camp Dodge learning how to use military weapons at the Firearms Training Simulator (FATS). The FATS is like a large interactive video game where troops fire at video screens with mockups of real military weapons. The screen shows one of several combat scenarios where the participants have to demonstrate skill with their weapon. The Central Iowa Composite Squadron hosted the activity that included members from East Iowa Cadet Squadron, Southeast Iowa Composite Squadron, Des Moines Composite Squadron, and Central Iowa Composite Squadron. Capt. John Halbrook, Capt. Doug Jansen, 1LT Kelly Calhoun, and TFO Troy Ruffin instructed the cadets on how to safely use their weapons and supervised them on the range during the activity.
FROM THE DESK OF 2LT BRANDON HANSON
Over coming the fear of a computer virus. Once people have become involved in the ever-daunting task of computing they have obstacles to overcome. One of these is the computer virus. A computer virus is a line or a number of lines of malicious code written to damage a users computer programs or to open a hole to gain access someone else's computer or computer network.
A computer virus is one reason that may people shy away from using the Internet. I have had calls in the past from people that found out they had a computer virus and where concerned if they themselves could become infected with it. No, you do not have to worry about coming down ill from a virus your computer has got. But maybe you will become ill due to the fear of what it could do to your programs or data. Don't fear a virus become proactive and protect yourself from a virus.
To protect your computer from a virus you need to install a virus protection program. There are many on the market such as McAfee or Norton Antivirus. From personal experience Norton works much better. All you will need to do is install one of these programs and follow the step by step instructions to complete the installation. One it is installed you will need to update the program from the vendors web site. There will be directions in the program to help you do this. I recommend that you update and run your virus protection once a week thereafter.
There are many things in the computing world that seem as more of a hassle than the convince the computer provides. But by being proactive we can eliminate many of the problems that could occur during you computing adventure. I see around 20 computers a week that with simple virus protection their computers would have had no problems. If you need help finding an antivirus program or any questions about using your computer please feel free to e-mail me at brandonh@onlineia.com
MEMBERSHIP STATS
01 November 01 381 Members
30 November 01 420 Members
281 Seniors and 139 Cadets
New Members for October
IA002
Cadet John Lind
IA005
SM John Bruegger
SM Daniel WaltersIA043
SM Donna Schwan
IA078
Cadet Maria Beaty
Cadet Eric Pitts
IA084
Cadet Amy Hulstein SM Linda Hulstein 2LT Robert Hulstein Cadet Thomas Kuyper Cadet Pete Kuyper Cadet Liz Kuyper Cadet Andrew Louvau Cadet Julie Louvau Cadet Lane Mars SM Roxanne Mars IA087
SM Bethany Caskey
SM Russell Kness
IA091
Cadet Andy Boyd Cadet Jackie Elliott Cadet Patrick Kelly Cadet Ariana McLaughlin SM Ken Myers Cadet Nick Sand SM Anthony Smith Cadet Paul Smith IAR01
SM Nicholas Braun SM Robert Morrison SM Nicholas Redenius SM Cason Stone SM Mary Wendinger SM Phillip Whitmer IAR02
SM Steven Alcom SM Jonathan Crowson SM Sean Duggan SM Jillian Francis SM Matt Gourley SM Stephen Letsky SM Suzanne Nichols SM Robert Nubicek SM Nicholas Somerman SM Brian Trachsel SM Jonathan Walsh SM Dustin Willard SM Matthew Youmans SM Lauren Zuelke
NOVEMBER PROMOTIONS
IA002 Ken Henze CAPT IA004 Lief Poor-Christensen C/2LT IA078 Robert Benson CAPT IA087 Ed Spoelstra 2LT IA091 Drew Schlosser C/AMN IA091 Erek Wright C/AMN AWARDS THIS MONTH
IA002 Ken Henze COP IA004 Lief Poor-Christensen MITCHELL IA078 Robert Benson COP IA078 Casey Schroeder MITCHELL
REMINDER TO ALL
Remember we need articles for the newsletter. They need to be in by the 25th of the month. Look for the new newsletter for 2002.
Share the newsletter with a friend and tell them about our website at www.iawg.cap.gov Happy Holidays from your Iowa Wing PAO's!
1LT Julia Bachtell
CPT Dave Bachtell
E-mail - pa@iawg.cap.gov