NOV-DEC

2009
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The Commander’s Lead

The Southeast Region Wing Commanders, Senior Region Command Staff, National Commander and representative
from National Headquarters held a Region Command Call in mid-August at the Oak Haven Resorts in Sevierville,
TN. It was a great weekend of informal discussion and team building that should benefit all in Southeast Region.
One of the outcomes was a schedule of events around Southeast Region for the upcoming FY2010. I would like to
share some of the key events out of that schedule for your planning purposes. I encourage each of you to plan to

6 – 7 November 2009 NEC Meeting St Louis

4 – 6 December 2009 PR Wing Conference Aguadilla
support your respective
wing conference as well as 12 December 2009 Wreaths Across America
other wings which might 12 – 14 February 2010 AL Wing Conference TBD
be near you. I encourage
25 – 27 February 2010 Winter Board Meeting Washington
all SER members to sup-
port the Southeast Region 5 – 7 March 2010 FL Wing Conference Orlando
Conference in May 2010. If 19 – 21 March 2010 MS Wing Conference Gulfport
your schedule and fi-
nances permit, I also en- 26 – 28 March 2010 SER Cadet Competition Maxwell
courage you to support 16 – 17 April 2010 GA Wing Conference Norcross
the Summer Board and
Annual Conference since it 30 Apr – 2 May 2010 NEC Meeting TBD
will give you a great per- 21 – 23 May 2010 SER Conference Peachtree City
spective of the business
3 – 6 May 2010 SER Chaplain Corps Staff College Ft Benning
workings of CAP at the
upper levels. There are June 2010 IG College Albuquerque, NM
numerous great learning
July 2010 National Cadet Competition McMinville, OR
labs in which to participate
23 – 30 July 2010 SE Region Staff College McGhee Tyson ANGB
Please continue to keep
safety at a high priority 1 – 4 September 2010 Summer Board & Annual Conference San Diego
level in all of your CAP
activities. Our members and our resources are extremely valuable to us. Help us to protect all of them.
Col James M. Rushing
Southeast Region Commander
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Aerospace Education
The 14th annual Aerospace Education Teacher Workshop was held from 6-24 July 2009 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennes-
see. The workshop was sponsored by the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and staffed by CAP Aerospace Officers. The workshop was directed by Lt.
Col. Dave Garner, DCS SER Aerospace Education (AE) and assisted by Majors Kermit Duckett, Gary Lynn and Paul Lewis, AE Directors for
Tennessee Wing. The workshop was kicked off by presentations by Maj. Gen. Richard Bowling, former National Commander, Col. James
Rushing, Southeast Region Commander, and Tennessee Wing Commander Col. Barry Melton.
Teachers received two hours of flight orientation by Tennessee Wing and visited Huntsville, Alabama’s Marshall Space Flight Center where
NASA gave the class a VIP tour. The class also had a presentation by six World War II pilots that made all of us thankful for what they had
to go through to keep us free.
This summer’s course consisted of both the basic and advanced classes
and 28 teachers from East Tennessee school systems attended. All of
the teachers signed on as CAP Aerospace Education Members and sev-
eral expressed interest in becoming regular members of CAP.
The workshop awards three hours of graduate credit to each teacher,
and it is fully funded by the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission of Tenn.
State Transportation Department. The workshop is one of the highest
rated teacher workshops held at the University of Tennessee.
More information and photos of the workshop are available at the South-
east Region Aerospace Education web site at www.capae.info

2009 Southeast Region Staff College

Friday July 31st 2009 Magee-Tyson ANG, TN — The 2009 Southeast Region Staff
College has graduated a class 15 persons. This years class had students from
Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina. Staff was composed
of members from Tennessee, Florida, and Ohio.
This year’s school was most fortunate to have Maj General Amy Courter, CAP
National Commander in attendance and participating in graduation ceremonies.