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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>AMEN!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Richard C. Niess, Lt Col CAP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Public Affairs Officer Emeritus<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Civil Air Patrol<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Auxiliary of United States Air Force<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Marco Island Senior Squadron<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Group 5, Florida Wing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><a href="www.marcoislandcap.org"><span style='color:blue;font-style:normal'>www.marcoislandcap.org</span></a></span></i><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'><a href="www.gocivilairpatrol.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.gocivilairpatrol.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=160 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01CEAB1C.733992B0" alt="National Defense"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org [mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cianciolo, Lt Col, Paul<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 06, 2013 4:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> CAP Public Affairs Officers<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>That makes me even more convinced that CAP should not be separating PAO and PIO responsibilities as is now. We are one organization and can't compartmentalize it so much. SAR, HLS, and DR missions are part of the whole mission. Without them, would CAP be here? At times its like being in two different organizations depending on what the activity is.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Paul <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>v/r<br>--<br><b>PAUL S. CIANCIOLO, Lt Col, CAP<br>Public Affairs Officer<br>National Capital Wing</b><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cell: 301-751-2011<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Work: 202-385-9599 (@FAA)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Tom Traver <<a href="mailto:tomt@theppigroup.com" target="_blank">tomt@theppigroup.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=116 height=110 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image003.gif@01CEAB1C.733992B0"><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>A.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I think maybe I didn’t really get my idea clearly across. My idea was not to write about our CCS…you are correct that OPSEC applies here…bur rather to write about our training to support our communities in time of disaster. No<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>OPSEC issues there. This is to let our communities know that CAP members in their local communities are professional volunteers dedicated to helping in<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Time of crisis be it natural or man made as well as search and rescue operations.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Tom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank">cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank">cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Arthur Woodgate<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 05, 2013 5:59 AM</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><b>To:</b> 'CAP Public Affairs Officers'<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I don’t believe that’s a good idea, Tom.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Every PAO needs to write a PA Plan and a Crisis Communications Plan, which used to be posted on the NHQ website; the CCP is no longer there, because it was considered sensitive. So I don’t see how the PAOs could be writing articles about this, since this information is not to be published for the general public.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The answer is quite simple. When tasked by the AFRCC, CAP assists the requesting agency, and we do so following NIMS operational guidelines. That is both the long and the short of it. Writing anything more about it would probably ring OPSEC bells somewhere.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Arthur ~</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank">cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org</a> [<a href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank">mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Traver<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 04, 2013 2:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cap-pao@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank">cap-pao@lists.sempervigilans.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>September is national Disaster Preparedness Month. I was just curious about<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>How many PAO’s are writing articles about how their wings are/have been training to address local disaster response.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Tom Traver<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>CAP-PAO mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CAP-PAO@lists.sempervigilans.org">CAP-PAO@lists.sempervigilans.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.sempervigilans.org/mailman/listinfo/cap-pao" target="_blank">http://lists.sempervigilans.org/mailman/listinfo/cap-pao</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Civil Air Patrol National Capital Wing<br></span></b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>"Citizens Serving Communities: Above and Beyond"</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><b>CFC Charity #26757<br></b><a href="http://www.NatCapWing.org" target="_blank"><b>www.NatCapWing.org</b></a></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>