<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Completely agree! </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div></div><div> </div><div><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yui_3_2_0_2_132811950560546" size="2">V/R <br><br>PAUL HERTEL, Lt Col, CAP <br>Government Relations </font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Adviser</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:13px;">Illinois Wing</span><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">618-416-5180</div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Richard Niess <rniess@embarqmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'CAP Public Affairs Officers' <cap-pao@lists.sempervigilans.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 6, 2013 3:16 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
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--></style><div><div class="yiv1393096794WordSection1"><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">AMEN!</span></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Richard C. Niess, Lt Col CAP</span></b></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Public Affairs Officer Emeritus</span></i></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Civil Air Patrol</span></b></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Auxiliary of United States Air
Force</span></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Marco Island Senior Squadron</span></b></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Group 5, Florida Wing</span></b></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><a rel="nofollow" href=""><span style="color:blue;font-style:normal;">www.marcoislandcap.org</span></a></span></i><u><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"></span></u></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><a rel="nofollow" href=""><span style="color:blue;">www.gocivilairpatrol.com</span></a></span></u></i></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><span
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[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</span></div></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"> </div><div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" 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.</div></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal">Paul </div></div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><br clear="all"></div><div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"
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></div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal">Cell: 301-751-2011</div></div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal">Work: 202-385-9599 (@FAA)</div></div></div></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"> </div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal">On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Tom Traver <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:tomt@theppigroup.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:tomt@theppigroup.com">tomt@theppigroup.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="116" height="110" id="yiv1393096794_x0000_i1025"></div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="">A.</div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""> </div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="">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</div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="">OPSEC issues there. This is to let our communities know that CAP members in their local communities are professional volunteers dedicated to helping in</div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="">Time of crisis be it natural or man made as well as search and rescue operations.</div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""> </div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="">Tom</div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""> </div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma,
sans-serif;"> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org">cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org</a> [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org">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></div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><br><b>To:</b> 'CAP Public Affairs Officers'</div></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month</div></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""> </div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I don’t believe that’s a good idea, Tom.</span></div><div
class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Best regards,</span></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Arthur ~</span></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org">cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org</a> [<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:cap-pao-bounces@lists.sempervigilans.org">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 rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cap-pao@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:cap-pao@lists.sempervigilans.org">cap-pao@lists.sempervigilans.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [PAO] September Disaster Preparedness Month</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""> </div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="">September is national Disaster Preparedness Month. I
was just curious about</div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="">How many PAO’s are writing articles about how their wings are/have been training to address local disaster response.</div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style=""> </div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="">Tom Traver</div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><br>_______________________________________________<br>CAP-PAO mailing list<br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:CAP-PAO@lists.sempervigilans.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:CAP-PAO@lists.sempervigilans.org">CAP-PAO@lists.sempervigilans.org</a><br>http://lists.sempervigilans.org/mailman/listinfo/cap-pao</div></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"> </div></div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1393096794MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><hr size="2"
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