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<font color="#663366">ALCON: The following is the latest #5 release
regarding CAP's response to the SC flooding. Please share with
your fellow units and members, and as stated below, you are
encouraged to post on your social media networks.<br>
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Karen L. Copenhaver, Lt Col, CAP<br>
Deputy Director, Public Affairs<br>
Middle East Region</font><font size="2" color="#663366"
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Civil Air <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Patrol</st1:city>,
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<font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
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<td>[SPAM-LOW] CAP SC Flood Response Mission Update; New
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<td>Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:04:19 -0400</td>
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<td>Matt Hamrick <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:matt@matthamricklaw.com"><matt@matthamricklaw.com></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Please
see the latest press release (below)
and infographic (attached) from CAP NHQ.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Unit
PAOs, please share these with your
units’ members and your local media contacts,
and post them to your local
units’ facebook pages, websites, or other
media channels. NHQ PA staff
has also already sent these press releases to
all media outlets in SC, but if
you have direct media contacts you are still
permitted and encouraged to send
these directly to them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Finally,
if you forward this or otherwise
send this or any email to several recipients,
please remember the best practice
is to create an undisclosed recipients list or
send it to yourself and blind
copy all other recipients. I have been guilty
of forgetting to do this, but it
is the preferred practice so that each
recipient does not receive the email
address of every other recipient.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Thank you
all for the outstanding work you
are doing for CAP and for South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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Vigilans!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Capt
Matthew D. Hamrick, CAP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">South
Carolina Wing Legal Officer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy"> Wing Public Affairs Officer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://GoCivilAirPatrol.com">http://GoCivilAirPatrol.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Cox, Steve
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:SCOX@capnhq.gov">mailto:SCOX@capnhq.gov</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Friday, October 09, 2015
5:06 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
Matt Hamrick<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
FW: New Garmin Virb
Camera System Used By CAP Airmen</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Calibri"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">Matt,
hope you had a
good day in the sky. Here is today’s release
and infographic as
distributed to the media. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d"
face="Calibri"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D"> Steve<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Steve Cox
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:scox@capnhq.gov">mailto:scox@capnhq.gov</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Friday, October 09, 2015
3:47 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
Cox, Steve<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
New Garmin Virb Camera
System Used By CAP Airmen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><strong><b><font size="3" face="Times New
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<strong><b><font size="5" face="Times New
Roman"><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">Enhanced
technology improves Civil Air
Patrol’s flood damage assessment
imagery</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:city w:st="on"><strong><b><font
size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">COLUMBIA</span></font></b></strong></st1:city><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">, <st1:state
w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:state>
</font></b></strong>– Civil Air Patrol
airmen photographing the flood damage in <st1:state
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South
Carolina</st1:place></st1:state> began
using a new tool Thursday in their
emergency response arsenal – a Garmin Virb
camera system that attaches to their
planes’ wing strut. The cameras capture
ground images directly below, which allows
officials to make much faster use of the
images.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">South
Carolina Wing officials received three
of the new cameras Thursday from CAP’s
<st1:placename w:st="on">National</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Operations</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype>
at Maxwell Air Force Base, <st1:state
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alabama</st1:place></st1:state>.
They were first used on damage
assessment flights last night.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">The camera
systems and associated online tools to
deliver these images were developed
through tests with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, the
National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1st Air
Force (AFNORTH) and Civil Air Patrol
over the last year, said John
Desmarais, CAP director of operations.<br>
<br>
So far this week, Civil Air Patrol has
provided 3,650 aerial photos of the <st1:state
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South
Carolina</st1:place></st1:state>
flood damage. Aircrews have made 110
flights, spending 202.9 hours in the
sky above the state.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">About 187 CAP
members have worked in the air and on
the ground in support of the flooding
response.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Aircrews from
<st1:state w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:state>,
<st1:state w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:state>,
<st1:state w:st="on">Maryland</st1:state>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region>
and <st1:state w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state>
are flying under the direction of 1st
Air Force at Tyndall Air Force Base, <st1:state
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:state>.
A total of 21 CAP planes have been
deployed for the <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:place></st1:state>
mission.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Members of
the public are invited to join CAP
members in ranking the aerial photos;
the crowdsourcing website is <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/">http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/</a></a>.
The crowdsourcing process expedites
emergency officials’ ability to
identify critical infrastructure
needs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">CAP is also
conducting search and rescue flights.
So far, CAP has directed emergency
officials to numerous vehicles in
distress, located two unsafe bridges
that had no law enforcement or other
barricades and flown over roads in and
out of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Georgetown</st1:place></st1:city>
to help state emergency management
plan for evacuations.<br>
<br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New
Roman">Media: See <st1:place
w:st="on">Mission</st1:place>
Overview attachment</font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Civil
Air Patrol, the longtime
all-volunteer <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Air Force auxiliary, is the
newest member of the Air Force’s
Total Force, which consists of
Regular Air Force, Air National
Guard and Air Force Reserve,
along with Air Force retired
military and civilian employees.
CAP, in its Total Force role,
operates a fleet of 550 aircraft
and performs about 85 percent of
continental U.S. inland search
and rescue missions as tasked by
the Air Force Rescue
Coordination Center and is
credited by the AFRCC with
saving an average of 70 lives
annually. Civil Air Patrol’s
58,000 members nationwide also
perform homeland security,
disaster relief and drug
interdiction missions at the
request of federal, state and
local agencies. Its Airmen
additionally play a leading role
in aerospace education and serve
as mentors to more than 24,000
young people currently
participating in the CAP cadet
program. Civil Air Patrol
received the Congressional Gold
Medal in 2014 in honor of the
heroic efforts of its World War
II veterans. Congressionally
chartered 74 years ago, the
nonprofit organization also
participates in Wreaths Across <st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>,
an initiative to remember, honor
and teach about the sacrifices
of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
military veterans. Visit <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.capvolunteernow.com"><span
style="font-style:normal"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.capvolunteernow.com">www.capvolunteernow.com</a></span></a>
for more information. </font></i></em><br>
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<strong><b><font face="Times New
Roman">CAP contact:</font></b></strong><br>
Maj. Brenda Reed<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>
Region Public Information Officer<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:matt@matthamricklaw.com">breed@mdcap.org</a><br>
410-279-0292<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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