[PAO] "Freshman receives national award from Civil Air Patrol"

Thu Sep 12 15:42:18 CDT 2013

Congratulations on the promotion to Lt. COL!

1st. Lt. Bryan Weil, CAP
MER-NC-0048
On Sep 12, 2013 3:51 PM, "Steven Solomon" <ssolomon at cap.gov> wrote:

> Here's an AF Academy story about a CAP cadet worth sharing!
> Regards,
> Steven
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> STEVEN SOLOMON, Lt Col, CAP
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>    News  1 new result for "civil air patrol"
>   Feature - Freshman receives national award from *Civil Air Patrol*<http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.usafa.af.mil/news/story.asp%3Fid%3D123363006&ct=ga&cd=NTYzNDY5NzczMDUxNDY1NzExNA&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNEDru_USX6H7TfUqpayCx1hjayU0Q> U.S.
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> 9/12/2013 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- It's a bit easier to spot
> Cadet 4th Class Sara Fishbein these days: She's the one with a brand new
> feather in her *...*
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> by Don Branum
> Air Force Academy Public Affairs
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> 9/12/2013 - *U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.* -- It's a bit easier to spot
> Cadet 4th Class Sara Fishbein these days: She's the one with a brand new
> feather in her cap.
>
> The Civil Air Patrol recently named Fishbein, a native of Dayton, Ohio,
> the top CAP cadet in the nation.
>
> "I found out during Basic (Cadet Training)," Fishbein said. "I found out
> as soon as I got back from basic that CAP had coordinated with the Academy
> and was actually going to let me travel to the event."
>
> Fishbein joined the CAP when she was 13 because she believed the Air Force
> Academy considered CAP experience on applications, she said.
>
> "I ended up completely falling in love with the program," she said. "CAP
> kept me really focused and headed in the right direction."
>
> Retired Gen. Stephen Lorenz, a 1973 Academy graduate and head of the USAFA
> Endowment, was the guest speaker at the award ceremony. Several other
> Academy alumni also attended.
>
> "It was my first time talking to Academy graduates outside of the Academy
> since coming here," Fishbein said. "It was really neat, seeing where I
> could potentially be in 10 or 15 years."
>
> She said highlights of her CAP experience included a trip to Australia for
> an International Air Cadet Exchange and a Pararescue orientation course at
> Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
>
> "I got the chance to meet (Defense Secretary) Leon Panetta when he was the
> director of the CIA ... just a number of super-cool opportunities," she
> said. "But I also spent a lot of time in my local squadron and worked
> through some of the leadership positions there."
>
> Those leadership positions prepared Fishbein to take an active role in her
> squadron, said Lt. Col. DeAnna Franks, air officer commanding for Cadet
> Squadron 17.
>
> "In a very short time, Fishbein has set the bar high for all four degrees
> in CS 17 and other squadrons in the wing," Franks said. "Her impressive
> Civil Air Patrol background and her experience attending a preparatory
> school comes across in her every move in squadron military training,
> inspections and physical tests. I'm excited to see where her future Air
> Force journey takes her."
>
> Fishbein keeps in touch with her former squadron-mates, many of whom are
> active-duty Airmen now, she said.
>
> "Some are in ROTC, some are here and at the other military academies, and
> some are kicking butt in the civilian world," she added.
>
> She said she plans to continue her involvement with CAP. The Air Academy
> Cadet Squadron meets regularly on base.
>
> "If I'm a pilot, it'll be pretty tricky to have any kind of significant
> involvement for a few years," she said. "But it was an extremely invaluable
> program to me. I know I was super grateful to all the mentors I had,
> especially the ones from the Air Force and the Academy. I would pick their
> brains on everything ... they answered a lot of questions for me and
> provided good examples."
>
> Nominees for the cadet of the year award are first selected to compete at
> the squadron level. Squadron selectees compete through 52 CAP wings, then
> in one of eight geographic regions. Those eight finalists meet a national
> review panel.
>
> CAP provides roughly 10 percent of the Academy's cadets, according to the
> organization's fact sheet. It conducts roughly 90 percent of Air Force
> search-and-rescue operations within the U.S. and offers orientation flights
> in both powered and glider aircraft. CAP is open to anyone 12 years old and
> older. More information on the Air Academy Cadet Squadron is available at
> http://bit.ly/15kW94o.
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