Fla.'s Marco Island Composite Squadron names Senior Member of Year

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Lt. Col. Ray Rosenberg (center), Marco Island Composite Squadron Senior Member of the Year, is congratulated by Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Lee Henderson and Florida Wing Group 5 Commander Lt. Col. Fran Gleockler.


Lt. Col. Richard C. Niess
Public Affairs Officer
Marco Island Composite Squadron
Florida Wing

Florida Wing, Civil Air Patrol

FLORIDA -- Lt. Col. Ray Rosenberg, the Marco Island Composite Squadron's deputy commander for seniors, has been recognized as the unit’s Senior Member of the Year for 2009.
 
“As deputy commander, Ray has enthusiastically and tirelessly managed the operational functions of the squadron and has assumed leadership of the squadron in an exemplary manner during absences of the commander,” said the squadron’s commander, Lt. Col. Lee Henderson, who presented the award Feb. 7 with Lt. Col. Fran Gleockler, Florida Wing Group 5 commander. 

“In this role he has developed valuable contacts within the Civil Air Patrol in Florida, both at Group 5 and Florida Wing levels. This has been of great benefit to the Marco Island Composite Squadron as we have grown to become the envy of most other units at all levels in Florida,” Henderson said.

“Of his own initiative, he qualified as an aircrew mission observer and has spearheaded expansion of Squadron, Group 5, and Florida Wing communications programs, acting as a key player in the installation of a new repeater system for Civil Air Patrol communications in southwest Florida as well as obtaining necessary communications equipment for homeland security missions.

“Lt. Col. Rosenberg sets high standards and the tough example others strive to match,” Henderson said, lauding the deputy commander’s “willingness to apply his many talents and extensive experience whenever called upon, without regard to personal sacrifice.”

“Lt. Col. Rosenberg is well-deserving of the award of Marco Island Composite Squadron Senior Member of the Year – 2009,” the unit’s commander concluded.