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The 153rd Madison Composite Squadron Color Guard and team escorts – (from left) Maj. Ryan Krenke, escort; Cadet Senior Airman Mitch Vogel, alternate; Cadet Airman 1st Class Ronnie Krauss; Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Elizabeth Wussow, color guard commander; Cadet Senior Master Sgts. Natalie Marshall and Sean Patchin Jr.; and Capt. Suz Potterton, escort.
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Racine Composite Squadron Drill Team members and escorts — (front row, from left) Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Robert Resch; Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Amber Silvers; Cadet Airmen Alyssa Polasky and Nicole Kokke; 1st Lt Kathy Dugas, team escort; (back row, from left) Maj. Tamara Wienke, escort; Cadet 2nd Lt. Michael Thoennes, drill team commander; Cadet Airman 1st Class David Rubinson; Cadet Airman Reese Grabowski; Cadet 1st Lt. Noel Castillo; and 1st Lt. Craig Czerwinski, escort.
Photos by 1st Lt. Jeri Gonwa
1st Lt. Jeri Gonwa
Assistant Public Affairs Officer
Wisconsin Wing
WISCONSIN — Cadets from the 153rd Madison Composite Squadron finished first in the Wisconsin Wing’s color guard competition March 13, while the Racine Composite Squadron’s team took the drill team competition.
Both squadrons will compete in their respective fields at the Great Lakes Region Competition, set for May 2-4 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The wing competition was held March 13 at John Long Middle School inGrafton.
Color guard competition first-place awards:
- Written exam — Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Sean Patchin Jr., 153rd Madison Composite Squadron.
- Mile run, male — Cadet Senior Airman Mitchell Vogel of Madison, 153rd Madison Composite Squadron.
- Mile run, female —Cadet Airman 1st Class Crystal Staszak, of Milwaukee Composite Squadron No. 5.
The color guard and drill teams competed in several categories, including in-ranks inspection, standard drill, innovative drill, panel quiz, written exam and mile run.
The Madison unit’s color guard team placed first in the Outdoor Practical Drill, Panel Quiz and mile run, tying for first in the written exam with Milwaukee Composite Squadron No. 5. The Milwaukee team took first in the Panel Quiz.
The Fox Cities Composite Squadron’s color guard team finished second overall, which included first-place performances in In-Ranks Inspection, Standard Drill and Indoor Practical Drill.
The Racine squadron swept the drill team categories.
