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New and soon-to-be commanders listen to a presentation Tuesday during the Wing Commanders Course.
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Col. Dennis D. Barron, West Viriginia Wing commander, consults his course material.
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(From right) Cols. Lisa C. Robinson of the Alabama Wing and Tonya A. Boylan of the Georgia Wing, Lt. Col. Dean F. Reiter of the North Dakota Wing and Cols. Richard L. Griffith of the Indiana Wing and Dennis D. Barron of the West Virginia Wing.
Photos by Susan Robertson, National Headquarters
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS – Seventeen top-level Civil Air Patrol officials, most of them new commanders or commanders-to-be, are taking part this week in the organization’s 2010 Wing Commanders Course.
The intense, graduate-level course prepares participants to assume high-level command at the wing and regional levels or as members of the CAP National Board. Those attending are selected for the course by their region commander and must be approved by the CAP national commander, Maj. Gen. Amy S. Courter.
“The Wing Commanders Course covers everything a CAP commander should know in order to be an effective leader,” Courter said. “As with all of our training, its content is thorough and its effect on participants is dynamic, which are qualities that are essential to success in today’s technologically savvy world.”
The program will focus on three main blocks of study: leadership in the organization, tools for corporate officers and tools for commanders. The curriculum features seminars, lectures and hands-on exercises in more than 20 enriching sessions on such topics as ethics, legal matters, fundraising and managing volunteers, finances and other resources.
Participants will gain a better understanding of CAP’s aerospace education, cadet, operations, information technology, public affairs, membership development and logistics programs.
Guest speakers will include Courter, senior Air Force adviser Col. William Ward and CAP Executive Director Don Rowland, as well as subject-matter experts from membership and National Headquarters staff.
The participants:
- Northeast Region—Cols. Christopher J. Hayden, commander, and Joseph A. Sirois, vice commander.
- Alabama Wing — Lt. Col. Lisa C. Robinson.
- Alaska Wing — Lt. Col. Charles R. Palmer.
- Connecticut Wing — Col. Cassandra B. Huchko.
- Georgia Wing — Col. Tonya A. Boylan.
- Indiana Wing — Col. Richard L. Griffith.
- Louisiana Wing — Col. Cecil Arthur “Art” Scarbrough.
- Maine Wing — Col. Daniel M. Leclair.
- Massachusetts Wing — Col. William W. Meskill.
- North Dakota Wing — Lt. Col. Dean F. Reiter.
- South Carolina Wing — Col. Hubbard Jacob “Jay” Lindler.
- Utah Wing — Col. Jerry E. Wellman.
- Virginia Wing — Col. David A. Carter.
- Washington Wing — Lt. Col. David G. Lehman.
- West Virginia Wing — Col. Dennis D. Barron.
- Wisconsin Wing — Lt. Col. Clarence A. Peters.
