St. Croix Squadron’s cadets were in Blues for the evening’s activities. The cadets learned about cybersecurity in a cybersecurity class, then made paper airplanes for a contest on aerospace, and finally congregated for Commander’s Call. In the cybersecurity class, our Cyberpatriot team was discussed along with cyber ethics and hygiene. Next, everyone made a paper […]
Category: Weekly Meeting
26 October 2020
This week, the cadets had a safety down class followed by some drill and Commander’s Call. The safety down class consisted of learning how to keep a fire burning in wet conditions, a useful skill for wilderness survival. Next, the cadets practiced some drill movements to keep the movements sharp. Drill is very important since […]
19 October 2020
The cadets at St. Croix Squadron this week had PT(physical training) with a brief leadership class mixed in before Commander’s Call. For PT, the cadets played kick ball with the game infection mixed in. For the leadership class, they talked about leadership roles in certain games. After PT concluded, the cadets and senior members gathered […]
12 October 2020
St. Croix Squadron’s meeting this week was a special one. It was an Awards Ceremony, where we give out awards for various notable achievements for the cadets and seniors alike. Awards Ceremonies only occur a few times every year, so these meetings are always memorable. We were happy to host this event, and honored to […]
5 October 2020
This week, St. Croix Squadron was in Blues for a coding class and some drill. The cadets learned the basics of the programming language Java, entailing outputting words to the terminal and if statements. After the coding class, the cadets went outside to brush up on some drill movements. Finally, everyone gathered inside for a […]
28 September 2020
St Croix Squadron enjoyed a Blue Moon(informal fun meeting) this week. The cadets played basketball and participated in a CAP Kahoot before playing the game mafia. After the Blue Moon events, the cadets and seniors gathered together for Commander’s Call, during which the squadron addressed some CAP items in the upcoming weeks.-C/CMSgt Menk
21 September 2020
This week at our squadron the cadets had Character Development followed by Commander’s Call. This week the cadet staff changed positions, as per every 3 months. Character Development went over the five pillars of wellness and resiliency: mind, body, relationships, spirit, and family. The class had a particular emphasis on spirit and perspective, arguably the […]
17 September 2020
Our squadron had a very special meeting this week. The Washington County police department’s K9 unit visited us and demonstrated what their dogs could do. They gave a phenomenal performance with their extremely obedient dogs. The dogs we saw were bred Belgian Malinois, and their names were Viking and Beck. We are very pleased the […]
10 September 2020
We did drill and PT(physical training) this week followed by Commander’s Call. The cadets took drill and PT tests for their next promotion: PT tests consist of a mile run, pushups, situps, and sit-and-reach; drill tests are on different drill movements depending on which promotion. All the cadets did an outstanding job on their tests. […]
3 September 2020
This week, St. Croix Squadron met in Blues. The cadets had a storm chasers presentation and an impromptu speeches class before ending the night with Commander’s Call. For the storm chasers presentation, they watched a video from youtube about pilots in the air force that flew into hurricanes to find their strength and direction. During […]