Category: Weekly Meeting

11 June 2020

St. Croix Composite Squadron’s meeting began as any other with Commander’s Call before the seniors and cadets separated. During Commander’s Call, Major Dittberner joined us as a guest, and we had an Emergency Services briefing on poisonous plants. After Commander’s Call, the cadets shared what car was their dream car before participating in a teamwork […]

4 June 2020

During St. Croix Composite Squadron’s meeting this week, there was Commander’s Call and a class about unmanned aircraft systems. For Commander’s Call, there were 4 promotions for the cadets and Lt. Col. Yost received the T. Keith Riddle Aircrew Member award for doing so much within CAP! CAP is now included in Phase 1 COVID-19 […]

28 May 2020

This week, St Croix Composite Squadron started with Commander’s Call as always before moving to a Character Development class and closing out with drill tests. During Commander’s Call, it was announced that we officially have a lease to build a new hanger at Lake Elmo Airport. That means the squadron will now have yearly dues […]

14 May 2020

On St. Croix Squadron’s weekly zoom meeting, there was Commander’s Call for senior members and cadets alike, and impromptu speeches for the cadets. During Commander’s Call, we had a special guest, Major Dittberner, and Lieutenant Britten recently achieved the sought after Mitchell Award! The last thing that happened in Commander’s Call was an Emergency Services […]

7 May 2020

This week St. Croix Squadron had a zoom meeting with Commander’s Call and an aerospace class. During Comander’s Call, a number of people were promoted, including our new 2nd Lieutenant Brittain! We made our squadron’s point goal of 50 points and are now working towards our next goal: 54/90 points. The cadets wore funky hats […]

30 April 2020

This week, St. Croix Squadron’s meeting was a fun one. It was a Blue Moon- a fun meeting whenever there is a 5th Thursday in a month. Of course, like any meeting, it started with Commander’s Call- we had 29 participants this week! Lieutenant Kooiker was recently appointed the new MN Wing Aerospace Director. He […]

23 April 2020

During St. Croix Squadron’s weekly meeting, the whole squadron participated in commander’s call where CMSgt Waters, the cadet Deputy Commander, did his Chief Speech. After Commander’s call, the senior members split off and the cadets had character development taught by Col. Burton. The Character Development class was about relationships: informal, emotional, and long-term. After the […]

16 April 2020

This week at the St. Croix Squadron meeting, the cadets first had Commander’s Call, then Physical Training, and finally a staff meeting. During Commander’s Call, Sergeant Menk was promoted to the rank of Senior Master Sergeant(C/SMSgt)- Congratulations Sergeant Menk! For Physical Training, the cadets had some CAP trivia mixed in with physical exercises- do you […]