Farthest gone for CAP

[mikeylikey]

I haven't been out of the country in a year.  I'm seriously considering volunteering for IACE.  I've never looked into it before, but I think it's time to start.  I just hope I can go to a country I haven't been to before.

I can't wait until IACE "Saudi IRAQIA" is offered.  I would volunteer in a heartbeat!

I am looking to IACE as a Senior Escort perhaps this coming summer.  I would like the UK, or perhaps Italy if offered.  Anyone else want to volunteer with me.

You cool with hanging out with an enlisted guy? 

You cool with hanging out with an Officer?  As long as you don't tell I won't.   

[biZarre]

Farthest IACE - Belgium '95 - Quite the trip one hot summer in Europe.  Met a princess (in her 80's) and the only Belgian Ace from WWII.

Farthest Non-IACE - Two round trips to lovely Maxwell AFB.  Once for NSC, the other for ARCHER.

 

[NIN]

Your grey matter is right on.  Mike was one of several shinning stars that we had in the Okinawa Cadet Squadron.

In 1984 we had the first and to this date the only Spaatz cadet from an overseas unit, Jeff D. Morris.

Mike was  good dude.  He shows up with pips and no encampment and that darn Okinawa patch, as I recall, and we're all like "Yeah, uh, dude, we don't know what to do with you.." so we made him a Squadron First Sergeant (as a C/WO.. or maybe he was a C/FO.. can't remember precisely..).  He wound up being my squadron's first shirt and a wicked helpful one at that.

What an awesome year that was..

[PA Guy]

March AFB, CA to Eileson AFB, AK for encampment
OHWG to New Zealand for IACE
Norton AFB, CA to Maxwell AFB for NSC
OHWG to CAWG for encampment
ALWG to CAWG for encampment

[floridacyclist]

Compared to others, I haven't been that far...just from Tallahassee to Emmitsburg, MD and back for ICS TTT (it was for CAP...the wing commander signed my paperwork as sponsoring agency), butit was worth the trip. All the way up on the Blue Ridge Parkway and all the way back on backroads through West Virginia and Kentucky. I just set the laptop up to take me the shortest distance from point to point and  let it lead me down some of the most picturesque 1 and 2-lane roads you can imagine....most were even paved. Some of the  pics are at http://photos.tallahasseecap.org under my name.

[Ned]

How was Ghana by the way?

Extremely interesting.

 We definately did some stuff that they didn't get to do in Belgium.  

[SDF_Specialist]

It's not much, but it's kinda crappy. I was phoned at about 11:00 p.m. one night by my old commander asking me if I'd be willing to go to Wright-Patterson AFB to pick up the Group Van that had broken down a few months before at OHWG Encampment. I told him that I would pick it up the next day. My wife took a day off of work to go with me so that I would have a way to get my POV back. We woke up at about 7:30 the next morning. I got my BDUs on, and we headed to the unit's HQ that was about 15 minutes away from where we lived at the time. When I got there, I noticed that the keys to the van were gone. The spare key was with another member who just happened to be deployed to Alaska for training. Needless to say. My family and I didn't leave Cleveland until about 5 p.m. with a one year old. A four hour drive both ways. Plus I had to load the van with some stuff the local squadron was giving to my old unit. I was thanked by the unit commander allowing us to buy dinner that had to be kept under $15-$20.  I swore to myself that I would never go that far again for any reason other than a SAR.

[LeoBurke]

I was thinking of applying for IACE for 08.  Germany, Australia and the UK on my list (my luck is I'll get Canada..)

You are being targeted as the second senior escort for Ghana.  But you are also in the running for the first exchange with Chad. 

It's unlikely that you'll get Canada.  They check with customs in each country before you travel there.  Given the, um, incident at the border last time, you probably won't have to worry about out neighbor to the North.  (In Detroit, they are 'our neighbor to the South' but you get my point.)

Leo
IACE - Belgium 2007

[LeoBurke]

How was Ghana by the way?

Extremely interesting.

  We definately did some stuff that they didn't get to do in Belgium.   

Oh yeah.  We had showers and running water.  Most of our travel was by air conditioned bus - not by crocodile.  And we got to wear shoes. 

[TankerT]

The farthest I have traveled for CAP:

IACE - Germany
Non-IACE - Germany

/Ghana looks interesting... might apply for that in a few years when my escort eligibility resets... but... the food doesn't look all that appealing... :-P

[mikeylikey]

^  Umm.....Ghana, not thanks, too much wildlife.  I would hate to be eaten by some alligator or crocodile.

[Matt]

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Non-IACE - Germany
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As I said on the photo from that particular extravagance...

From now on, your ΔΤΧ (Delta Tau Chi) name is: Pumpkin.

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For mine: Washington D.C. for NCC Staff in 2006...  My regular trips are to Wright-Patt for Region and National Cadet Competition, and the next good long one will be with thou Mr. Turkal driving down to Nebraska *YAWNS*...

[Flying Pig]

From March AFB, Ca. to Maxwell in the back of a C-130 for NCC.

Did you actually mean "From March AFB, Ca. to Maxwell in the back of a BLACK VAN"?   

Yes, but my memory was erased upon landing...so I dont remember.  But if I told you I must remember?  Oh no..so many memories are flooding back back.....Why was there a leprachaun flying?

[docspur]

Got the call Easter Weekend 2006... Iowa City got hit by tornadoes & the IA Wing needed help...their local squadrons were a bit busy, a holiday and all...so my squadron packed up and drove from St Louis to IA City.  I know it isn't quite the same as some of you all going 1,000's of miles for CAP events, but this one was one of the most intense times of my CAP career.  Within 30 mins of getting the "Call" there was 10 of us on the road.  We did relief manning a shelter plus loading/unloading emergency supplies and passing out water/food/blankets etc...

...and then the next week Gen P shuts us down.   (another thread...some other time)

From now on, your ΔΤΧ (Delta Tau Chi) name is: Pumpkin.

Thank you, Sir...may I have another.