The Eagle Has Landed!

[ZigZag911]

I just saw a copy of orders from National appointing Lt Col Edward Lee to the permanent grade of Colonel, CAP.

Congratulations, Ned, you earned this the hard way!!!

[MSG Mac]

Yeah! Congrats COLONEL LEE. Richly deserved!

[ColonelJack]

Outstanding, Ned!  Or should I say, "Outstanding, sir!"

I always said I was glad it was you that got the BOG seat if I couldn't get it.

All the best ...

Jack

[AlphaSigOU]

Remember... no promotion is considered 'official' until it is properly wetted down in the O-Club Bar!

Congratulations, Ned!

[JC004]

 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

Jedi Master Ned's promotion is, of course, well-deserved...but I had thought he was ALREADY a full bird!

[FW]

Very Special! I hope Ned enjoys the extra 0 in his paycheck...

[BillB]

Richly deserved

[Brit_in_CAP]

Great News, and thoroughly deserved!

:clap: :clap: :clap:

[Chappie]

 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Indeed...great news for a well deserving individual.  Col Ned Lee is truly the epitome of a great servant/leader.   Consider it a privilege to serve with him and to call him a friend...as well as a "friend of the Chaplain Corps" 

[THRAWN]

Never heard of him....

It is about time that this organization did something this right! Congrats, sir. Fair winds and following seas...

[Pylon]

Civil Air Patrol could not have recognized the contributions of a better member. Outstanding!

[Ned]

Thank you all for your kind words.  I had no idea this was in the works, and was totally surprised.

Since I hadn't been promoted in the last 15 years, the Vanguard tab was a bit larger than I expected.  I guess we call it CAP for a reason.

I write this from Beijing, where I arrived a few hours ago on CAP business.  If all goes well, we should see a membership increase of a billion or two. 😉

The internets here are slow, and social media sites are blocked.  Take a moment and appreciate America and the hosts of CAPTalk for allowing us to express ourselves.

Even if it is mostly about uniforms.

[MSG Mac]

Now Jay Altieri will expect it when he leaves the BOG. Seriously I feel Col should come with the appointment.

[Storm Chaser]

Col Lee got the promotion for all the hard work he's done for CAP. It's well deserved.

Congratulations, sir!

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

Since I hadn't been promoted in the last 15 years, the Vanguard tab was a bit larger than I expected.  I guess we call it CAP for a reason.

Ohfacryinoutloud.  They made you PAY for your new eagles, Sir?

What's going in China?  Are you trying to organise a CAP there?

[Ned]

Lt Col. Mike McArdle and I are here at the invitation of the Shandong Aviation Industry Association to brief them and the Chinese Air Force on youth aviation programs.  Incredibly interesting so far.  I just opened up some of their background briefing information and found that Volume 2 of the "Contribute to the Nation with Aviation" magazine has about a dozen pictures of our own Gen Courter andt Col Bev Scoggins in some sort of feature story.  My written Mandarin is a little rusty, but my guess is that is about IACE.

[a2capt]

Oh noes, not the return of the "U.S." ... 

[PHall]

Oh noes, not the return of the "U.S." ... 

Had to turn this into a uniform thread, didn't you.

[Майор Хаткевич]

Good thing I still have my U.S. Civil Air Patrol Tapes!

[Shuman 14]

Congrats Sir!  :clap:

[Private Investigator]

ハローキティ  キティ・ホワイト  :clap:

= Congratulations Colonel   :clap:

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

Oh noes, not the return of the "U.S." ... 

Had to turn this into a uniform thread, didn't you.

Well, the Chinese Air Force do have some snazzy uniforms.



And it's almost in CAP Ultramarine!

[Flying Pig]

Ned, what position are you in with CAP?  Last I heard you just traveled around playing emcee at wing conferences 

[lordmonar]

ハローキティ  キティ・ホワイト  :clap:

= Congratulations Colonel   :clap:

I don't think that says what you think it says.

Congratulations colonel is translated as Omedeto Taisha.

My katakana is kinda of rusty.....but you said harokitei kitei howaito....which does not say much at all.

[Shuman 14]

Oh noes, not the return of the "U.S." ... 

Had to turn this into a uniform thread, didn't you.

Well, the Chinese Air Force do have some snazzy uniforms.



And it's almost in CAP Ultramarine!

Love the footwear. 

[Flying Pig]

Oh noes, not the return of the "U.S." ... 

Had to turn this into a uniform thread, didn't you.

Well, the Chinese Air Force do have some snazzy uniforms.



And it's almost in CAP Ultramarine!

Love the footwear. 

It pays to be a 6' tall Chinese woman

[GroundHawg]

Ironically, all their uniforms are made in the United States...

[SarDragon]

ハローキティ  キティ・ホワイト  :clap:

= Congratulations Colonel   :clap:

I don't think that says what you think it says.

Congratulations colonel is translated as Omedeto Taisha.

My katakana is kinda of rusty.....but you said harokitei kitei howaito....which does not say much at all.

Bing translator gives us - Hello Kitty Kitty-white

[lordmonar]

ハローキティ  キティ・ホワイト  :clap:

= Congratulations Colonel   :clap:

I don't think that says what you think it says.

Congratulations colonel is translated as Omedeto Taisha.

My katakana is kinda of rusty.....but you said harokitei kitei howaito....which does not say much at all.

Bing translator gives us - Hello Kitty Kitty-white

Odd thing to say to a colonel. 

[bosshawk]

Congratulations, Ned: can't think of a single guy in CAP who I would rather see get promoted to Colonel.

Almost sorry that I am no longer in CAP: almost.

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

Ned, what position are you in with CAP?  Last I heard you just traveled around playing emcee at wing conferences 

Master Jedi of the Civil Air Patrol.

[Private Investigator]

ハローキティ  キティ・ホワイト  :clap:

= Congratulations Colonel   :clap:

I don't think that says what you think it says.

Congratulations colonel is translated as Omedeto Taisha.

My katakana is kinda of rusty.....but you said harokitei kitei howaito....which does not say much at all.

Very close sir. In kanji it is "Hello Kitty, kitty is well?" Another example of being lost in translation. 

[Private Investigator]

ハローキティ  キティ・ホワイト  :clap:

= Congratulations Colonel   :clap:

I don't think that says what you think it says.

Congratulations colonel is translated as Omedeto Taisha.

My katakana is kinda of rusty.....but you said harokitei kitei howaito....which does not say much at all.

Bing translator gives us - Hello Kitty Kitty-white

How you say, "typo" in Japanese. 

[SarDragon]

ハローキティ  キティ・ホワイト  :clap:

= Congratulations Colonel   :clap:

I don't think that says what you think it says.

Congratulations colonel is translated as Omedeto Taisha.

My katakana is kinda of rusty.....but you said harokitei kitei howaito....which does not say much at all.

Very close sir. In kanji it is "Hello Kitty, kitty is well?" Another example of being lost in translation. 

None of that is Kanji. It's all Katakana, and a phonetic representation of the English words. About like what Pat wrote.