Hawaii wing got mentioned yesterday in General Aviation News:
http://tinyurl.com/yglmo45l (http://tinyurl.com/yglmo45l)
Nice to see recognition of CAP's value to the community! :clap:
This URL works - one less character on what was posted earlier.
http://tinyurl.com/yglmo45
A Unit Citation for all the Wing perhaps??
NER got one after 9/11. Hawaii should also get one this time.
Good work on HIWG's, part.
Quote from: a2capt on March 03, 2010, 08:35:57 PM
This URL works - one less character on what was posted earlier.
http://tinyurl.com/yglmo45
Sorry for extra character, folks. Part of my motto...always have a little more than you need. :-[
May I suggest that the work performed by Hawaii is to be regarded with utmost respect. It means;
1. They've thought through this mission well beforehand.
2. Assembled the equipment... loud speakers on 182s might have caused any number of Wings brain damage.
3. Train their crews.
4. Made plans to have their own families safe so they could be airborne.
5. Undertaken all of this with the pressure of time, safety, and the world looking over their shoulder.
6. Done their duty, flown their missions, served their community, and done themselves proud.
It doesn't matter that there was not a big wave. It matters that there was a big mission accomplished.
^ I thought we were being respectful.
Quote from: Spike on March 04, 2010, 02:00:02 AM
^ I thought we were being respectful.
+1. That was precisely my intent.
flyboy and Spike ^^^
I never suggested that you were not being respectful. My missive was not directed at you. It wasn't about you. It was in praise of the Hawaii Wing.
Excellent work. Utmost excellent.
Bravo Zulu -- HIWG!!!!
Quote from: Spike on March 03, 2010, 09:43:06 PM
A Unit Citation for all the Wing perhaps??
NER got one after 9/11. Hawaii should also get one this time.
Good work on HIWG's, part.
I'd suggest perhaps a Commander's Commendation for those (maybe 10-15% of the wing) that actually participated. That way only those that actually DID something will get a new pretty to pin on the uniform.
I'm somewhat on the fence over this. Here are the criteria that would apply for this situation for a unit citation:
QuoteRecognition of outstanding achievements intended to recognize a single specific act or notable accomplishment that is separate and distinct from the normal mission or regular function of the unit. The period of an outstanding achievement is normally short and characterized by definite beginning and ending dates.
Granted this is fairly vague and leaves a lot open to interpretation, but in this case the wing implemented a standard response that they practice all the time and apparently did it well even though it turned out to be unnecessary. The response didn't really involve anything particularly unique or challenging beyond what is considered normal in Hawaii.
So, I'm not really sure I would favor a unit citation. Now, perhaps if there was a major tidal wave and HI Wing not only did the warning flights, but did a whole bunch of other stuff in response to the actual disaster that might change my mind.
I do wish they would add some language into the unit citation criteria for single events (like this) requiring that a substantial number of members of the unit have been involved in the action for which the citation is given. Otherwise you could have an entire unit getting a citation for an action taken by a single aircrew on a single sortie. Not a major problem since CAP doesn't hand out unit citations very easily, but it would be nice to have it in there.
In the meantime, I could go with individual Achievement Awards or Commanders Commendations for those involved in the response.
QuoteCAP performs 90% of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 72 lives in fiscal year 2009
Does it ever bother anyone else when they say fiscal year, instead of just measuring in a regular year? I know there is a difference, but it just makes it sound so corporate and like we're trying to justify the cost of CAP... which maybe we are.
Sorry, don't want to derail the huge amount of "well done" that the Hawaii Wing deserves. Excellent work indeed.
Quote from: Marshalus on March 07, 2010, 11:57:09 PM
QuoteCAP performs 90% of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 72 lives in fiscal year 2009
Does it ever bother anyone else when they say fiscal year, instead of just measuring in a regular year? I know there is a difference, but it just makes it sound so corporate and like we're trying to justify the cost of CAP... which maybe we are.
CAP
operates on a fiscal calendar, just like thousands of other companies and similar organizations. They aren't using the term to sound important - CAP's fiscal calendar runs Oct-Oct, which matches that of the Federal government.
There any number of very good reasons why fiscal calendars are different than standard calendars, not the least of which is not having the holidays in the way of doing all the year end paperwork and reporting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year#United_States
do your year-end close when
From a strictly public affairs point of view, it would be better to drop the "fiscal". No reason to throw that in there. Just complicates things more than necessary.