bragging rights!

Throughout my 20 years I have served as a Mission Chaplain on a lot of missions.  But this was the best one ever.  Our mission team received a life saving ribbon with silver star.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/09/24/saratoga-survival-skills-serve-cassell-well-after-crash/

I cannot begin to express the euphoria felt when the family was notified of finding their loved one --- who was standing and waving at the CAP aircraft overhead.

GES
*GTM3

Peanuts in comparison. At least I won't go hungry

Let's see:


   *AP
   *CUL
   *FASC
   *LO
   *LSC
   *PIO

    MRO 6/30
    MS 6/20
    MSA 7/20

    GES ∞
    ICUT ∞
    IS100 ∞
    IS200 ∞
    ICS300∞
    IS700 ∞
    IS800 ∞

    Drv's Lic (S,CV2,7,8,9,12,PT,TT<2000) 7/30

    plus  DAART User ∞
    and *DAART Operator (both quals not yet available in eServices). 


Nothing special, but hopefully respectable for someone who just completed his first year in CAP.  Looking forward to my first AP training sortie(s) in a couple weeks.  Three whole sorties (training/exercises) done as an MS, a half dozen exercises as an MRO or MSA, and three exercises as a DAART User (including an EvalEx).  Still waiting for my first real mission.
 

I was asked last month to be my Group Safety Officer.

I accepted as an Additional Duty! The third stint I do for my Group.

So, Ive been out of the game for a little bit, but after coming back to CAP in Apr 16, I have:

CERT
IS100
IS200
IS700
IS800
GES
GTL
GTM2
GTM3
UAO
UDF
ICUT

and trainee in
GTM1
MSA
MRO
GBD

with SET in
GTM3
ICUT

I have 12 actual missions over my time in from 1993-2001 and 2016-current with 5 non-distress finds and 2 Disaster Relief missions.

Throughout my 20 years I have served as a Mission Chaplain on a lot of missions.  But this was the best one ever.  Our mission team received a life saving ribbon with silver star.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/09/24/saratoga-survival-skills-serve-cassell-well-after-crash/

I cannot begin to express the euphoria felt when the family was notified of finding their loved one --- who was standing and waving at the CAP aircraft overhead.

Awesome work, thank you!

I am just coming back in, so I don't have much on my 101 card. I had a fair amount of quals on my old pink 101 card (sign off if you ever had one of those).

I spent 10 weeks at Ground Zero after 9/11/ Any other 9/11 responders here?

I flew a unicorn. Just saying


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I flew a unicorn. Just saying

You too?

I flew a unicorn. Just saying


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I flew a unicorn. Just saying


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Come on gents, unicorns are old hat!  On my level, we fly dirigible walruses!

Seriously though, thanks for the laugh.  Wasn't expecting to see a reply like that haha!

Man, after reading all of your, this is kinda pathetic.

-GES
-ICS 100, 200, 700, 800

Yep. Thats it. Hopefully I'll be a GTM after GSAR school this summer, and I want to be a GTL at 18. Also want to go to NBB after this year, as this summer is my first encampment.

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Man, after reading all of your, this is kinda pathetic.

-GES
-ICS 100, 200, 300, 400

Yep. Thats it. Hopefully I'll be a GTM after GSAR school this summer, and I want to be a GTL at 18. Also want to go to NBB after this year, as this summer is my first encampment.

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How did you manage to complete ICS 300 and 400 as an under-18?

Man, after reading all of your, this is kinda pathetic.

-GES
-ICS 100, 200, 300, 400

Yep. Thats it. Hopefully I'll be a GTM after GSAR school this summer, and I want to be a GTL at 18. Also want to go to NBB after this year, as this summer is my first encampment.

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How did you manage to complete ICS 300 and 400 as an under-18?

Oh my gosh, I really need to spell check what I write. I meant 700/800, but I am planning to do 300 soon with my local fire department. Im pretty sure you can do them when under 18, so long as the 3 day course doesn't cut into classtime.

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Man, after reading all of your, this is kinda pathetic.

-GES
-ICS 100, 200, 300, 400

Yep. Thats it. Hopefully I'll be a GTM after GSAR school this summer, and I want to be a GTL at 18. Also want to go to NBB after this year, as this summer is my first encampment.

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How did you manage to complete ICS 300 and 400 as an under-18?

I no longer see an age requirement in the NIMS training document for ICS-300:
https://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/icsresource/assets/nims_training_program.pdf

Now if I could just find an ICS-300 class that wasn't half a day's travel away and offered at a reasonable date/time for those of us with day jobs. 

Now if I could just find an ICS-300 class that wasn't half a day's travel away and offered at a reasonable date/time for those of us with day jobs.

Good luck with that!

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I had to take time off work for 300 and 400. I was fortunate that there was a fire department within 30 miles hosting it.

I am just coming back in, so I don't have much on my 101 card. I had a fair amount of quals on my old pink 101 card (sign off if you ever had one of those).

I spent 10 weeks at Ground Zero after 9/11/ Any other 9/11 responders here?

Yessir


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I am just coming back in, so I don't have much on my 101 card. I had a fair amount of quals on my old pink 101 card (sign off if you ever had one of those).

I spent 10 weeks at Ground Zero after 9/11/ Any other 9/11 responders here?

Yessir


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Not 9/11 but I worked the Murrah Building (OKC) Bombing in 1996.  From 1999 to Nov 2017 I let my membership laps. I am back in now.

*CUL
♦ICUT ∞
IS100 ∞
IS200 ∞
IS700∞
IS800 ∞
GES ∞
MRO
*GTL
*GTM2
GTM3
*MSA
UDF
Plus I have completed PD Levels 1, 2, and 3