[serfl432] FW: [general] Upcoming Group 2 ES training - GSAR Academy and more
- From: "Gene Floyd" <gfloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <hqgroup2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <everyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:21:38 -0500
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Due to several Group 2 units expressing a timing conflict, the training for
the weekend of Feb 22-24th has been rescheduled to Feb 15-17th; everything
else remains the same. The website will be updated to reflect this as soon
as possible. The next training event is still scheduled for the 25-27th of
Jan at Live Oak.
http://www.tallahasseecap.org/gsar.shtml
Gene Floyd, Capt CAP
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From: Gene Floyd [mailto:gfloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:29 PM
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Subject: [general] Upcoming Group 2 ES training - GSAR Academy and more
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I apologize for being so out of touch, as many of you know we had a 3AM
house fire and my days and nights have been consumed with drywalling,
tiling, painting, and wondering the aisles of Lowes, Home Depot and various
furniture stores; CAP has been almost completely off my radar screen for the
last couple of months. Fortunately nobody was hurt and there was no
structural damage to our house, we just lost a lot of contents (including
all the kids' clothes and uniforms) but almost everything that matters has
been replaced except for a few uniform items which we are working on
obtaining.
Now that the holidaze are over, we can start thinking about training again.
A couple of months ago a Group 2 training plan was laid out for the first
part of 2008 and for the most part nothing has changed. Some of the training
will be local to each individual squadron (or in combination with other
local squadrons) while other events will be centralized. As stated before,
we will not be conducting aviation-related training as that is being left to
the Operations Directorate.
The Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR) Academy is scheduled for the weekends of
12-13 Jan (Curry and GES), 25-27 Jan (GSAR Pt 1), 22-24 Feb (GSAR Pt 2), and
14-16 Mar (evaluations and exercises at Goldhead Branch State Park in
Keystone Heights)
The entire schedule is online at http://www.tallahasseecap.org/gsar.shtml.
This will eventually be developed into a full-blown website, but for now it
is primarily for basic information. This is the recommended teaching
schedule; if you follow this, we will be ready for a full weekend of
evaluating and exercising in March when we gather our SETs together in order
to make it easier for people to get signed off on tasks that they may be
unable to find SETs for locally. We will also conduct the required 2
exercises during this weekend so that everyone should finish the GSAR
Academy with either GTM3 or GTL.
Where task numbers are shown, tasks may be taught directly from the Ground &
Urban DF Team Task Guide which can be downloaded from a link further down.
Note that no special qualification is required to teach a subject, but the
teacher should be knowledgeable of the subject being taught. The SET
certification only comes into play at the time of evaluation. We are
currently exploring the possibility of videotaping and podcasting individual
lessons for those who do not have qualified or interested trainers in their
area; if anyone has the expertise to do this, please contact me.
Tallahassee, Madison, and Live Oak will be training as a group at the Live
Oak Squadron Building. All others are invited to join us or use the schedule
below to plan their own local training either on their own or in conjunction
with other local squadrons. Dates shown below are for the Live Oak training
only, other squadrons feel free to change the schedule as needed, but all
squadrons in Group 2 should plan on attending the final evaluation weekend
in Keystone Heights and the Group 2 SAREX in May if they wish to participate
in Group 2's ES training program. Other squadrons may feel free to alter the
schedule below as needed, but the end goal should be to be prepared for a
complete and total formal evaluation of all GTM3 and GTL tasks in Keystone
Heights in late March plus some rather comprehensive ground exercises.
Please note that the first 3 weekends are training only, not evaluations.
While it may be possible to sign off on some tasks over the course of the 2
months leading up to the eval weekend, all evaluations will be available in
Keystone Heights.
Please note that all training exercises will also work on various mission
base specialties, so just because you're not into tromping through the woods
with a loaded rucksack, please feel free to help support our activities by
training and serving as a Mission Staff Assistant, Radio operator, or one of
many different Unit Leaders, Section Chiefs, or Command Staff Positions.
While the general uniform is BDUs or corporate equivalent, polo shirts or
even blues can be worn if needed by mission staff personnel. Please feel
free to contact me with any questions regarding our support staff positions,
responsibilities and training standards/materials.
Other upcoming ES activities:
ICS training - 1-2 Mar
This is the tentative date for March's ICS training at the Ocala Fire
College. 3 classes will be available, 1) ICS 100/200/700/800 plus MSA/LO
training, 2) ICS300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding
Incidents, and 3) ICS400: Advanced Incident Command System Command & General
Staff: Complex Incidents. Cost will be approximately $50.00 for the weekend
including lodging and meals. More information will be available as I dig
further out from under the drywall dust.
Sun n' Fun - 8-13 Apr
Join us as we work at the 2nd-largest airshow in the US in what is best
compared to a mini Blue Beret event. Crews will be needed for recruiting,
flightline, Urban Direction-finding, crowd control, Aerospace Education and
more. Oh yeah, the airshow is a blast to watch too.especially since the
Thunderbirds will be there this year. See
http://flwg.us/database/database/news.asp?action=print
<http://flwg.us/database/database/news.asp?action=print&article=466>
&article=466 for last year's article.
North Florida Ranger School - 25-27 Apr
The North Florida Ranger School goes on the road to Wimauma, FL (near Tampa)
for a weekend of Ranger Training. Special emphasis will be paid to preparing
attendees for Pennsylvania Wing's Hawk Mountain Ranger School (
http://www.pawingcap.com/hawk )which is one of the few National Special
Activities that younger cadets are allowed to attend. Hawk Mountain Ranger
School is much more than an ES training activity; it is a real-world
leadership laboratory and experience of a lifetime that few people come away
from unchanged. All cadets and officers are advised to attend at least once
if they are the least bit interested in Wilderness Search and Rescue /
Survival. Please see http://flwg.us/database/database/news.asp?action=print
<http://flwg.us/database/database/news.asp?action=print&article=445>
&article=445 and http://flwg.us/database/database/news.asp?action=print
<http://flwg.us/database/database/news.asp?action=print&article=392>
&article=392 for more information on recent North Florida Ranger activities.
Carpooling may be available for those between Tallahassee and Tampa or those
going to Pennsylvania this Summer.
Please note: Attending Hawk Mountain or any other "Ranger School" does not
make anyone special or better than anyone else. Ranger School is just a fun
and high-energy way to learn not only basic ES skills, but a good bit of
advanced SAR and survival practical experience while exploring one's own
limits. Ranger credentials do not count toward mission requirements and
contrary to popular belief, graduates of the school put their pants on the
same way as everyone else. While there is a lot of running, yelling
(HOO-RAHH!!!! etc) and PT, hazing is strictly not tolerated and all staff
have or will received training aimed at eradicating hazing altogether. The
idea is for everyone to have fun, learn, and grow not to make anyone feel
that they are about to wash out of Marine Corps Basic Training. That all
said, it is good training and most attendees (including myself) have a
blast.
Group 2 SAREX (2-4 May):
Group-wide SAREX. Details will be made known as needed and all exercise
inputs will follow normal operating channels (ie AFRCC, Wing Alerting
Officers, local contacts with witnesses etc). In short, please keep this
weekend open and be prepared for anything to happen. By that, I do mean
anything. If you prefer always knowing what will happen next and operating
with a clear-cut plan of action you may find yourself a little outside your
comfort zone, but it will be...interesting.
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Gene Floyd, Capt CAP
Emergency Services Officer
Group 2, FL Wing
(850)284-3677
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