SQUADRON 356 PARTNERS UP WITH CPR/CCC ACROSS AMERICA

By: Staff Sergeant Phillip Kittelson

Group IV Public Affairs Officer



Photos By Crystal Ochoa/Arizona Republic





LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZ.--Twenty CAP cadets from the Frank Luke Jr Cadet Squadron 356 gathered together Friday night to learn Continuous Chest Compression (CCC) CPR.



The event, hosted in conjunction with CPR Across America, "a grass roots movement created to motivate the masses to learn CPR," was made possible by Kate Jaramillo, also known as Miss Kate, a firm believer and a local force behind the CCC effort.



When Miss Kate was young, her father died as a result of a traumatic head injury in a head on car accident. Ever since, she's been studying emergency medicine, and last year donated 50 CPR mannequins to the Arizona Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.



Spearheaded by Group IV, the event, hosted Friday on Luke AFB, sets the stage Miss Kate says, "other states will be following what we do here in Arizona."



According to the American Heart Association, standard CPR has a victim survival rate of 30%, while CCC has shown an increased survival rate of up to 80%.



CPR Across America plans to host a traveling event using 500 mannequins from New Mexico, through Arizona, and finally landing on the USS Midway in California on December 5th. Mannequins for the event can be purchased at a reduced price of $100. Mannequin purchases will be handled by Region 2 EMS Inc located in Las Cruces, New Mexico.



CAP is being used as the vehicle to get the mannequins moved from event to event, with local fire personnel provide the training to participants.



Along with the culminating event, the American Heart Association will be unveiling their new guidelines, officially incorporating CCC into their curriculum.



To purchase mannequins, contact Tim Zagorski, Executive Director Region 2 EMS Inc. 250 B West Amador Las Cruces, NM 88005 Telephone - (575) 524-2167 Fax - (575) 524-4639 or through email at general@region2ems.com.

Goodyear AZ- On Sunday 11Th April, 4 cadets from squadron 356 went on there 1st orientation flight, Cadets Katherine C Allyn ,Lindsey and Kayla Shoemaker, and Christopher E Bayoneta all went on an hour long orientation flight. it was a great day to fly and all the cadets had a wonderful time. the Goodyear Airport was very busy this weekend because of the NASCAR race that was going down in Avondale. the cadet also got an up close look a some of NASCARS finest driver and their airplanes. " you know I do this about 6-7 times a year and it never gets old, it is a blast to see how excited the cadets get" stated Lt Lora, for some of the cadets it is the very 1st flight that they have ever been on. Lt Lora would like to Thank Lt Jerry Kerr (Sq 313 Commander) and his staff, for always being so helpful, he would also like to thank the entire staff at the Goodyear Airport for always being so accommodating to the cadets. they make it a real nice environment for the cadets and their parents.

2010 ARIZONA WING ENCAMPMENT IS HERE!!!!!!!

Luke Air Force Base- On Tuesday night Squadron Commander Lt Lora, Announced that the Arizona Wing Encampment, will be held from Sunday 12Th to Sunday 19Th June at the Evergreen Aviation, Pinal Air Park, Marana, AZ. check in time will be from 0900hrs to 1100hrs on Sunday 12Th June, the cost of encampment will be $250 per cadet, yes there will be scholarships available from the squadron and there will be more info on that at this coming Tuesday's meeting. Cadets wishing to attend this years encampment must fill out the required forms witch will be available on the squadron web site sq356.azwg.us later this week, all forms and payment must be turned into Lt Lora, No later than Tuesday 20Th May 2010.

Sun Gods Reach Nationals

Maxwell Air Force Base- This past Saturday 10Th April 2010, The Arizona Wing Drill team (Sun Gods) reached the nationals competition, by defeating the New Mexico team, The Sun Gods took 1st place in all but 2 events. The team will now move on to the national competition, that will be held in June, in Oregon. Squadron 356 is represented by 3 of it's members on the drill, C/Maj Corey Fields and CSMSgt's John and Joseph Pravongviengkham. Congrats to you all and keep up the good work.

Congrats to all that promoted this past month

LAFB Glendale,AZ- What a great way to cap off a busy month at squadron 356, this past Tuesady 30th March 2010, we ended the month with a bang, we had 2 Cadets receive their Mitchell awards, C/2nd Lt's T Andrascik and O. Martinez, received there Mitchell awards. C/2nd Lt D. Cook was promoted to C/1st Lt and our Cadet Squadron Commander C/Capt C Fields, was promoted to the rank of C/Major. the following cadets were also promoted Cadets Joseph K Pravongviengkham,Cody T Bosse,Michael D De La Torre. Great Job, please keep up all the good work.

Peroria AZ- The squadron 356 color guard team, was at it again, they presented the colors at this past friday nights game(Padres Vs Dodgers). this has been a fun week for the team, they have presented colors at every game this week. " I feel, like we are part of the teams (Mariners and Padres)" stated cadet Martinez. and the fans sure made us feel this way. The color guard team was signing autographs for some of the fans Friday night (See top Photo).

Color Guard Team presents colors at Republican Rally

Sun City West AZ- On Saturday 20Th March, 2010, Members of the squadron color guard team presented colors at a Republican rally, that was held at Beardsley Park, in Sun City West. The Rally was held to announce all the Republican candidates, that will run in the up coming elections. members of the color guard team had and opportunity to meet several of the candidates, including Governor Jan Brewer.