2024 NCSAs
[under construction: last updated 8/4/24]
Alaska Wing Cadets & Senior Members Traveled all throughout the US in 2024, attending CAP Cadet Activities!
Follow this link to see the 8-page newsletter article about Alaska Wing members' participation the May, June & July 2024 Activities:
https://akwg.cap.gov/media/cms/202408_Alaska_Wing_Public_Affairs_U_D4CF5FB48BD41.pdf
And here is a summary of August 2024 activities:
C/1st Lt Lane Hillyer of Kenai Squadron attended the Aviation & Aeronautics Business Academy in Queens, New York. He says his favorite part of AABA 2024 was the opportunities he had to speak with experts in many different aviation careers, such as Air Traffic Controllers, Commercial Pilots, and Airline Business Managers. He continues, "The most challenging part was perfecting our group's presentation to share with the judges. Some advice for cadets considering attending is to spend your free time wisely and work on your project as much as possible."
C/1st Lane Hillyer and other cadets in the Aviation and Aeronautics Business Academy learn the layout of the airport for air traffic control practice. See more AABA photos here: https://photos.cap.gov/
C/1st Lt Gunner Lotz of the Southeast Squadron attended the Civil Engineering Academy at Tyndall, AFB. Lotz states, "My favorite part of this NCSA was learning in consistently fun and interesting classes from some of the most knowledgeable instructors in the Air Force. One of the biggest challenges was putting together all the knowledge you learned from the week and centralizing it into a group project. For anyone thinking about attending this NCSA, I highly recommend it. Engineering in the Air Force is a broad term covering well over a dozen jobs. Combined with this NCSA being unparalleled in providing a comprehensive learning experience about each of them, it creates an activity anyone, anywhere, will enjoy."
C/1st Lt Gunner Lotz stands in front of a retired F15 being repurposed as training wreckage at the AF Civil Engineering Academy at Tyndall, AFB. More CEA photos here: https://photos.cap.gov/
Finally, at the very end of August, 13 cadets and 5 senior members from Alaska Wing participated in the Pacific Region Cadet Competition. See elsewhere in this newsletter for a report on the Kodiak and Lake Hood-Polaris team's experiences. Pictured below are most of the cadets upon their return to Anchorage International Airport after an action-packed weekend in Southern California.
Back row left to right: C/1st Branden Lorch, C/CMSgt Adam McArthur, C/Maj Kai Halliburton, C/Capt Grania Wegemer, C/2d Lt Hunter Simeonoff, C/CMSgt Isaac Hall, C/2d Lt Liam Long, C/2d Lt Asher Engeberg. Front row: C/SSgt Sadie McArthur, C/MSgt Ezra Engeberg, C/CMSgt Kaylin Burnside, C/CMSgt Vivian Lorch. Not pictured: C/2d Lt Connor Burnside who flew directly from the competition to college, Maj Ed Stickel, 1st Lt Jeremy Engeberg, 1st Lt Karen Halliburton, 2d Lt Joyce Lorch, and SM Crystal Burnside.
All told, during the Summer of 2024, more than 25 AKWG cadets and 8 AKWG SMs traveled to the Lower 48 to participate in CAP cadet activities. To all AKWG members, please keep your eyes open for 2025 NCSA applications opening approximately December 15. And consider attending other wings' encampments, GSARs, and other exciting cadet activities!
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Also search Facebook and Google for the activity names, and peruse the photos here: https://photos.cap.gov/
Many of your colleagues have great insight and advice about the activities they attended.
