Rochester Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol

Some exciting news in the world of cybersecurity! CAP has partnered with Cisco Networking Academy to bring all of its members access to Cybersecurity curriculum. These courses were only accessible to members of CyberPatriot, but now all senior members and cadets can access the program and advance their knowledge!

Today we remember those who lost their lives and those who sacrificed so much in the immediate aftermath of this tragedy.

Want to know what we do? We will be having a virtual open house on 11 July through Zoom. Please RSVP by emailing [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you!

C/SSgt Longuil paying tribute to the fallen with Taps at golden hour.

Today we remember all who gave their lives for our nation. We hope you have a safe Memorial Day and stay healthy!

Congratulations to all those at the Finger Lakes Group banquet on March 7th who were awarded for their accomplishments. Of those in attendance, two of our Cadets and two of our Senior Members were awarded! Billy Mitchell Awards: * C/2nd Lt. McGarvey, R. * C/2nd Lt. Lentz... Achievement Awards: * 1st Lt. Dasson * Capt. Pickard Cadet NCO of the Year: * (Then) C/CMSgt McGarvey, R. Cadet Programs Officer of the Year: * 1st Lt. Dasson The video posted below started a few minutes late in the awards ceremony. So we didn't record the Billy Mitchells. But we caught the rest. https://youtu.be/z1_g8Ga15tk

Additional photos from our promotions this month. Photo credit: 2nd Lt. LaBella

Congratulations to all of our promoting cadets and senior member last night! Job well done. C/Amn Dunn C/Amn Dykens, P. C/Amn Phillips... C/A1C Dykens, H. C/SrA Desalvo C/SSgt Longuil C/TSgt Passero C/SMSgt Tata C/CMsgt McGarvey, E. 1st Lt. Alberghini, M. See more

If you've ever wondered what it was like to be in the Civil Air Patrol, save this date! Thursday, March 5, 2020 will begin our Great Start Open House program every Thursday for 8 weeks. This program is for new and prospective members to our squadron. Parents are highly encouraged to attend and participate!

Today we honor the life of Katherine Johnson, who's scientific contributions got us into space, thank you for all that you have done for aerospace!

Happy belated birthday to an aviation icon!

Congrats to all who promoted last week! C/Amn Beardsley C/A1C Brewer C/A1C Nicot C/MSgt Fantauzzo... C/2d Lt Lentz C/2d Lt McGarvey 1st Lt Kendig 1st Lt Dasson See more

Congratulations are in order for last weeks meeting! First, a huge congrats to C/CMSgt Derck for soloing in a CAP airplane, and earning his wings. We'd also like to congratulate Capt Martha Anne Pickard on receiving her Senior Member Of The Year award, and 2d Lt Holly R Lynch on her promotion!

Congrats to all who promoted last week! C/SrA Desalvo C/SrA Longuil C/TSgt McGarvey C/A1C Nathan... C/SrA Rucci C/MSgt Tata C/SrA Van de Walle C/A1C Wise C/Amn Hollander C/SSgt Passero See more

Last weekend's banquet celebrated the achievements of many of our squadron members as well as the change of command from Lt Col Jones to Cap McGarvey. We'd like to thank Col Jones for her years of service to the squadron and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors!

Congrats to all who promoted last week! C/A1C Desalvo C/Amn Dykens C/A1C Rana C/Amn Scozzari... C/Amn Farmiga C/CMSgt Lentz See more

It was a good day for Orientation Flights yesterday! We had five of our cadets get their first flight touring the finger lakes.

Hello all! We are participating in Wreaths Across America again this year and need your help supporting a good cause. Please go to the following link and support us in our mission to honor those that made the ultimate sacrifice. https://wreathsacrossamerica.org//NY0158P---Civil-Air-Patr|0|0|1|

A huge thank you to Lt Col Turner and members of Air Force ROTC Detachment 538 for visiting our squadron last night. It was an excellent learning opportunity and our cadets thoroughly enjoyed it!

This Veteran's Day, we were honored to present the Air Force wreath at the Blue Cross Arena's wreath laying ceremony. Thank you to all that served.

A new month means a new round of promotions. Congrats to all that promoted! C/Amn C. Lentz C/TSgt Fantauzzo C/CMSgt Derck C/SMSgt E. McGarvey... C/CMSgt R. McGarvey See more

Wishing our senior member FO Hull the best of luck as she begins her journey with the US Air Force! #AirPower

We had a great time helping out at the Mendon Equicenter yesterday!

Last week's meeting marked another round of promotions! C/Amn Nicot C/Amn Nathan C/A1C E. Desalvo C/TSgt Tata... And a special congratulations to C/2dLt Prieto for receiving his Mitchell! See more

Last week's meeting marked the end C/2dLt D. Madigan's tenure as cadet commander, and our change of command ceremony. Congrats to C/2dLt K. Madigan as he now steps into the role of cadet commander. We also got a chance to snap a picture of Tango flight, with all our newer and prospective cadets.

This Saturday, our annual garage sale is taking place! Please come out and support our squadron! Please feel free to spread these flyers around and share them on your personal pages. Garage sale happens: Saturday, September 14th 9 AM - 4 PM... Grace Covenant Church 224 Chestnut Ridge Road Rochester, NY 14624 See more

Last week’s meeting was full of excellent experiences! A small group of cadets got the chance to take a full tour of the Rochester Airport, and we had a full list of promotions! Congrats to: 2d Lt Hull C/Amn Dixon C/A1C Van De Walle... C/SSgt Fantauzzo C/A1C Longuil C/CMSgt R. McGarvey C/ SSgt B. McGarvey C/MSgt E. McGarvey C/SrA Passero C/CMSgt Randall See more

This past week we bid a bittersweet farewell to C/2d Lt Heroux and C/SMSgt Peper as they move on to the next stages of their professional and academic careers! Best of luck to you both!

We’d like to congratulate all who promoted last week! C/Amn Cendoma C/Amn Desalvo C/CMSgt Lentz C/Amn Rana... C/SSgt Tata C/CMSgt Jones And a special congrats to C/2dLt Heroux for receiving her Mitchell!

Congratulations to all our graduating RCS and staffing cadets on another awesome job at this year's NY Wing Encampment. Thank you to all the squadron seniors and cadets who were able to make it to show your support. Also, not to brag or anything (because we totally are! :D), one of our squadron cadets took home both the Encampment Honor Cadet Award AND Honor Cadet Award for Foxtrot Flight this year! Big congrats to C/SMSgt Lentz on a job well done. We also had some foreign VI...Ps visiting us this year; British Member of Parliament Sarah Champion and Scottish Member of Parliament David Linden. Accompanying them were U.S. Congressman Paul Tonko and NYS Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara with keynote speaker Brig. Gen. Robert Kilgore, Chief of Staff for the NY Air National Guard. We were further honored with the presence of several WWII veterans who each presented an award to cadets at the encampment this year and were escorted to the Stratton Air National Guard base by Patriot Guard Riders! All in all, this was an amazing ceremony. Thank you all for your support! #nywgencampment2019

Reminder: New York Wing - Civil Air Patrol will be live on FB this evening at 7:30pm for their audience directed edition! If you have a cadet in encampment, be sure to tune in and give them a shout out so they have an opportunity to say 'Hi'!

Another successful year for the Finger Lakes Group at the Geneseo airshow! Great job to all the cadets who could come out and assist. Your help and support is always appreciated. Also a big congratulations to the following cadets who were picked from their flights to receive the Warrior Award of a smart watch for being the most motivated cadets and showing the most initiative during the airshow! C/Amn Bartolone... C/Amn Longuil C/A1C LaValley, I. C/SrA Tata See more

Volunteering with Civil Air Patrol is an opportunity for general aviation pilots to be part of the United States Air Force team and fly for the greater good. It... will hone flying skills and provide pilots with the opportunity for proficiency and mission-specific training, technical expertise, and peer support. Accept your mission; read more at: https://adobe.ly/2NBnOYH See more

NY Wing is providing live streamed updates on encampment throughout the day. If your cadet is taking part, or even if they're not and you're interested in following along anyways, head over to the NY Wing Facebook page.

The video for July's promotion ceremony is now available on our YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfKyjCHO6D0

Last week’s promotions saw some major milestones for our squadron! Congrats to all who promoted: C/Amn Desalvo C/Amn Longuil C/Amn Van De Walle C/SrA B. McGarvey ... C/SMSgt R. McGarvey And a very special congratulations to Capt Light, and C/2dLt K. Madigan who received his Mitchell.

Did you know everything from razor blades, pens, and soda cans to aviation parts are carefully measured with micron level accuracy before it's manufactured? For reference, a micron is 1/70th the width of a human hair. This is just one of the things our cadets learned on a tour of Quality Vision International, organized by Senior Member Edward Fantauzzo, and owned by the Fantauzzo family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8jlbf0L-ts&t=24s

On July 3rd, we received the honor of having some of our cadets and their family present the national colors at the Red Wings game at Frontier Field. Thank you to all who attended for your support. Great job out there cadets!

Last week’s meeting was packed full of big things! A huge thank you to Col Adams for stopping by to talk about the Air Force Academy. Our color guard is gearing up for their presentation this week on the 3rd, and we had a nice sendoff for SM Fantauzzo.

Another honor flight in the books today! A huge thank you to Honor Flight Rochester for always being willing to include us in your events, it is something we always look forward to participating in.

We always enjoy helping out with the Lifetime 5k at the Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC), although we were a little disappointed that there was no fire truck pull this year!

Last night we bid a fond farewell to C/TSgt L Hall, C/CMSgt C Hall, and C/CMSgt Rifkin as they move on to new adventures. Best of luck in your future endeavors and congrats to Rifkin as he begins his career in the Air Force.

Last night, we paid tribute to the 75th anniversary of D-Day with the playing of Taps and a salute to the flag. We thank all those that fought that day, and sacrificed so much for the sake of the world. We’d also like to congratulate the following cadets on their promotions: C/CMSgt Dykstra C/CMSgt Gestring C/TSgt Hall... C/SMSgt Lentz C/TSgt E. McGarvey C/A1C Passero See more

Our cadets got to have a little fun this evening! A nice little break from the usual meetings.

Last night we bid a fond farewell to C/1LT Dobretsov as he moves on to the Air Force Academy. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors!

Last weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to march in the Rochester Lilac Festival parade. Thank you to all who came out and supported this event!

Out cadets were hard at work yesterday practicing for this weekend’s Rochester Lilac Festival parade.

Thank you to Honor Flight Rochester for allowing us to be there once again for the return of our veterans this past weekend. We truly enjoy being there to welcome them back from their journey.

Last week’s meeting was a special one! On top of a large group of promotions, our squadron received an award from the Wing! Congrats to all who promoted: C/SMSgt Derck C/CMSgt Hall C/A1C Maines C/A1C Mauri... C/MSgt McElwain C/A1C Rucci C/Amn Trimaldi See more

Congratulations to 2d Lt Hartmann on her promotion!

We wish to extend our deepest condolences to the Sea Cadets who lost one one of their own recently. We wish them peace and healing in this difficult time. Suicide is not an easy topic to discuss, but it is one that affects far too many of us to not speak up. CAP and other organizations aim to be a safe place for youth, and as such we are committed to addressing issues that they have. If there is anything troubling you, please let a senior member or an adult in your organizat...ion know. If you feel you cannot talk to anyone in person, please reach out to one of these resources: National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386 https://www.thetrevorproject.org Crisis Text Line: 741741 Text "Home" https://www.crisistextline.org/

This past week we said goodbye to C/CMSgt Warth as he heads off to West Point! We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors!

A huge thank you to SFC Moreno for working with our cadets during drill and PT this week. Also, congrats to the following cadets for receiving their promotions. C/MSgt R. McGarvey C/A1C B. McGarvey C/SSgt E. McGarvey

Congrats to all that promoted last week! C/SMSgt Derk C/SSgt Hartmann C/MSgt Lentz C/MSgt R. McGarvey ... C/A1C B. McGarvey C/SSgt E. McGarvey C/Amn Palen See more

Our cadets put a lot of effort into making this year’s display, and it shows! Thank you to Greater Rochester Peep Show for having us again this year.

Our Peep Show display is up! Come check us out tomorrow and the Webster Recreation Center.

This past weekend we celebrated the achievements of the group, as well as highlighted those who performed outstandingly at the group level in 2018. 2d Lt Jess LaBella: Public Affairs Officer of the year 2d Lt Clark Dasson: Cadet Programs Officer of the year C/SMSgt C. Hall: Cadet NCO of the year Capt Jonathan McGarvey: Senior of the year ... Rochester Composite Squadron: Squadron of the year See more

We will be participating in the annual Rochester Peep Show this year. Check out our entry from last year and visit the website for more information. Peep Show dates: Saturday March 30: 10am - 6pm Sunday March 31: 12pm - 4pm

Congrats to all who promoted this week C/CMSgt Prieto C/CMSgt Rifkin C/SrA Tata C/Amn Bartolone... Also, a special congratulations to the cadets of our middle school division of Cyber Patriot for placing 3rd in the state.

Cadets and senior members got a chance to get up close and personal with a CAP Cessna during this past weekend’s ground school class

Huge thank you to the Rochester Knighthawks for the invitation to hold the flag before this evening’s game.