Cadet Second Lieutenant Stillman appointed 399th Composite Squadron Cadet Commander

Cadet Second Lieutenant Noah Stillman of Danbury, Connecticut, accepted command of Civil Air Patrol’s 399th Composite Squadron Cadets at the unit’s Change of Command and Awards Ceremony held on January 17, 2017 at Danbury Municipal Airport. Major Joseph Bisnov, 399th Commander, presided over the ceremony and passed responsibility of cadet command to Stillman.

Stillman joined Civil Air Patrol in May 2012 and has served as squadron cadet flight sergeant, executive officer, Drug Demand Reduction Officer and cadet deputy commander. He’s also served on the Connecticut Wing Cadet Advisory Council (CAC) and attended the 2013 Camp Varnum Encampment in Narragansett, RI and three Connecticut Wing Encampments held at Camp Niantic from 2014-2016.

Stillman received Civil Air Patrol's Commander's Commendation Award from Connecticut Wing Commander, Colonel Ken Chapman, for his role in locating a missing three year old in North Carolina in April 2014. He promoted to second lieutenant and received the General Billy Mitchell Award in August 2016. The General Billy Mitchell Award is the second milestone in the cadet program that marks completion of the leadership phase. Only 15% of Civil Air Patrol cadets obtain the award, making them eligible for advanced placement to the grade of airman first class (E-3) should they choose to enter the United States Air Force.

Members of the 399^th Composite Squadron meet on Tuesday’s from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Danbury Municipal Airport, 21 Miry Brook Road, Danbury, CT. For additional information contact 399^th Public Affairs at pao@399cap.org.

Civil Air Patrol, the longtime all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force, which consists of regular Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, along with Air Force retired military and civilian employees. CAP, in its Total Force role, operates a fleet of 550 aircraft and performs about 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 78 lives annually. Civil Air Patrol’s 56,000 members nationwide also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. Its members additionally play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 24,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. Performing missions for America for the past 75 years, CAP received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2014 in honor of the heroic efforts of its World War II veterans. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans.

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