Cadet/LtCol Vannevar Charleson leaves for University of Alabama

Cadet/LtCol Vannevar Charleson, 3rd from front right with Capt. Judith Bascone, Deputy Commander for Seniors, front row left, and his father 1st Lt David Charleson, Deputy Commander for Cadets, back row under the left lamp.

Cadet/LtCol Vannevar Charleson of the Lone Eagle Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, was given a Certificate of Appreciation by Capt. Judith Bascone, Deputy Commander for Seniors and farewell at the Scout Cabin, Peapack-Gladstone, NJ. He is the son of 1st Lt and Mrs. Charleson of Basking Ridge, NJ.

While at Lone Eagle, has served as cadet executive officer and cadet commander and has steadily proceeded up the cadet rank and recently passed two of the four final Spaatz Exams. He attended encampments and provided cadet leadership as a cadet flight sergeant and cadet flight commander. Last year he attended the Glider Flight Academy and the MKS Aviation Business Academy. See him on FB page: https://www.facebook.com/MKSAv... . Also, he attended the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Familiarization Course, (SUPTFC) see: http://suptfc.com .

He will be entering the University of Alabama on an Air Force ROTC Scholarship majoring in engineering and will be going out for the ice hockey team.

The Lone Eagle Composite Squadron meets on Wednesday nights at the Scout Cabin, Borough of Peapack-Gladstone, NJ. For more information about the Lone Eagle Composite Squadron, contact Major Steven S. Kiss, Commander, at 973-769-7032 or Steven.Kiss@njwg.cap.gov. Also see: www.loneeagle.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. Visit www.capvolunteernow.com or www.njwg.cap.gov or for more information.