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Civil Air Patrol squadron honors high-achieving youth with award
ARLINGTON, Va. — Civil Air Patrol’s Arlington Composite Squadron awarded its 2008 Air Force Sergeants Association CAP cadet noncommissioned officer of the year award to Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Jake Dang.
Dang was also selected as the squadron’s cadet noncommissioned officer of the year for 2007. Among other accomplishments, he previously served as the Arlington Composite Squadron cadet commander and was a member of the 2007 National Capital Wing color guard. He also serves as the squadron’s primary representative to the wing cadet advisory council. Dang has progressed through CAP enthusiastically and sets a positive example to his fellow cadets.
AFSA’s annual award was established to recognize the outstanding cadet NCO in each Civil Air Patrol squadron. Air Force Staff Sgt. Paul Piper presented the award to Dang during the squadron’s weekly meeting May 28.
For more information about the Air Force Sergeants Association, click here.
Additionally, Arlington Composite Squadron promoted several of its following members that same night:
· Capt. Poul Arendal
· Cadet Sr. Airman Christopher Montgomery
· Cadet Airman Alexander Avalos
· Cadet Airman Nicholas White
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 57,000 members nationwide. CAP performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 90 lives in fiscal year 2008. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counterdrug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 22,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 67 years. For more information, visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com.
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