**DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE SCIENCE**

**United States Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps**

**Sandia High School Unit New Mexico 951**

March 05, 2004

MEMORANDUM FOR CAP Unit Commander & Staff

CAP Unit Cadets

FROM: NMW/ CPE

SUBJECT: Joint Civil Air Patrol Encampment and JROTC Leadership School

1\. I have an exciting offer and opportunity for your cadets. Civil Air
Patrol (CAP) and Sandia HS's JROTC faculty have combined efforts to
offer a joint CAP Encampment/ JROTC Leadership School (LS). Now is the
time to strongly encourage your faculty and cadets to apply. The
attached information sheet may answer some questions, but if you have
additional questions, contact me or the JROTC POC, Larry Zentner. I am
available any time to help you and everyone get the answers they need
concerning attending this year's encampment.

2\. **Please survey your cadets and contact me with how many cadets,
just numbers, would like to attend by February 27, 2004**[.]{.underline}
I am interested in all cadets who would like to apply, both basic (first
timers), repeat cadets, and cadet staff applicants. Application CAPF31
is available at NHQ e-services. Completed **CAPF31** applications need
to arrive by mail at Sandia H.S. AF JROTC office NLT **31 March 2004**.
Cost per CAP cadet is \$50.00. Cost per senior member is \$50.00 each.
Funds need to arrive at Sandia H.S. AF JROTC office NLT 16 April 2004.
Make checks payable to [Civil Air Patrol Encampment]{.underline}.

3\. Have your personnel apply now. We will assign personnel to lodging
on a first come first serve basis. CAP personnel have 50 billets.
However, if CAP does not fill these 50 billets by 31 March the balance
will be offered to JROTC cadets. Do not delay as the Inn may fill up
fast. POC mailing address:

Sandia HS

AF JROTC (Zentner)

7801 Candelaria Rd NE

Albuquerque, NM 87110-3757

4\. The LS/ Encampment is scheduled **21-31 July, 2004**. July 21 is the
office & facility set up day. July 22 is a travel day for cadet staff;
cadet staff applicants RNLT 1800, Thursday. July 23-24 all-day are cadet
staff training days. July 25-31 are cadet basic training days. Show time
is before noon at CAP NMW HQ B-926. Approximately 120 beds are available
to this activity. With three basic cadets per bathroom we should be able
to accept 150 attending personnel.

5\. What is an encampment? It is a week long adventure of living the
life of a "basic recruit" on a military installation. You sleep, eat,
and experience the military facility while pushing yourself to the limit
of endurance. A published guide provides all the rules of engagement. If
you have cadets who have been to some form of EN before, encourage them
to apply for a cadet staff position. Contact me for more information on
this score.

6\. Why go? I believe it is very important to our program to provide a
safe and healthy competitive activity for all cadets. As the DoD
continues to operate in a joint environment, so too should all units
offer "purple" joint activities. The GSA broad base review study stated,
"Congressional budget funding constraints continue to reduce active duty
base services. Recipients of these services must combine activities to
economize shrinking resources." What this means to Kirtland AFB, JROTC,
and CAP is this: KAFB is offering the NCO Academy facilities and
base-wide services to our youth organizations during the NCOA faculty
break. If these groups wish to use base services, combine your efforts
and do it now. I invite you and your cadets to attend.

7\. Initial planning has identified the following activities that may be
offered during the LS/ Encampment: Academics on DoD doctrine, history,
mission, and structure. Presentations and a chance to dialog with a
variety of career field representatives. Demonstrations and tours of
KAFB mission capabilities. Orientation flights on MC-130 and MH-53
aircraft. Aircraft simulator time. A.P.S. Mesa or Experimental Aircraft
Association orientation flights on C-182 and other general aviation
aircraft. Completion of an obstacle course and a variety of team sports.
Character, ethics, and moral leadership seminars. Strict compliance to
military tradition. Leadership development seminars. Opportunities for
cadet staff to develop their leadership traits. And perhaps most
important of all, having fun while driving everyone's capabilities to
the edge of their individual envelope. NOTE; only CAP cadets will
operate weapons at the pistol / rifle firing range; cadets who are only
JROTC affiliated will have an alternative activity scheduled.

8\. You, your staff, and all parents are invited to the awards banquet,
Friday, 30 July, 18:00 at the Sheraton Uptown Hotel, Albuquerque, NM and
the Pass And Review Graduation Parade, place and time TBD. The cost of
this RSVP banquet is [\$20.00]{.underline}.

11\. POC is Larry Zentner. Home phone is (505) 298-2933, work phone is
(505) 294-1511, ex 514; and FAX is (505) 291-6878. JROTC unit e-mail
address: is <NM-951@AFJrotc.net> School e-mail address is
<Zentner@aps.edu> if you need to reach me, David Simonson, my e-mail is
<David.Simonson@kirtland.af.mil>

**David Simonson**

DAVID SIMONSON, Capt, CAP

Encampment Commander