Since we have been here in Colorado, the kids have gotten to three Civil air patrol meetings with two different squadrons. They need attendance and some other requirements to promote and are working on getting those accomplished. They have new camouflage uniforms at the tailor getting patches sewn on, so they have been going in their dress uniforms and they get a fair amount of looks with all of the bling they have. The two squadrons here don't have an active honor guard or rifle drill team, so they have been asked by many who see them what the extra rope on their jackets is for. They have also been approached by some who want to start an honor guard program and one squadron even had a couple of rifles that they found in a closet to let my kids show what they could do. It was neat to see them show off a little.
This video was added late to a previous post, so in case you didn't see it before I thought I would add it here as well. It's of a drill that was done at our permanent squadron just before we left. My kids are in the back, on the stage.
Mom, who is still helping out the old squadron in Virginia, found an administrative officer here, who was using a newer computer program to help track members accomplishments, has been getting lots of instruction on how to use it and make record keeping much easier. Hopefully she will be able to help our old squadron even easier.
The kids have also gotten squadron patches from both, so that might be a great to have more souvenirs from the trip that are small and fit in the RV easily.
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