The Lone Star Emergency Services Academy will be held June 21-28 in Big Sandy, Texas, at the ALERT Academy. We've made a great arrangement with a facility designed for indoor-outdoor training, offering us suitable billeting, small and large classrooms, conference hall, and generous grounds. It will definitely be more comfortable than the National Guard facility we've been using up to now. To obtain the great rate we've negotiated, students must bring their own sheets, blankets, and towels. Also, participants will be expected to clean their own space and classroom.

The curriculum for each LESA School will be geared to senior member career track requirements. Cadet participation will be allowed, provided they can keep up with senior members.

This new facility is a great place, and at a very reasonable cost. Each school fee will be priced according to the cost of classroom and field training aids required, but they will all be bargains. The course fee will cover three meals a day, lodging, classrooms, and wireless Internet access. It even has its own air field. We're trying to develop a long-term relationship with the ALERT Academy, and you can help: be neat, watch your manners, and behave as you would in the best of company.

Mission Air Crew flight and fuel costs are funded for Texas Wing members. CAP members from other wings, unless they are supported by their home wing's AF budget, will be charged the standard CAP flight fee.

• GSARSS A and B will be back offering great training –

  • Great CAP GT/GTL skills,

  • NASAR training, and

  • An opportunity to test for SARTECH II and III.

• Comm School – Love radios?

  • This is a great place to learn from the best guys in Southwest Region.

• Mission Staff School – Have you always wanted to work at the ICP? Be at the heart of the event? Then...

  • ICS classes,

  • Mission staff training,

  • Sign-offs, and

  • The opportunity to run the Wing SAREX at the end of the week can all be yours.

• Mission Aircrew School – Forget the ground below. Think of it:

  • A week of flying and fun!

• Flight Line Management School – Keep those planes moving, without mishaps.

  • There's a lot more to this than Flight Line Marshalling.

• PAO/IO School – Tell the complete story, and make the reader experience it!

  • Learn the skills,

  • Take the photos,

  • Write the articles and newsletters, and...

  • Get the sign-offs for IO!

• Mission Chaplain School – A 4-day course for chaplains, taught by chaplains.

  • Comfort family and survivors,

  • Help the rescuers deal with their feelings,

  • Work through real-life situations as others have experienced them.

• CISM – A 4-day course on Critical Incident Stress Management

  • Fundamental techniques, principles, and practice,

  • Counseling and acceptance,

  • Work with the experts and learn coping strategies.

Although by now we have selected many of the key senior instructors who will put together these schools, we still need additional staff. Please contact me if you're interested in managing the following –

• Admin/Finance

• Kitchen Support

• Chaplain Services

• Cadet Support Staff

• Computer/IT services.

If you're interested in taking on any of these positions (openings for cadets and seniors) or if you would like to be an instructor (for a block of instruction, a couple of days, or for the week) in one of the schools, please e-mail me.