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Maryland Wing Civil Air Patrol
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The Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, the United States Air Force Auxiliary
Associated branches
United States Air Force
Executive staff
Commander Col William Parris
Vice Commander Lt Col Joseph R. Winter
Current statistics
Squadrons 26
Cadets 783
Seniors 791
Total Membership 1574
Statistics as of June 20, 2012[1]

The Maryland Wing Civil Air Patrol (abbreviated MDWG) is the highest echelon of the Civil Air Patrol in the state of Maryland. Its headquarters are located in Woodstock, Maryland. The Maryland Wing oversees 26 primary subordinate squadrons located throughout the state, including 2 School Enrichment Programs.

Squadrons

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A CAP member offers a salute at the 2013 Dundalk Heritage Fair.
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Retired Air force Lt. Col. Murry Mariakis speaks with High school Civil Air Patrol Cadets about flying at the Joint Service Open House on Andrews Air Force Base.
Squadrons of the Maryland Wing[2]
Group Designation Squadron Name Location Notes
Group 1 MD-071 Bethesda - Chevy Chase Composite Squadron Gaithersburg 2012 CAP Squadron of Distinction Award [3] 100px[citation needed]
MD-065 Cumberland Flight Wiley Ford, WV
MD-003 Frederick Composite Squadron Frederick
MD-004 Hagerstown Composite Squadron Hagerstown
MD-038 Howard Composite Squadron Laurel
MD-073 Montgomery Senior Squadron Gaithersburg Unit Citation Award 100px[citation needed]
MD-091 Mount Airy Composite Squadron Mount Airy Unit Citation Award 100px[4]
MD-801 Parkland Middle School Composite Squadron Rockville
MD-332 Upper Montgomery Composite Squadron Germantown
Group 2 MD-039 Carroll Composite Squadron Westminster Unit Citation Award 100px[5]
MD-079 Easton Composite Squadron Easton
MD-140 Fort McHenry Composite Squadron Catonsville Unit Citation Award 100px[6]
MD-031 Glenn L. Martin Composite Squadron Middle River
MD-008 Harford Composite Squadron Bel Air
MD-022 Osprey Composite Squadron Essex
MD-013 Towson Composite Squadron Towson
MD-086 Wicomico Composite Squadron Salisbury
Group 3 MD-028 Annapolis Composite Squadron Edgewater
MD-085 Apollo 1 Composite Squadron Fort Meade
MD-023 Arundel Composite Squadron Glen Burnie 1994 CAP Squadron of Distinction Award [7]
MD-052 Bowie Composite Squadron Bowie
MD-007 Calvert Cadet Squadron Prince Frederick
MD-019 Charles Composite Squadron Indian Head
MD-011 College Park Composite Squadron College Park Unit Citation Award 100px[citation needed]
MD-002 Hyde Field Flight Clinton
MD-802 Spring Ridge Middle School Cadet Squadron Lexington Park
MD-089 St. Mary's Composite Squadron California

Disbanded Squadrons

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Cadets of the Maryland Wing Civil Air Patrol fold the American flag.
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A CAP Cadet speaking at the 2013 Dundak Heritage Fair.
Former Squadrons of the Maryland Wing
Charter Number Squadron Name Location
18018 Catonsville Composite Squadron Catonsville
18023 Glen Burnie Composite Squadron Glen Burnie
18069 Linthicum Cadet Squadron Linthicum
MD-096 Chesapeake Bay Senior Squadron Bethesda
Chesapeake Composite Squadron Baltimore
18026 Gunpowder Composite Squadron Fork
18021 Middle River Composite Squadron Middle River
18044 Northwest Composite Squadron Randallstown
Phoenix Composite Squadron Jacksonville
18077 Reisterstown Composite Squadron Reisterstown
18072 Rosedale Composite Squadron Rosedale
18014 White Marsh Composite Squadron Perry Hall
18092 Francis M. Wood Cadet Squadron Baltimore
18049 Lanham Composite Squadron Lanham
18090 Indian Head Composite Squadron Indian Head
MD-095 Emmitsburg-Liberty Flight Emmitsburg
18075 Peninsular Composite Squadron Ocean City
Queen Anne's County Squadron Centreville
18088 Salisbury Composite Squadron Salisbury
Tolchester Composite Squadron Chestertown
Peoria Cadet Squadron
18010 Cherry Composite Squadron Baltimore

Past Wing commanders

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Cadets from the Osprey Composite Squadron man a recruiting booth.
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An officer from the Civil Air Patrol's Maryland Wing.
Commanders of the Maryland Wing[8]
Commander's Name Period of Service
Lt Col Arthur C. Hyde 1941–1945
Lt Col Edward R. Fenimore 1945–1948
Col Allan U. Bevier 1948–1951
Col Bennett Crain 1951–1954
Col A. Paul Fonda 1954–1958
Col William D. Turner 1958–1959
Col Willard D. Gilbert* 1959, 1968–1971
Col Eugene S. Bibb** 1959–1960
Col William M. Patterson*** 1960–1969
Col Stanley F. Moyer 1971–1976
Col Frank A. Kunkowski 1976–1980
Col Daniel J. Hill 1980–1984
Col Kenneth R. Welk 1984–1988
Col Clifford A. Parks 1988–1992
Col Eugene L. Przybylowicz 1992–1996
Col Ralph A. Vogt 1996–2000
Col Lawrence L. Trick 2000–2004
Col Kay Joslin Walling 2004–2006
Lt Col John C. Kilgallon** 2006
Col Gerard W. Weiss 2006–2010
Col John M. Knowles 2010–2014
Col William Parris 2014 - present
*Gilbert served as acting Wing commander, then later official Wing Commander.

**Served as acting Wing Commander.

***Patterson was later promoted to Brigadier General when he became Chairman of the National Board in 1973. In 1975, Patterson

became the first CAP member to hold the title of "National Commander".

Mary Feik Achievement

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Mary Feik ribbon

The Mary Feik Achievement is awarded for successfully completing the requirements associated with Achievement 3 in Phase I of the Civil Air Patrol Cadet program; it includes promotion to the grade of Cadet Senior Airman. Mary Feik, who is an active member of the Annapolis Composite Squadron, resides in Annapolis, Maryland, is known for giving an aerospace education related presentation at the annual Tri-Wing Encampment sponsored by Maryland Wing.

Spaatz Award Achievement

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Carl A. Spaatz ribbon

The General Carl A. Spaatz Award is the highest award in the Civil Air Patrol cadet program. The award honors General Carl A. Spaatz, who was the first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and the second National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol.

First awarded in 1964, only 0.5% of CAP cadets ever earn the Spaatz award. Maryland ranks 8th among the 50 U.S. states in the number of Spaatz awards earned (1st - Florida; 2nd - Illinois; 3rd - California; 4th - New York; 5th - Pennsylvania; 6th - Ohio; 7th - Texas). Award recipients from Maryland include:

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A member of the public uses a flight simulator while supervised by a CAP cadet.
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A Maryland Wing cadet holds the American flag during a ceremony.
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A Maryland Wing cadet at the 2013 Dundalk Heritage Fair.
Spaatz Awardees of the Maryland Wing[9]
Award # Spaatz Recipient Award Date Unit
85 Linda L. Osterhoudt 18-Feb-69
95 Lloyd Moroughan 21-Oct-69
172 Raymond T. Hawkins 11-Jul-72
206 James F. Babbitt 15-Mar-73 Prince George's Comp. Sq. (18011)
207 Anne M. Skebirdis 21-Mar-73 Catonsville Composite Sq. (18018)
209 Ronald P. Ward 3-Mar-73 Catonsville Composite Sq. (18018)
231 Howard F. Eisingor 2-Aug-73 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Cadet Sq. (18071)
281 Kevin A. Parks 29-Jul-74 Towson Composite Sq. (18013)
337 Randy W. Hosselrode 22-Aug-75 Cumberland Composite Sq. (18065)
352 Michael L. Smith 17-Sep-75 Middle River Composite Sq. (18021)
355 Mark P. Hetterly 2-Oct-75 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Cadet Sq. (18071)
411 William Trail 16-Nov-76 Apollo I Composite Sq. (18085)
569 Mark A. Kukucka 6-Apr-81 Gunpowder Composite Squadron (18026)
646 Cindy T. Shanabrook 3-Jun-83 Linthcum Composite Sq. (18069)
721 John C. Kilgallon 2-Nov-84 Howard Composite Sq. (18038)
722 Kevin Redman 2-Nov-84 Howard Composite Sq. (18038)
730 Martin Strittmatter 11-Jan-85 Linthcum Composite Sq. (18069)
739 Francis Moran 13-Mar-85 Prince Georges Composite Sq. (18011)
858 Todd Shelton 3-Sep-87 Glenn L. Martin Composite Sq. (18031)
861 Curt A. Klun 3-Oct-87 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Comp. Sq. (18071)
968 Kevin Cooley 8-Dec-89 St. Mary's Composite Sq. (18089)
1021 Tina Lumley 16-Aug-90 Whitemarsh Composite Sq. (18014)
1023 Michael Britten 21-Aug-90 Apollo I Composite Sq. (18085)
1025 Wesley Comerer 27-Aug-90 Howard Composite Sq. (18038)
1031 Richard Benet 2-Sep-90 Frederick Composite Sq. (18003)
1040 Thomas Single 1-Jan-91
1155 Charles Midkiff III 26-Feb-93
1204 Shawn Fry 18-Mar-94 Wicomico Composite Sq. (18086)
1221 Roxanne Landesman 3-Aug-94
1271 Tori K. Steinmeier 5-Sep-95 Towson Composite Sq. (18013)
1291 James A. Iacarino 5-Mar-96 White Marsh Composite Sq. (18014)
1292 Brian S. Coats 23-Mar-96 Glenn L. Martin Composite Sq. (18031)
1293 Matthew R. Heusser 23-Mar-96 Wicomico Composite Sq. (18086)
1298 Gabrielle E. Lutz 28-Jun-96 St. Mary's Composite Sq. (18089)
1301 Tammy J. Blevins 1-Aug-96 St. Mary's Composite Sq. (18089)
1304 Alisha M. Cope 7-Aug-96 Howard Composite Sq. (18038)
1330 James R. Logan 7-Jul-97 Indian Head Composite Sq. (18090)
1460 Aaron J. Kleiman 22-May-02 Wicomico Composite Sq. (MD086)
1463 John F. Reutemann III 10-Jul-02 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Comp. Sq. (MD071)
1505 Abraham H. Phares 2-Jun-03 Hagerstown Composite Sq. (MD004)
1562 Emily K. Hudson 18-Jun-05 Arundel Composite Sq. (MD023)
1563 Rachel L. Gibbs 18-Jun-05 Carroll Composite Sq. (MD039)
1586 David Wainland 31-Jan-06 Howard Composite Sq. (MD038)
1598 Jacob A. Reed 8-Apr-06 Carroll Composite Sq. (MD039)
1617 Carl D. Bevard Jr. 24-Oct-06 Prince Frederick Composite Sq. (MD007)
1621 Grace M. Stapf 18-Dec-06 Mt. Airy Composite Sq. (MD091)
1653 Joanna S. Weiss 9-Jul-07 Harford Composite Sq. (MD008)
1655 Syed M. Karim 13-Jul-07 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Comp. Sq. (MD071)
1666 Elizabeth J. Peters 15-Oct-07 Harford Composite Sq. (MD008)
1667 Janice A. Watson 15-Oct-07 Easton Composite Sq. (MD079)
1711 Zachary T. Bowen 31-Oct-08 Mt. Airy Composite Sq. (MD091)
1721 Wayne S. Mowery Jr. 15-Jan-09 Osprey Composite Sq. (MD022)
1737 Victor R. Traven 25-Jun-09 St. Mary's Composite Sq. (MD089)
1751 Anna B. Bladey 2-Feb-10 Frederick Composite Sq. (MD003)
1763 Alice W. Chan 12-Jul-10 Howard Composite Sq. (MD038)
1765 John Brennan 30-Jul-10 Bowie Composite Sq. (MD052)
1779 Shaharazad Purvis 13-Jan-11 Osprey Composite Sq. (MD022)
1789 Todd P. O'Brien 25-Mar-11 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Comp. Sq. (MD071)
1792 Sascha R. Maraj 20-Apr-11 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Comp. Sq. (MD071)
1806 Robbert J. Olson 11-Aug-11 Calvert Composite Sq. (MD007)
1807 Elizabeth R. Roberts 11-Aug-11 Harford Composite Sq. (MD008)
1808 Jason O. LaPre 11-Aug-11 Calvert Composite Sq. (MD007)
1885 Kathleen P. Crockett 7-May-13 Frederick Composite Sq. (MD003)
1905 Christopher J. La Pointe 27-Aug-13 Mount Airy Composite Sq. (MD091)
1915 Eashan Samak 27-Dec-13 St. Mary's Composite Sq. (MD089)
1923 Robert J. Lewis 23-Jan-14 St. Mary's Composite Sq. (MD089)

See also

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.capvolunteernow.com/todays-features/?okla_wings_keller_va_wings_litchford_honored_as_top_sr_member_cadet&show=news&newsID=14241
  4. ↑ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2002-07-05/news/0207050025_1_composite-squadron-air-patrol-mount-airy
  5. ↑ http://mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=546&page=4
  6. ↑ http://www.capvolunteernow.com/news/?md_squadron_hosts_18th_successful_community_blood_drive&show=news&newsID=6601
  7. ↑ http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-07-29/news/1994210127_1_squadron-air-patrol-cadets
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External links

National HQ

Middle East Region HQ

Maryland Wing HQ

Maryland Wing Squadron websites

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