Civil Air Patrol Encampments (nationally) are the #1 cadet activity each year by attendance. As cadets gain experience and rank in CAP many aspire to begin serving as cadet staff at their respective wing encampments and sometimes in other wings.
Every year several NC-162 cadets go through the competitive selection process hoping to serve at the North Carolina Wing Encampment. For the 2024 NCWG Encampment the following cadets were selected:
C/Lt Col Trevor Lee will serve as Cadet Deputy Commander/Operations
C/Lt Col Cameron Brown will serve as a Group Commander
C/1st Lt Andrew Tharpe will serve as a Flight Commander
C/CMSgt Seth Barnes will serve a Group First Sergeant
C/MSgt Matthew Kersting and C/CMSgt Ainsley Kaempf will serve as Flight Sergeants.
C/CMSgt Ryan Bernard will serve on the logistics staff
C/CMSgt Emma Kaempf will as a Mission Staff Assistant
All these cadets have worked hard through their CAP careers to gain the skills and experience to earn these spots, and we applaud their selections.
In addition, from among our senior members,
1st Lt Elaine Kaempf will serve as Deputy Commander for Support
MSgt Billy Tharpe will serve as NCO Advisor
1st Lt Sara Paz and 1st Lt William Brown will serve as TAC officers
By C/Capt Aubrey Tyner and C/2d Lt Amelia Wimmer, Event Public Affairs Staff The weekend of March 15-17, 2024, the Civil Air Patrol’s Iredell Composite Squadron hosted its fourth annual Airman/NCO school. Sixty-five members, representing thirteen squadrons across the North Carolina Wing, gathered at the Statesville Regional Airport for this...
Cadet Colonel Landon J. Roseberry of the North Carolina Wing’s Iredell Composite Squadron has achieved the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award (#2470), the highest achievement a Civil Air Patrol cadet can attain. C/Col Roseberry completed requirements for the award 28 July 2023 but was just presented the award at the...
Saturday February 10, 2024 the Civil Air Patrol’s Iredell Composite Squadron was honored to host General Stephen R. Lyons, US Army (Ret) as a guest speaker during the Centurion Junior NCO School (CJNS). General Lyons was invited to speak on the topic of leadership, and he gave an engaging, practical...
On Tuesday morning, the 8th of August, more than thirty cadets, senior members, and parents of Statesville’s Iredell Composite Squadron arrived at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. At precisely 11:15 am the four members of the NC-162 Honor Guard descended the steps leading down to...
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On June 8, Iredell Composite Squadron was privileged to have two special guests visit our squadron meeting. John Robertson and Felix Reyes, two of NC-162's past Cadet Commanders, were in town at the same time and took the opportunity to stop by and meet our current cadets and senior members....
On Saturday, 13 May 2023, Iredell Composite Squadron hosted a Rocketry Day as the culmination of the efforts of a number of cadets in completing their rocketry badges. Squadron Cadet Aerospace Officer Sarah McNelly led a series of aerospace sessions over several meetings where the NC-162 cadets learned the rocketry...
Cadet Captain Trevor Lee of Davidson, NC has been a member of the Civil Air Patrol’s Iredell Composite Squadron for just over two and a half years. During this time, he has pursued various interests, including developing his skills in CAP’s emergency services’ mission and advancing his leadership skills. He is currently serving as the Cadet Deputy Commander for Support of his CAP squadron and the Deputy Commander for Operations for CAP’s Black Spade...
The weekend of March 17-19, 2023, the Civil Air Patrol’s Iredell Composite Squadron hosted the largest event in the squadron’s history. One hundred three cadets and senior members, representing twenty-four squadrons across the North Carolina Wing, gathered for the Iredell Airman & NCO School at the south end of the Statesville Regional Airport. According to Iredell Squadron Cadet Commander...
