CAP Promotions

The last meeting in April was the Change of Command ceremony for our Civil Air Patrol squadron. Major Sumner, who has been the senior member commander for many years, decided to "retire", and Captain Williamson is the new commander. Landon, as the senior cadet member, was asked to be the flag bearer for this ceremony.

Major Miles, the Group 3 Commander, accepts the flag from Major Sumner. He then handed it off to Landon, who is waiting in the background. Then they do the reverse process to turn it over to Captain Williamson.


The squadron also had promotions that night. Gerren received his Wright Brothers award, which is a milestone promotion to the NCO ranks. He is now a staff sergeant.


Now that Landon is an officer, he has a minimum of one "sustain" between every grade change (I call this a rank, but Landon says the appropriate term is "grade"). So, instead of moving up every 2 months, they can only change grades every 4 months, sometimes even 6 months. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in February. So, he spent the next two months meeting the requirements for the Flight Commander Achievement. He stays at the grade of 2nd Lieutenant. Then, over the next two months, he'll work toward meeting the requirements for promotion to 1st Lieutenant.


I was not in this picture, because when I went up for Gerren's promotion without Carys, she threw a fit. I had to take her outside. I came back in just in time for Landon's recognition but decided to stand in the back and hold the troublemaker!