FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Stanton CAP Squadron to Hold Open House to Celebrate It’s Second-Year Anniversary

By Capt Randall S. Knox, CAP
952-457-3762
21 Jan 2019

STANTON, MN – A the end of January 2019, the Stanton Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol will celebrate its second year anniversary. To mark the event, the unit is holding an open house on Tuesday, February 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Stanton United Methodist Church, 1020 Highway 19, Stanton MN 55018. The public is cordially invited to attend.

The evening will begin with a short briefing for potential members, and finish with questions & answers and refreshments.  Both cadets and senior members of the squadron will be on hand to demonstrate some of the unit activities to tell you more about the Civil Air Patrol.

The Stanton Squadron was originally formed in January 2017 as a detachment of the Red Wing Composite Squadron.  By May of 2018, the unit had grown to a point where is was chartered as a separate squadron.  The Stanton Squadron is currently the fastest growing Civil Air Patrol squadron in the state of Minnesota and was recently recognized as the number one squadron in the state in cadet advancement in terms of completed tests per cadet!

The Stanton Squadron of Civil Air Patrol meets weekly, 7:00 p.m. each Tuesday, in the basement of the Stanton United Methodist Church, 1020 Highway 19, Stanton, MN 55018.  All members of the community are welcome to visit. For more information, contact the Squadron Commander, First Lieutenant Jeffrey Rezac (jreza532@earthlink.net) or the unit Public Affairs Officer, Captain Randall Knox (rsknox.cap@gmail.com).

 About the Civil Air Patrol 

Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the longtime all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force, which consists of regular Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, along with Air Force retired military and civilian employees. 

CAP, in its Total Force role, operates a fleet of 550 aircraft and performs about 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 78 lives annually. Civil Air Patrol’s 56,000 members nationwide also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. 

Its members additionally play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 24,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. 

Performing missions for America for the past 75 years, CAP received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2014 in honor of the heroic efforts of its World War II veterans. 

CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.capvolunteernow.com for more information.