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niche in operations,” he said.
Now, as director of operations for the Michigan
Wing, Reid is regarded as one of the wing’s most active
incident commanders, which includes his par ticipation
in intercept missions with the Air Force and Coast
Guard.
He sees a lot of tr ust between CAP and state and
federal agencies — a reflection, he feels, of CAP’s value
and professionalism. “We give them a product they
need,” he explained. “We have the assets — low and
slow — that no one else has.”
Reid sees the future of CAP in homeland security,
taking the organization full circle, back to its roots.
From a 9-year-old who hung on the fence at
southeast Minnesota’s Dodge Center Airport to watch
planes arrive and depart, Reid has blossomed into a
real CAP asset, a man for all missions. Yet he tosses the
credit right back to CAP. “With CAP,” he said, “I get
the sense I’m part of something larger than myself, my
local unit or my wing.” ▲
As commander of the Squadron of Distinction, the Georgia Wingʼ s
Gwinnett County Composite Squadron, Maj. James A. Weed was
honored with the F. Ward Reilly Leadership Award, which was
presented by Courter.
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