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Among the large entourage meeting with U.S. Sen.<br />
Carl Levin, D-Mich., are, seated to his right, CAP<br />
National Commander Maj. Gen Amy S. Courter and<br />
Cadet Staff Sgt. Tonya Guidry and, seated to his<br />
left, Cadet 2nd Lt. Brendan Pheley, Michigan Wing<br />
Commander Col. Michael Saile, Capt. Al Pheley<br />
and Senior Master Sgt. Ernest Morton. Following<br />
the membersʼ presentations, Levin commented,<br />
“These missions that you perform are a great<br />
service to the nation. Your energy and commitment<br />
are reassuring.”<br />
AEROSPACE<br />
EDUCATION<br />
CAP extends its<br />
aerospace education focus<br />
beyond its own membership<br />
with outreach enrichment<br />
programs for schools and<br />
youth organizations<br />
nationwide. Special<br />
emphasis is placed on<br />
STEM subjects — science,<br />
technology, engineering and<br />
math — to ensure America<br />
remains a global leader in<br />
these critical areas.<br />
The Aerospace<br />
Connections in Education<br />
program targets younger<br />
students with a crosscurricular<br />
approach, while<br />
older students study from comprehensive CAPproduced<br />
texts, build and fly rockets in the CAP<br />
model rocketry program and use CAP’s Satellite Tool<br />
Kit, which exposes them to real-world applications<br />
with software for land, sea and space analysis. In<br />
2009, more than 35,000 K-12 students and CAP<br />
adult and cadet members at 672 schools and 435<br />
squadrons participated in CAP’s Aerospace Education<br />
Taking the lead in explaining to the staff of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., the numerous<br />
ways members of the Michigan Wing serve their communities is Cadet 2nd Lt. Brendan Pheley.<br />
On Pheleyʼs right is Cadet Staff Sgt. Tonya Guidry and to his left is CAP National Commander<br />
Maj. Gen. Amy S. Courter, who served as Michigan Wing commander from 1999 to 2002.<br />
Excellence Award program, which focuses on the<br />
dynamics of aerospace.<br />
Teachers who become aerospace education members<br />
of CAP benefit from free educational tools for<br />
aerospace education; ultimately, the 1,600 teachers<br />
who participate in this program influence more than<br />
96,000 students with aerospace education experiences.<br />
CAP also provides orientation flights to teachers. ▲<br />
Citizens Serving Communities...Above and Beyond<br />
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