Updated 1411 MON 10 JAN 2011

News

SUN 14 NOV 2010. Congratulations to 1st Lt Bill Durdan who was awarded a National Achievement Award for two decades of exemplary service to CAP.

Training

NOV 2010. Squadron 401 hosted First Aid and CPR classes taught by 1st Lt Jim Weiskopff.

SAT 18 SEP 2010. Squadron 401 participated in a multiple agency Disaster Relief Exercise in Tioga County.

JUL 2009. Congratulations to cadets Brian Thomas, Dayton Wagner, Ian Williams and Eliot Zeigler who completed 2010 Pennsylvania Wing Cadet Leadership School.

SAT 02 JAN 2010. 1st Lt Geoffrey Knauth and cadets Zach Kinney, Dayton Wagner and Ken Weaver attended First Aid training at the Mansfield Hook & Ladder Company.

JUL 2009. Congratulations to cadets Brian Thomas, Dayton Wagner and Ian Williams who completed 2009 Pennsylvania Wing Encampment.

FEB 2009. FTX with Squadron 339 in Mansfield.

Cadet Dana Knight and C/Amn Eliot Zeigler attended the 2008 Pennsylvania Wing Encampment at Ft. Indiantown Gap. C/2Lt Drew Myers attended as Encampment Staff. [Photos]

In June 2008, Cadet Colton Showers competed successfully at a wrestling tournament at the United States Military Academy, West Point.

Joint SAR/EX with Group 2 in York, PA, on 26 JAN 2008. Seniors trained in incident management, geographical information systems and mission radio operations. Cadets trained to become ground team leaders and ground team members.

Mini-encampment at Ft. Indiantown Gap 30 NOV – 01 DEC 2007.

Group 5 FTX on 10 NOV 2007. Seniors and cadets trained as ground team members. [Photos]

Visits

Fall 2010. Squadron 401 marched in the Penn State Homecoming Parade and the Williamsport Christmas Parade.

Summer 2010. Squadron 401 was color guard for Opening Day for the Williamsport Crosscutters and the State College Spikes. Squadron 401 marched in the Philipsburg Fourth of July Parade, and in August, in the televised Little League World Series Parade in Williamsport.

Squadron 401 marched in the Philipsburg Fourth of July 2010 parade.

Squadron 401 visited the Reading Air Show on SAT 05 JUN 2010.

WED 23 SEP 2009. 1LT Geoffrey Knauth and C/A1C Sarah Leonard attended a talk by and met astronaut Buzz Aldrin at the US Army War College in Carlisle.
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Squadron 401 marched in the Philipsburg Fourth of July 2009 parade.

Squadron 401 visited the Reading Air Show on SAT 06 JUN 2009.

Squadron 401 visited the Life Flight Helicopter Unit in Williamsport on TUE 29 JUL 2008. [Photos]

Squadron 401 visited the Pennsylvania State Police Aviation Unit in Williamsport on TUE 29 APR 2008. [Photos]

Cub Scout Pack 38 visited Squadron 401 on TUE 05 FEB 2008.

Squadron 401 visited the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Elmira, NY on SAT 17 NOV 2007. [Photos]

Career

TUE 22 JUL 2008. Squadron member James K. Reiner is a college student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is active in Air Force ROTC. He visited 401 to share his experiences. [Photos]

Congratulations to Cadet Dana Knight who entered the Air Force in August 2008.

Congratulations to Cadet James Pearce who has been accepted into the Navy's nuclear engineering program.

Congratulations to C/Capt Andrew Brauning who won a full scholarship to attend college in Texas starting in August 2008.

Promotions

21 DEC 2010. Bob Montgomery promoted to Capt.

23 NOV 2010. Dayton Wagner promoted to C/TSgt.

19 NOV 2010. Jane Durdan promoted to 2nd Lt.

18 NOV 2010. Rhiannon Mattison promoted to C/SrA.

16 NOV 2010. Matthew Fox promoted to C/Amn.

20 NOV 2010. Nathan Katzmaier promoted to C/SMSgt.

18 OCT 2010. Carl Jenkins, DDS, promoted to Maj.

01 JUN 2010. Geoffrey Knauth promoted to Capt.

18 MAY 2010. Devon Caudell promoted to C/A1C.

20 APR 2010. Joel Fisher promoted to C/SMSgt. Ken Weaver promoted to C/Amn.

15 DEC 2009. Johnathan Katzmaier promoted to C/SrA.

09 NOV 2009. Brian Thomas promoted to C/SMSgt.

TUE 20 OCT 2009. Ron Gardner promoted to Capt.

TUE 23 JUN 2009. Robert Brague, Jonathan Katzmaier promoted to C/A1C. Robert Montgomery promoted to 1st Lt.

TUE 02 JUN 2009. Eliot Zeigler promoted to C/MSgt.

TUE 24 FEB 2009. Robert Brague, Derek Kyle Holzapfel and Dayton Wagner promoted to C/Amn. Scott Sakos promoted to C/SrAmn. Eliot Zeigler promoted to C/TSgt.

MON 09 FEB 2009. Miranda Brague promoted to C/Amn. Brian Thomas promoted to C/TSgt.

TUE 27 JAN 2009. Joel Fisher promoted to C/SSgt.

TUE 09 SEP 2008. Colton Showers and Sarah Leonard promoted to C/Amn. Brian Thomas promoted to C/SrAmn.

TUE 29 JUL 2008. Ian Williams promoted to C/SSgt. Drew Myers promoted to C/2Lt prior to attending 2008 PAWG Encampment as cadet staff.

TUE 24 JUN 2008. Eliot Zeigler promoted to C/A1C.

TUE 27 MAY 2008. Ian Williams promoted to C/SrAmn.

TUE 13 MAY 2008. Joshua Johnson promoted to C/Amn. Joel Fisher and Brian Thomas promoted to C/A1C.

TUE 11 MAR 2008. Ian Williams promoted to C/A1C. Joel Fisher, Brian Thomas and Eliot Zeigler promoted to C/Amn. Drew Myers promoted to C/CMSgt.

Inspection

We had our Subordinate Unit Inspection on TUE 19 FEB 2008.

Older News

MON 01 FEB 2010. NC Wing praises former Squadron 401 commander Capt Arnie Andresen in: Asheville Member Trains Pilots in the Desert.

SUN 06 DEC 2009. Congratulations to 1LT Dale Gaffney who was awarded the Pennsylvania Wing and Group 5 Communicator of the Year awards.

DEC 2009. Congratulations to our former squadron commander Capt Arnie Andresen who completed eight months' service in Iraq as a flight instructor at Kirkuk Regional Air Base.

TUE 13 OCT 2009. We are happy to welcome Major Jeff Hartmann to our squadron. Major Hartmann was a squadron commander in Butler, PA and CAP inspector general prior to moving to our area. He brings years of experience and is also the new vice principal of the Loyalsock High School.