
Pictured here are some of the local area attendees at the formal CAP Banquet. Front left to right: Lt Col Ray Rosenberg (USAF retired)-Former Marco Island Squadron Commander, now Group 5 Commander, Marco Squadron Lt Col Frank Damico (US Army Retired) Rear l to r: Lt Col Jim Kaletta (Commander Punta Gorda Squadron), Capt Steve Smith (Marco Deputy Commander-Seniors), partially hidden Capt Robert MacNeill (Marco Squadron Commander), Lt Col Lee Henderson (US Navy Retired and former Commander Marco Squadron), Marco Squadron’s Capt Ken Bardon, Lt Col David Moruzzi (US Air Force Retired), Heather and 2nd Lt Jesse Baker, Maj Cindy Dohm and Capt Robert Dohm (Retired United Airlines), Capt Orlando Ramirez (Florida Wing IG Staff) and Marco’s Capt Richard Farmer.

Cindy Dohm receiving Personnel Officer of the Year Award. L to R: Maj Cindy Dohm and FLWG Commander Col Mike Cook
The CAP National Vice Commander Brigadier General Joe Vazquez presented Lt Col Ray Rosenberg with the prestigious Gill Rob Wilson Award. This Award is CAP’s highest award for senior member professional development. It recognizes members who have dedicated themselves to leadership and personal development in CAP. This award was first given in 1964 and honors the late Gill Robb Wilson, who is regarded as the founder of CAP and was its first executive director.
The 3-day conference also includes group and breakout sessions providing training, organizational news, operational coordination. At the formal banquet, the Florida Wing Commander presents

Lt Col Ray Rosenberg receiving Gill Robb Wilson Award. L to R: CAP National Vice Commander Brigadier General Joseph R. Vazquez, Lt Col Ray Rosenberg. Florida Wing Commander Mike Cook
This year Marco Island Squadron members received a significant number of major Wing and national Awards:
Lt Col Ray Rosenberg received the prestigious Gill Robb Wilson national award
Capt Richard Farmer received the Wing Mission Pilot of the Year Award.
Maj Cindy Dohm received the Wing Personnel Officer of the Year.
Maj Joe Wilkins was awarded the Wing Professional Development Officer of the Year award.
Lt Col Frank Damico and Maj Cindy Dohm were also presented with a Wing Commander’s Commendation Award for their contributions to the Florida Inspector General.
If you have ever visited the Marco Island Executive Airport you will easily see the Civil

Group 5 Change of Command, L to r: Florida Wing Commander Mike Cook officiating, Lt Col Fran Gleockler passing command to Lt Col Ray Rosenberg.
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with over 61,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary mode, performs over 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search

Richard Farmer receiving Mission Pilot of the Year Award. L to R: Capt Richard Farmer and FLWG Commander Col Mike Cook
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