Wing Conference-Cadet Info

28 Sep Update:

For Saturday sessions:

• Bring Raingear and money for lunch (possibly walking to Burger King) or bring a sack lunch

• Cadets who registered and paid for the banquet will be transported by CAP Senior Members to Lakefront Hotel for the banquet.

• Cadets *not* attending the banquet must coordinate with their DCCs or parents to be picked up (as of 28 Sep, those are Birchwood cadets only)

• Cadets attending the banquet must be picked up at Lakefront Hotel (4800 Spenard Rd in West Anchorage) at 8:30pm

[Updated 1600 hr Tue 27 Sep 22 (kp)]

As of Mon 9/26/22, 

21 cadets are registered for the conference

2 of those cadets are from outside the Anchorage bowl area

15 of those cadets are registered for the banquet

Saturday Sessions:

Transportation: From 7-7:30am Saturday, cadets whose parents do not have base access can gather at the Boniface Visitor Center (in Anchorage) and the D Street Visitor Center parking lots for 7:30am transportation to the Elmendorf Education Center (...........).  CAP vehicles will leave the Visitor Centers at 7:30am in order to attend the State of the Wing presentation at the Education Center at 8:00am.

The following sessions will be offered in hybrid fashion, both in-person at the Elmendorf Education Center and virtually via Google Meet (code aak-zpnn-ajn). We hope to record the informational sessions and have them available on the wing YouTube channel with links posted under the Programs/Cadet Programs tab.

Uniform: Class B Blues. Cadet Officers/Leaders may wear Class A Blues IAW CAPR 39-1. SMs may wear corporate (blue polos), aviators (white/gray uniform), or Dress Blues IAW CAPR 39-1.

• 0730: Check-in Begins.  Cadets will staff (C/Lt Col Annika Ziesmer POC)
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• 0800-0850: State of the Wing  Address
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• 0900-0950: NCSAs/CadetInvest in Conference Room & Google Meet.  Announce: $100 Vanguard Drawing for cadets who register for CadetInvest 10/1/22
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• 1000-1050: Encampment Preparation in Conference Room & Google Meet
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• 1100-1150:  Cadets providing SM Technician Training (demo drill, feedback meetings, interviews, LTL & AE modules, etc) in Conference Room (no virtual part)
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• 1200-1320: Lunch (No virtual part)  
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• 1330-1420: Cadet Advisory Council (all may attend.  Only FY22 and FY23 representatives may speak unless there is a Q&A period)  in Conference Room & Google Meet
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• 1430-1520: Cadet Competition Briefing in Conference Room & Google Meet
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• 1530-1630: Kahoot! or Jeopardy Practice for Cadet Competition in Conference Room & Google Meet.  $100 Vanguard Drawing for cadets who registered for CadetInvest 10/1/22
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• Simultaneous: 1200-1630: Computers set up for CadetInvest registration, CAP GMail signup, eServices help, and other eServices in Room 5.

Saturday Banquet: 

Thur Cadet Meeting at Birchwood

Friday arrivals:  Any out-of-town cadets flying to Anchorage for the Wing Conference will need to rely on Senior Members from their squadron (or public transportation such as Uber) to transport them from the airport to Birchwood for lodging.

Any out-of-town cadets who are not lodging at the Lakefront Hotel (ie with family or other SMs following CPPT), it is possible to sleep on cots at the Birchwood Hangar.  Bring sleeping bags, PT gear to sleep in, and whatever toiletries you need for an overnight stay.  Birchwood hangar has one shower and two small individual-toilet restrooms.  Any cadets staying at Birchwood must be accompanied by 2 Senior Members from their squadron.  Breakfast can be purchased at the Three Bears grocery store nearby.  Those cadets' transportation is the responsibility of their SMs, either in CAP vehicles the SMs brought to Wing Conference or coordinated with other 

Sunday: No activities planned.  Any out-of-town cadets lodging on their own