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Only 15 percent of CAP cadets nationwide earn the Mitchell\nAward. This Award honors the late General Billy Mitchell, an aviation pioneer,\nadvocate, and staunch supporter of an independent air force for America. The\nAward is an important milestone of the Cadet Program in CAP and is earned after\ncompletion of eight achievements (e.g., physical fitness, character\ndevelopment, and other training). Cadets must also pass a comprehensive\n100-question examination covering leadership theory and aerospace topics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cC\/2nd Lt MacKay has distinguished himself as a role model\nfor all Vermont Wing cadets. His accomplishments and commitment reflect well on\nhis family, his peers, the State, and his Rutland Composite Squadron leadership,\u201d\nsaid Col Beach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00c2\u00a0The Brigadier General Billy Mitchell Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Brigadier General Billy Mitchell Award honors a fearless\npilot whose patriotism, foresight, and tenacity surpassed the ridicule he\nfaced. The “Father of the Independent Air Force,” Billy Mitchell led\nan aerial bombing demonstration resulting in the sinking of the surplus German\nbattleship Ostfriesland in 1921. The Navy had said such a feat would be\nimpossible, and the Army remained skeptical toward airpower. With General\nMitchell as their role model, cadet officers know that speaking truth to power\nis a moral duty. The Mitchell Award marks completion of Phase II of the CAP\nCadet Program, recognizing sustained excellence in all four areas of cadet\nlife: leadership, aerospace subjects, fitness, and character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Further, Mitchell cadets must have passed comprehensive\nexaminations on leadership and aerospace topics and have completed a weeklong\nencampment immersing them in a challenging \u201cCore Values\u201d and STEM courses. The\nU.S. Air Force respects Mitchell Award recipients\u2019 accomplishments: Mitchell\ncadets who enlist in the Air Force enter the service at the advanced grade of\nE-3, Airman First Class. The USAF also looks favorably upon Mitchell cadets\nwhen evaluating AFROTC and Air Force Academy applicants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As Cadet Commander, C\/2nd Lt MacKay has been awarded the\nhighest challenge for a cadet officer. He will serve as a role model for other\ncadets in the squadron, and liaise between senior officers and cadet\nstaff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n C\/2nd Lt MacKay joined the Vermont Wing in 2016 and attended\nsummer encampment at Norwich University. While there, he served as First\nSergeant. MacKay will be attending Yale\nUniversity in the fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The award ceremony was recently held at the squadron\u2019s\nheadquarters at Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport in North Clarendon,\nVT, and was attended by squadron members and family. The ceremony itself is a time-honored\ntradition within the organization: The unit guidon (flag) is passed from the\noutgoing commander to the new one symbolizing the passing of\nresponsibility. Outgoing cadet\ncommander, C\/2nd Lt Josiah Burke, is serving overseas in the Army National Guard\nand could not be present for the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Vermont Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has awarded the prestigious Billy Mitchell Award Cadet\/2nd Lt Trevor MacKay. The award was conferred by Col Richard Beach, Commander of the Vermont Wing. Cadet MacKay was also promoted to Cadet Commander of the Squadron. Only 15 percent of CAP cadets nationwide earn the Mitchell Award. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-vermont"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18551,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18549\/revisions\/18551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}