{"id":20426,"date":"2021-12-20T21:31:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20426"},"modified":"2021-12-20T21:31:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:31:55","slug":"vermont-civil-air-patrol-officer-decorated-for-hurricane-ida-disaster-relief-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/vermont\/vermont-civil-air-patrol-officer-decorated-for-hurricane-ida-disaster-relief-work\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Civil Air Patrol Officer Decorated for Hurricane Ida Disaster Relief Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters has awarded 1st Lt\nVincent Gonillo, of Vermont Wing, Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the Disaster Relief\nRibbon with \u201cV\u201d device for his work following the devastation that resulted\nfrom September\u2019s Hurricane Ida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"146\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincent-Gonillo-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20427\"\/><figcaption><em>1st Lt Vincent Gonillo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt Gonillo, who serves as Commanding Officer of Burlington\nSenior Squadron, was one of 150 CAP senior members nationwide to receive the\naward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurricane Ida was considered one of the most destructive\nhurricanes to make landfall in the United States in several decades. Damage and\nfatalities extended from the Gulf Coast to the Northeastern United States, with\nLouisiana being especially hard hit. A total of 115 deaths have been attributed\nto Ida, including 95 in the United States. Property damage has been estimated\nto total $95 billion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)\nrelied upon CAP volunteers like Lt Gonillo, and others, to review thousands of\nphotos taken across Louisiana to identify areas needing immediate support after\nHurricane Ida. The volunteers \u2018analyses allowed FEMA to put early emphasis on\nthose areas for disaster services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awardees are authorized to wear the Disaster Relief Ribbon,\nwith a silver \u201cV\u201d device, signifying participation in relief efforts for\nPresidential-declared disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt Gonillo\u2019s award was presented by Col. Ronald Olienyk, CAP\nNational Deputy Director of Operations. In order to receive the award, CAP\nmembers had to complete at least 100 individual photo assessments. Lt Gonillo\nhad completed 300 of these reviews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Vermont Wing greatly appreciates the leadership and\nspirit of service demonstrated by Lt Gonillo following Hurricane Ida,\u201d said\nCol. Richard Beach, commander of Vermont Wing. \u201cHis work demonstrated the best\nof how Vermont Wing and Civil Air Patrol nationwide serves our communities\nunder extreme circumstances\u2014even from a distance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters has awarded 1st Lt Vincent Gonillo, of Vermont Wing, Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the Disaster Relief Ribbon with \u201cV\u201d device for his work following the devastation that resulted from September\u2019s Hurricane Ida. Lt Gonillo, who serves as Commanding Officer of Burlington Senior Squadron, was one of 150 CAP senior members [&hellip;]<\/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":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vermont"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20426","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=20426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20428,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20426\/revisions\/20428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}