Gainesville Composite Squadron

This Week

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:30:49 +0000

Due to Summer Encampment and the holiday weekend, the squadron meeting for Thursday, 2 July has been cancelled. We will resume our regular meeting schedule next week.

Cadets Complete Winter Encampment

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:39:15 +0000

Join us in congratulating C/Colonel and C/Eades on successfully completing the 2008-2008 FLWG Winter Encampment. Also, special thanks to C/Davidson (Alpha Flight Sergeant) and C/Lhota (Echo Flight Commander) who served as staff members.

Cadet Lhota Accepted to CLA

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:49:29 +0000

Congratulations to C/1st Lt Tim Lhota, our Cadet Commander, who was just accepted to this year's Civic Leadership Academy. This is a 1-week National Cadet Special Activity held in Washington, DC from February 21-28. The Civic Leadership Academy is an academically intensive, behind-the-scenes exploration of the federal government and careers in public service. Open only to cadet officers, CLA is one of the premiere cadet activities in all of Civil Air Patrol.

Gainesville Repeats FLWG Academic Bowl Title

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:41:14 +0000

Gainesville's Academic Bowl team, consisting of C/1st Lt Tim Lhota, C/2d Lt Tiffany Jakowczuk and C/CMSgt Josh Davidson have won the 2009 FLWG Academic Bowl. As Florida Wing's first repeat champions, the team earned the Tom Welch Academic Trophy for the second consecutive year.

Held at the 2009 Florida Wing Conference in Orlando, the Academic Bowl pitted cadet teams against one another in a single-elimination quiz-bowl style tournament. Questions included leadership, aerospace, current events and general CAP knowledge. Not only did the Gainesville team defeat all the other cadet teams, but also defeated a team of senior members, including a Spaatz recipient!

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C/Lhota Earns Earhart, Attends Civic Leadership Academy

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:36 +0000

by 1st Lt Rich Lhota

When C/Tim Lhota first visited Washington DC at the age of four, he never dreamed that 12 years later he would have the opportunity to return to this historic and influential city as Cadet Commander of our squadron and be promoted to C/Captain by his United States Congressman, Cliff Stearns.

This year Lhota was one of only 24 CAP cadets nationwide who were selected to attend the Civic Leadership Academy, a week-long CAP National Cadet Special Activity. While at CLA, he toured Congress, the Supreme Court, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the State Department, Pentagon, CIA, FBI, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and Arlington Cemetery, as well as other famous landmarks throughout Washington DC.

While Lhota was in Washington DC he had the opportunity to meet with Congressman Cliff Stearns who presented him with the Amelia Earhart Award. Only 3% of all Civil Air Patrol Cadets receive this award which promotes Lhota to the rank of Cadet Captain.