2025 Encampment Day 5
Encampment Day 5
Awards
Honor Flight: Hotel Flight
Warrior Flight: Charlie Flight
Drill Flight: Delta Flight
Honor Cadet: SSgt Patton Miller
Warrior Cadet: Amn Connor Jackson Honey
Warrior Squadron: Squadron 1
Honor Squadron: Squadron 4
Staff Support NCO: C/SSgt Hazel Rizzo
Staff Support Officer: C/1stLt Charles Herty
Line Support NCO: C/CMSgt Leyda Rodriguez
Line Support Officer: C/Capt Rowan Porter
Finding your strengths: Opening yourself to new
A little over halfway through the week is a turning point in a student’s encampment experience. The staff tend to lower the intensity level and try to connect with the students. While the 
end is nearing for the cadets, the staff don't want them going home wondering who their flight commanders and sergeants were, so they share personal experiences and wisdom.
These shared moments offer closure and show young cadets that the week is challenging for everyone. Every cadet—even command staff—goes through tough times and hardships. Afterward, cadets gain a deeper understanding of encampment: it’s not meant to benefit only yourself, but to teach teamwork, service and respect.
By this point, the basics are familiar with the routine and well trained in drill. That’s due to hours of practice and guidance from the line staff. Cadets also gain insight into the purpose behind Civil Air Patrol, along with its history and the people who helped launch and sustain the program. That knowledge comes from senior members and cadet officers—many of whom were once new cadets themselves and have completed multiple encampments. As Maj. Joshua Stultz said, “I was a cadet just like you once.”
Throughout the week, cadets discover their strengths through diverse activities, from navigating the obstacle course to working in the Virtual Tactical Simulator. These moments are valuable, but a cadet’s strength isn’t always defined by performance. It can also be found in resilience or relationship-building.
“Servant leadership is a great way that cadets learn to step up and become a stronger leader than they were before coming to encampment,” said Capt. Chaplain Sceffield.
Whether in the mud or at the team table, cadets uncover strengths they didn’t know they had—and learn that greatness isn’t defined by rank, but by character.
Written by Cadet CMSgt. Alden Postlmayer
