Successful Missouri Wing Training Event

Please join North Central Region in congratulating the following Missouri Wing personnel who recently completed the Unit Commander's Course held at the Missouri National Guard Ike Skelton Training Site in Jefferson City, MO, on March 8th:

• Maj. Michelle Spurgeon, Ft. Leonard Wood Composite Squadron

• 1st Lt. Natasha Cates, Lake Ozark Regional Composite Squadron

• 1st Lt. Richard Easter, Central Missouri Composite Squadron

• 2d Lt. Christopher Hillery, Lake Ozark Regional Composite Squadron

• 2d Lt. Justin Reed, Ft. Leonard Wood Composite Squadron

Lt. Col. Jason Smallfield, Group III Deputy Commander, taught the course.

UCC presents basic leadership and management skills needed as a commander, and applies those learning objectives through discussions, critiques, and case studies. The course prepares commanders to successfully accomplish all of CAP’s primary missions – aerospace education, emergency services, and cadet programs – equally at the unit level.

Photo: (Seated from left) 2d Lt. Christopher Hillery, 1st Lt. Richard Easter: (standing from left) Lt. Col. Jason Smallfield, Maj. Michelle Spurgeon, 2d Lt. Justin Reed. Photo credit 1st Lt. Natasha Cates (not pictured).