Color Guard Training
March 17, 2023 - March 18, 2023
TX 645 Majors Composite Squadron
Greenville, TX
Subject: Group II Squadron TX-645 is offering a Color Guard School for Cadets and Senior Mentors on 17-18 March 2023. The purpose of the Color Guard School is to prepare Cadets to perform at the numerous civic and CAP functions in our respective communities.
Locations: The activity will be held in Dale Crumpton’s hangar at Majors Airport Greenville, TX 75402.
Check-in will be at the Majors Airport terminal Building Conference Room.
Cost: There will be a $5 fee for Cadets and Senior Mentors to cover the cost of lunch each day. Payment will be collected at check-in each day. Check-in is located in the Majors Airport terminal Building Conference Room. If preferred, you may bring a lunch - just indicate this at check-in.
Equipment : CAP Cadets and Senior Mentors will need to bring all of their unit’s existing Color Guard equipment (flags, stands, harnesses, belts, rifles, gloves, cords, etc) for practice. Make sure your equipment is labeled/under the control of a designated person at all times! Participants should have an adequate supply of paper, pens/pencils. All participants should bring adequate hydration.
Eligibility: Open to Cadets & Senior Mentors. No prerequisites.
Schedule: Sign-in 0800, Start 0830, Lunch 1200, Dismissal 1600.
Uniform of the Day (UOD): Cadets should report in Blues. Senior Members may wear Corporate Working Uniform (blue polo/gray pants), ABU’s, or Blue Field Uniform (utilities).
Class Size: 40. A wait list will be initiated if the course reaches the maximum capacity.
Project Leader Contact: Cell (214) 502-9637; Email choyashanahan@gmail.com
Instructor : Chief Master Sergeant Timmothy Dickens, USAF, Ret Chief Dickens is a National CAP Cadet Competition Judge; author of our Color and Honor Guard regulations; Military Instructor for the Presidential Honor Guard; President of the Heritage Foundation; and Motivational Speaker.
