TAK Squadron takes home several big honors at WNY Military Ball
On Saturday January 22nd WNY
Group held their annual Military Ball to honor all the cadets and
seniors that make it up. They recognized all the events and milestone
achievements that took place in 2010. The highlight of the evening came
when they announced the main honors handed out which include the Cadet
Solo Flight Scholarship, Cadet NCO of the Year, Cadet of the Year, Staff
Officer of the Year, Senior of the Year and Squadron of the Year. TAK
Squadron was honored with the Cadet of the Year, won by C/MAJ Zielonka,
Solo Flight Scholarship won by Cadet Miller, Staff Officer of the Year,
won by Major Randy Anger and the biggest one, Squadron of the Year.
Well done to all the Cadets and Seniors that make up the TAK Squadron.
Congratulations to all the others who also won awards from the other
squadrons as well.
We hope to see even more people at next years Ball and keep up the hard work.
TAK Squadron Banquet
The annual TAK Squadron Banquet took place on November 12th at Classic V
and was a great success. Special thanks goes out to all those who
donated baskets and gift certificates for the basket auction to raise
money for the squadron.
After a very tasty buffet dinner and desert we had the year in review.
After recognizing cadets for achieving the different milestones as well
as the Physical Fitness awards the Deputy Group Commander, Maj. Sam
Goorevich gave a very interesting history on the squadron. The major
awards were also handed out for Cadet Airman, Cadet NCO and Cadet
Officer of the year as well as the Senior Mentor and and Senior of the
Year. Through out the night we did the drawings for the prizes.
Model Rocketry
Tak Squadron Continues working through the model rocketry program for all of the cadets. It will be stretched out to incorporate all 3 stages over the course of the next several months.
The program is being co taught by 5 of the Senior members.
On August 20th Elizabeth Anger achieved the highest rank that one can
as a cadet by passing her Spaatz testing. In doing so she became the
First female Spaatz winner at TAK Squadron. She is also the 1743
recipient.
