Special Features

Cadets from across the nation gathered at the Soaring Club of Houston on 9 July to fly gliders and learn the basics of flight. Five cadets earned solo wings, with several more students well on their way to earning their own solo wings.

The Glider Flight Academy, hosted in south Texas, was established in 2008 by Major David Ayre. The academy continues to grow in popularity and diversity. This year, nearly half of the students were female cadets. Soloing cadet Major Maryanne Yoakum is a returning student from Mildenhall Cadet Squadron and resides in Togo, West Africa. “Civil Air Patrol has challenged me in ways I wasn’t able to find in my life before,” Yoakum stated, “I find that the community around aviation, especially gliding, is one that constantly challenges me.” 

Eyes on the Home Skies: The following letter was written by our incoming Cadet Commander, Cadet 2d Lt Jenna C. Horn. She is an amazing and lovely young woman. Her letter is open and honest. She shares her family's decades-long involvement with Civil Air Patrol, and her own journey with...

On January 28, 2020, Lt Colonel Russell McGee, USMC (Ret), father of TX-041 Cadet Commander C/Capt Matthew McGee, joined our cadets for an evening of inspirational insight into what his life has been like as an officer in the Marine Corps for 22 years, and as a college professor here in College Station at Texas A&M University. Lt Colonel McGee is a professional lecturer, and provided us with a lecture on the subjects of leadership and excellence.

Civil Air Patrol George H W Bush Composite Squadron TX-041 celebrated its annual awards dinner on Dec. 17, 2019. An amazing guest speaker, Colonel Sherri LeVan, USAF, spoke of her desire to help ROTC and CAP cadets succeed in life through her role as the Commander of Detachment 805, Texas A&M’s Air Force ROTC Program.