From the Capital Gazette:
On December 22, 2015, Annapolis Composite
Squadron (ACS) saw another cadet continuing in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Core Value of Excellence, as Cadet Jessica
Strauss of Davidsonville earned the prestigious Amelia Earhart Award. The award was presented to
her by Lt. Col Christopher Howell, the Maryland Wing Chief of Staff.
The
Amelia Earhart Award marks a cadet's successful completion of Phase Three of
the CAP cadet program and is accompanied with a promotion to Cadet Captain.
Phase Three is known as the 'Command Phase' where cadets learn how to lead
indirectly, as well as assisting junior cadets in pursuing their aerospace
studies.
Earhart
Award recipients must pass aerospace and leadership tests, which draw questions
from lessons learned through the entirety of their previous CAP career. There
is also a difficult physical training test which demands excellence in all
areas of fitness. In addition, they must also have acted as staff in one area
of their squadron, learning to take new and greater responsibility.
It is
estimated that only five cadets out of one hundred are able to earn this award.
It is a tribute to Cadet Strauss's dedication, holding herself to a high level
of excellence, that she received this award.
Cadet
Strauss has been an active CAP member for three and a half years. She has held
many important positions both within ACS and in the larger CAP setting, from
acting as Flight Sergeant and Flight Commander during weekly drill at the
squadron to serving as a cadet medic at Tri-Wing Encampment.
Cadet
Strauss lives in Davidsonville and is currently a homeschooled high school
sophomore. She plans to attend Anne Arundel Community College, then John
Hopkins to study health and medicine. She hopes to serve in the medical field
in any capacity that will help change people's lives, especially through the
military.
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