Cadets from the Cumberland County Composite Squadron help with the McGurk funeral in Mays Landing.
Side-by-side, husband and wife, 2nd Lt Dennis McGurk and his wife, Oksana, were laid to rest June 27 after their tragic passing in a plane crash. The McGurks had a funeral organized by the Atlantic City Police Department, where Dennis was an 11-year veteran officer, assisted by an honor guard from New Jersey Wing. Read more
NJWG in the News: Picatinny Squadron Helps With Armed Forces Day
2nd Lt Karen Wales 04.JUL.08
Cadets and officers with Picatinny Composite Squadron were featured in a recent article in The Daily Record. Click here for the story.
A ground team from Delaware Valley Squadron successfully located an electronic location transmitter (ELT) when they were called out on June 15. Read more
Shot at the USAF Air Expo on June 1. Hot off the press from Lt Chris Casey, Assistant PAO/Multimedia for NJ Wing. You're going to love this! Click on the link below or check out the video by visiting the photo gallery in the menu at left. Click here for video!
Schweiker Squadron Member Dies in Crash
1st Lt. Mark Swanson, NJWG PAO 25.JUN.08
UPDATE: The Press of Atlantic City published the obituary for Lt McGurk in the Wed., June 25 edition. Follow the link below.
New Jersey Wing member 2nd Lt Dennis McGurk and his wife, Oksana, have been identified as the two victims of an aircraft crash in Dennis Township on June 20. McGurk was a member in Jack Schweiker Composite Squadron. He had also visited a few times at Atlantic County Composite Squadron and was well known to many in Group 225.
C/Col Jamie Wright receives her Spaatz certificate with her parents, Randy and Carol Wright; NJ Wing vice commander Lt Col Robert Jennings, squadron commander Capt Paul Bolognone and presenter Brig Gen Michael L. Cunniff, commander of the 108th Air Refueling Wing, NJ Air National Guard.
1st Lt. Mark Swanson, NJWG PAO 23.JUN.08
LUMBERTON, NJ -- New Jersey Wing of the Civil Air Patrol is pleased to announce the promotion of cadet Jamie Wright of Clarksboro, Gloucester County, to the rank of cadet colonel. Wright passed a rigorous set of physical and academic exams for the prestigious Gen. Carl. A. Spaatz Award, the highest cadet award in the Civil Air Patrol, in May. Click here to see a short video of the ceremony. Read more
