Michigan Wing Members Portal, Civil Air Patrol

CyberPatriot

CyberPatriot is a cyber defense competition that tests the ability of the students to defend a simulated corporate network from external hostile attacks. But, it is far more than just a competition. It is designed to educate and motivate your cadets to become the cyber defenders the nation needs while promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

The next generation of cyber defenders will compete in qualifying rounds in the fall to vie for one of the coveted slots to travel to Orlando for the CyberPatriot II National Championship, scheduled for 18-19 February 2010.

We are working on the website link of members.gocivilairpatrol.com/cyber, but until that is completed, please refer to http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/cadet_programs/activities/cyber_patriot/

Please read the flyer for more details found at:

http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/CyberPatriot_55548BA37C934.pdf

A frequently asked question of late has been, “what is the role of the Group structure in Michigan Wing?”

Groups are authorized to be established by CAPR 20-3 with five or more units or where geographic conditions dictate. In Michigan, all of our Group boundaries are the same as the Michigan State Police District boundaries. This is to simplify the liaison with the MSP Lt responsible for coordinating Emergency Management and Homeland Security matters within the district. Ideally, the Group Commander and Group ES Officer have made contact and remain in contact with this officer and brief each other regularly on training, exercises and other matters.

The Michigan State Police is the primary state agency that we work with on missing aircraft searches, ELT searches and whom county and local officials can contact to get our assistance on missing person searches. This is the same with requests for other types of assistance such as Disaster Relief, Counter Drug and Homeland Security. The State Police are also our interface with other State agencies requesting our assistance under our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the state.

As of this past weekend, registered membership on the Michigan Wing Members Portal has broke the 200 registered member mark! This is great to see so many of you taking advantage of this new resource; and I look forward to seeing many more of you register.

Just a couple of important notes for registration:

• You *must* use your CAPID when you register for access
• After you register, you will receive an automated e-mail. This e-mail will include a link for you to click. Clicking this link will verify with the system that you e-mail address is a good, working address. Please make sure you watching for this e-mail and verifying your e-mail address.
• Once you do this, I will be notified and will, within 24-48 hours (usually MUCH sooner), approve your membership once verified in eServices.

I have also installed a private forum/messaging system for your use. Please take advantage of this. Get in there and ask questions, share knowledge, together we are all stronger and if we are sharing information through these means, this will greatly improve your CAP careers as well as the wing in general! INTERACT! I look forward to reading your posts!

If anyone has any questions or comments regarding anything about the Members Portal, or the Michigan Wing website in general, do not hesitate to contact me @ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Thanks for all you do for Michigan Wing,

Mark L. Curtis, 1st Lt, CAP
Director of Information Technology/Webmaster
Michigan Wing & Great Lakes Region
Civil Air Patrol, US Air Force Aux.