Civil Air Patrol To Help Honor Deceased Aurora Hero

July 26, 2012 - PRLog -- RENO NEV The Civil Air Patrol USAF Auxiliary and Operation Cookie Jar will be providing a Color Guard for the return of Jonathan Blunk. Jonathan Blunk was a 5 year US Navy Veteran who bravely laid down his life so another could live during the recent tragic shooting at a movie theater in Aurora Col. He had been scheduled to come home to Reno this Saturday to see his family. Blunk shielded another with his body saving her life and costing his own. He leaves behind a wife and two children.


Blunk will arrive home at 6:35 PM Friday from Denver. He will then proceed to the funeral home. The Civil Air Patrol Color Guard will present honors on arrival and at his funeral service Friday 3 August 2012 at 9:00 AM. The funeral service will be at Mountain View Cemetery with flag folding, gun salute and Taps at the grave side.


The Color Guard will be provided by cadets of the Reno Composite Squadron. Cadets range in age from 12 to 21 years old and participate in Civil Air Patrol's Emergency Services mission, Aerospace Education Program, and learn military customs, drill and leadership skills in Cadet Programs. Cadets learn Search and Rescue, radio operations, mission base operations and more in Emergency Services. They receive powered and glider Orientation Flights and can even go on to solo airplanes and gliders as part of Cadet programs. Cadets learn about various aviation careers such as engineering, communications, computers and even health care via the Aerospace program. They learn to look up and beyond the ordinary and reach for a bright future.

Reno Composite squadron cadets meet every Monday at the Nevada Wing Headquarters building 601 Rock Ave Reno Nev. The meeting are 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
Senior members meet the second and fourth Wednesday at 7:00 PM at the same location. Information can be obtained at http:// www.nvwg.cap.gov/units/rcs.htm

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 61,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 54 lives in fiscal year 2011. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to nearly 27,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. CAP received the World Peace Prize in 2011 and has been performing missions for America for 70 years. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.capvolunteernow.com for more information.