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The
102nd Squadron is located in
North Smithfield Rhode Island at
the 282nd ANG Base and serves
the State of Rhode Island
through emergency services,
homeland security, cadet
programs, and aerospace
education. The squadron reports
directly to RI Wing headquartered at
T.F. Green Airport. The squadrons
primary mission is to build
leaders while performing
missions for America.
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R.I.
cadets
get
navigation
pointers
from
National
Guard
members
6
February
2008
John
Devany,
2nd Lt
RHODE
ISLAND
-- A
clear
Saturday in
January
found 20 cadets
and five
senior members
from all
five
Rhode
Island
Wing squadrons receivng Basic
Land
Navigation instruction
from the
56th
Troop
Command
of the
Rhode
Island
National
Guard . 
For the
wing's
first Army
Guard
Shadowing
Day,
cadets
in
the 102nd, Newport
County, East
Bay,
West Bay
and South
County
Composite
squadrons learned
correct
map
reading,
how to
plot
courses
and find
their
bearings on
a map
and how
to work
with
their
pace
count
through
the
woods.
The
officer
in
charge
of the
state
National
Guard
Shadowing
Program,
2nd
Lt. Amanda
Avila of
the
Newport
County
squadron,
brought the
cadets
and
Guard
together
at Camp
Fogarty
in East
Greenwich.
The
Guard
provided
transportation
and
muffins
for
breakfast
and
treated
the cadets to a
pizza
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Halloween
Saves
7
November
2007
John
Devany,
2nd Lt
RHODE ISLAND -- Halloween night found the Rhode Island Wing helping the Rhode Island State Police, Environmental Police and Emergency Management Agency search the state's Wildlife Management Area for three missing hikers.
The search plane, a Cessna 182, was piloted by Lt. Col. Rui Rodrigues of wing headquarters, with 1st Lt. Benjamin Emerick of the 102nd Composite Squadron serving as mission observer. Lt. Col. Stanley Wilbur of wing headquarters served as agency liaison.
The three hikers, all 22 years old, started a small signal fire and used their dying cell phone for rescue. Searchers were able to use the cell phone's Global Positioning System coordinates to begin the air search.
When nothing could be seen at the position indicated by the cell phone's coordinates, the team then began a grid search of the area. Emerick observed a faint, orange glow in the distance, and the plane flew to that target. A signal fire was confirmed, and the plane circled, relaying the fire's coordinates. The missing hikers were safe, and the CAP members returned to base
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R.I. Wing commander, staff convene to map out coming year
3 October 2007
Col. Anthony Gagliardi, commander of the Rhode Island Wing, reserves a date during the wing staff's first ever calendar meeting. The Rhode Island Air National Guard Air Show, three wing search and rescue exercises, the Wakefield Annual Hot Air Balloon Festival, the Rhode Island National Guard's Leapfest, and the wing’s Cadet Ball, encampment and training days, and a proposed inaugural wing golf tournament all made the calendar ... so far.
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Benjamin Emerick
TFO
Commander
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Kate Forsythe
C/Maj
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March
2008
1 Mar 08
ANG
Shadowing
143rd
ANG
Quonset
Point
1000 to
1500hrs
Uniform:
BDU's
Sign Up
8 Mar
08
Wing
Training
Exercise
Wing HQ
0800hrs
to
1600hrs
Uniform:
BDU's
Sign
Up
15
Mar 08
Airman
Leadership
School
Wing HQ
0800hrs
to
1600hrs
Uniform:
Blues
Sign
Up
April
2008
13 - 19
April 08
RI Wing
Training
Week
Basic -
RICLA -
RIGSAR
Camp
Varnum,
RI
Sign
Up
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Officer
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Mission
Support Flight
Operations Flight
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Squadron
Operation Hours
Thursdays
1900 to 2130
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Phone
508-498-1710
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Location
282nd ANG Base
Old Oxford Rd
North Smithfield RI |
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