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Two Squadron 36 Seniors Complete National Staff College
Husband and Wife Team Attend CAP’s Highest-Level Professional Development Course
October 23, 2005
Maj Johanna Montgomery (left), Maj Gen Antonio Pineda (center), and Maj Mike "Monty" Montgomery (right)
Maj Mike "Monty" Montgomery
Commander
John J. Montgomery Memorial Cadet Squadron 36
California Wing
MAXWELL AFB, AL – The John J. Montgomery Memorial Cadet Squadron, located in San Jose, California, sent two of its senior officers to attend National Staff College (NSC), from Oct 15 – 22, 2005.
National Staff College is the capstone course for senior members in Civil Air Patrol. Held annually at CAP National Headquarters, NSC is designed for members who are, or will be, assuming positions of regional or national importance within CAP.
Maj Michael “Monty” Montgomery, commander for the San Jose cadet unit, was joined by Squadron 36’s leadership officer, Maj Johanna Montgomery. The Montgomerys were two of sixty-one students from across the nation that aspired to complete NSC.
Both CAP officers looked forward to completing CAP’s most prestigious leadership course. Maj Jo Montgomery commented, “The quality was absolutely fantastic. NSC was filled with 40 hours worth of intense presentations, ranging from strategic leadership to how CAP senior officers should represent the Civil Air Patrol during a formal press conference.”
NSC was not only formal presentations. “Aside from the classes, the individual seminars in which we participated was where the conversation got interesting and where we applied the lessons we’d learned,” noted Maj Mike “Monty” Montgomery. “This entire experience allowed me to not only refine the leadership training I’ve gathered throughout my CAP tenure, but allowed me to take an inward look to better define what I could – and should – do better as a commander.”
Both Montgomerys attended the formal NSC graduation banquet at the end of the course, which was also attended by key CAP figures such as Air Force Lt Gen (ret) Nicholas Kehoe, Chairman of the CAP Board of Governors, and CAP Maj Gen Antonio Pineda and Brig Gen Rex Glasgow, Civil Air Patrol's National Commander and National Vice Commander, respectively.
