The Louisville Composite Squadron meets every Monday night except on National Holidays.
Cadet testing available most nights 6:30 PM
Opening Formation 7:00 PM
Closing Formation 9:00PM
We meet at the United States Army Reserve Center located at 2720 Cannons Lane. Our facility is located on the perimeter of Bowman airport. From I-64 take the Cannons Lane exit and go south for 1/2 mile. We are in the first tan building on the right with a flag pole out front. The gate to the parking lot has a sign "Gate 3".
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KY 39 Cadets and Senior members honored Veterans at a local retirement home on Veterans day by speaking about their appreciation for our veterans and how they have been inspired by them. The cadets then spent some time talking one on one with the senior veterans. KY 39 is very appreciative to all of our veterans and current men and woman serving in the armed forces.
The KY39 annual fall bivouac was another successful training event. Eighteen cadets and five senior members attended the event at Camp Crooked Creek and combined training and fun as they enjoyed the peak colors of the fall foliage.
The cadets were trained in land navigation, compass skills, map reading, GPS usage, ground to air signal construction and ELT tracking. After the training on Saturday morning the squadron broke up into three teams. A Piper Cub was flown over the camp site to evaluate the ground signals that were constructed and it then proceeded to circle over the training target.
The three teams were then stagnated on their launch to the target and were given four checkpoints along the way. Compass skills and GPS were used to navigate to all four checkpoints followed by ELT tracking to find the simulated target. All three teams were successful in finding all the checkpoints and the ELT. Team two posed as victims after they acquired the target so that team three would be provided practice in dealing with injured survivors at a crash site.
Other activities during the weekend included a pop can stove demonstration by Captain Smith and many spirited games of capture the flag. Many thanks to all who participated, especially Senior Members Tom Boucher and Barbara Smith who prepared ninety two delicious meals for the troops over the weekend.