User:Ascorbate

 Maj. (Dr.) Mark A. Kukucka


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 * Nanotechnology Life Scientist with Danaher Corporation

Contact: http://www.wikigenes.org/user/contact.html?id=167

General Information
Civil Air Patrol (U.S. Air Force auxiliary)
 * Joined: 1975
 * Grade: Major
 * Wing: Maryland Wing Staff
 * Charter Number: MER-MD-001
 * Region: Middle East Region

Current Positions

 * Missions Directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff - Missions, Maryland Wing (MD-001)
 * Professional Development Officer, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff - Missions, Maryland Wing (MD-001)
 * Aerospace Education Officer with Glenn L. Martin Composite Squadron (MD-031)
 * Cadet Orientation Pilot

Previous Positions Held

 * Associate Director of Middle East Region AEO School (2010)


 * Leadership Officer with Glenn L. Martin Composite Squadron (MD-031)
 * Medical Officer with Glenn L. Martin Composite Squadron (MD-031)


 * Flight Commander with Gunpowder Composite Squadron (18026)
 * Cadet Information Officer with Gunpowder Composite Squadron (18026)
 * Cadet Supply Officer with Gunpowder Composite Squadron (18026)
 * Cadet Operations Officer with Gunpowder Composite Squadron (18026)
 * Cadet Leadership Officer with Gunpowder Composite Squadron (18026)
 * Cadet Aerospace Education Officer with Gunpowder Composite Squadron (18026)
 * Cadet Administrative Officer with Gunpowder Composite Squadron (18026)
 * Cadet Commander with Gunpowder Composite Squadron (18026)

CAP University

 * Level I - 1981
 * Level II - 2009
 * Level III - 2010
 * Level IV - 2010
 * Level V - 2013

Cadet Awards

 * Billy Mitchell Award - 1975
 * Amelia Earhart Award - 1976
 * Solo Wings - 1977
 * IACE (Germany, Sweden & Norway) - 1978
 * Model Rocketry - 1979
 * Cadet Advisory Council - 1979
 * CAP Scholarship - 1980, 1981
 * Carl A. Spaatz Award # 569 - 1981
 * Ira C. Eaker Award - 2009 (ex post facto)

Senior Awards

 * Membership Award - 2008
 * Leadership Award - 2009
 * Yeager Award - 2009
 * Loening Award - 2010
 * Crossfield Award - 2010
 * Garber Award - 2010
 * Gill Rob Wilson Award - 2013
 * Red Service Ribbon - 35 years

Professional Development

 * Squadron Leadership School - 2008
 * Corporate Learning Course - 2009
 * Regional Staff College - 2010
 * National Staff College - 2013

Specialty Tracks
 * Master Rating in Cadet Programs
 * Master Rating in Aerospace Education
 * Master Rating in Professional Development
 * Master Rating in Health Services

Recognitions
 * Lamplighter Award at the Northeast Region Staff College - 2010
 * Aerospace Education Officer of the Year (Maryland Wing) - 2010
 * Professional Development Officer of the Year (Middle East Region) - 2012

FAA Ratings

 * Private Pilot - 1998
 * Instrument Pilot - 1999
 * Commercial Pilot - 2000
 * Commercial Helicopter Pilot - 2014

Current Emergency Services Ratings

 * Mission Scanner - 2008
 * Mission Observer - 2009

Certifications
 * ICS-100
 * ICS-200
 * ICS-700

Qualifications

 * Radiological Monitoring - 1976
 * A-CUT, B-CUT Communications - 2008
 * Basic, Advanced First Aid, CPR - 2009

Encampments

 * Pope Air Force Base, NC - 1975
 * Patuxent Naval Air Station, MD (Honor Flight Commander) - 1976
 * Patuxent Naval Air Station, MD (Honor Squadron Commander) - 1977
 * Camp Fretterd, MD (Aerospace Education Officer) - 2009

Collegiate Education

 * BS - University of Maryland, 1982
 * MS - University of Maryland, 1985
 * DVM - Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, 1989
 * PhD - Virginia Tech, 1993

Press Releases
National Press Releases
 * Maryland cadets successfully launch rockets
 * http://capmembers.com/news/cap_news_online/index.cfm/md_cadets_successfully_launch_rockets?show=news&newsID=4986


 * Maryland cadet receives Air Force Academy appointment
 * http://capmembers.com/news/cap_news_online/index.cfm/md_cadet_receives_air_force_academy_appointment?show=news&newsID=5376


 * Maryland cadets explore aerodynamics by building, launching model airplanes
 * http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/news/cap_news_online/index.cfm/md_cadets_explore_aerodynamics_by_builidng_launching_model_planes?show=news&newsID=5727


 * Maryland squadron boasts 12 Yeager award recipients
 * http://www.capvolunteernow.com/news.cfm/md_squadron_boasts_12_yeager_award_recipients?show=news&newsID=6187

State Press Releases
 * Glenn L. Martin squadron tours ANG Blackhawk facility
 * http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=396


 * Glenn L. Martin squadron visits Potomac TRACON
 * http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=414


 * Glenn L. Martin squadron cadets complete Model Rocketry Program
 * http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=429


 * Glenn L. Martin cadet receives USAF Academy appointment
 * http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=466


 * Glenn L. Martin members learn about aerodynamics of flight
 * http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=482


 * Three Martin cadets earn Mitchell Award
 * http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=492


 * Astronaut Tom Jones meets with Martin squadron
 * http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=500


 * Twelve Martin squadron members earn Yeager Award
 * http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=510


 * Martin squadron earns Aerospace Education Excellence Award
 * http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=519

Local Newspaper Press Releases
 * Glenn L. Martin squadron meets with Astronaut Tom Jones
 * http://www.server-jbmultimedia.net/eastcountytimes/sitebase/index.aspx?adgroupid=173600&view=single&pageno=2&webstoryid=17124236&webstoryid2=17124236


 * Twelve Glenn L. Martin squadron officers awarded the Chuck Yeager Award
 * http://avenuenews.com/articles/2009/10/28/news/doc4ae71432e0e40926810818.txt

Nota Bene

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dvmphd


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ascorbate


 * http://www.airforcebase.net/usaf/usafnike.html


 * http://mdeencampment.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/the-encampment-sun-issue-1.pdf


 * http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/news/cap_news_online/index.cfm/200_attend_mddel_encampment?show=news&newsID=5782