Captain Scott Matthews is California Wing's answer to Kevin Smith. His seminal works, the 1999 California Wing Encampment video and his more recent encampment commercials (click here and here) have been featured here on CadetStuff previously. This year, Scott has been tapped by National Headquarters to travel to each National Cadet Special Activity this summer and document the events for future advertising and promotional use. CadetStuff equipped Scott with a CadetStuff t-shirt (literally the 2nd t-shirt off the presses!) and asked him to send us updates as he journeys across the country. Each week, his travelogue will be serialized here in as many parts as is required.

07/13/01 - Hawk Mountain

Today I went back to the mountain, and filmed some more rope work. This time I was rigged up and went down about half way to get some point of view shots, fun! Tonight I will do laundry in preparation for leaving to the Powered Flight Academy in Virginia tomorrow evening. Fun, fun! [Editors Note: We're not sure what Scott considers to be fun, but we're sure his wife will be happy to hear about his joy of laundry. -DN]

The cadets here certainly get to put their physical and mental abilities to the test. They carry full gear, and are taught exactly what to do with it. There are different levels of certification and it gives cadets a chance to work on staff as well as the seniors.

There are also senior training courses as well. I’ve been cordially invited to return for one... Maybe… ;-).

Scott