Formation of A Shomer Shabbos Civilian Air Patrol

Yeshiva Pirchei Shoshanim in response to the shootings in Poway Chabad near San Diego and random shootings that occurred in Baltimore is forming its third Shomer Shabbos Civil Air Patrol Squadron. The other Squadrons are located in New York and Newport Beach, Calif. The Cap is an Auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
Steven Reinman the Executive Director of the Lakewood Industrial Commission and overseer of the Airport is seen greeting Colonel Joe Abegg who is the Commander of the entire CAP in the State of N.J. Col Abegg has been a member of Cap for 47 years. He as well was a former USAF pilot and now he is a Pilot for United. Accompanying Col Abegg in his Lakewood visit was almost the entire chain of command for the State of N.J.

Jason Cohen has been named as the Commander of the Squad. He has been a pilot since he was 14 as well as being a Veteran of the US NAVY where he was a medic and a hero. As a medic in the Gulf War in the heat of battle he was surrounded by Marines while he attended to the wounded.
CAP consists of Cadets 12 – 21. Cadets that qualify can receive their pilots by the age 16. The squad as well consists of senior members. The squad will be trained in assisting the community shuls in setting up a mechanism so that the approximately 150 congregations can put into effect FEMA recommendations in defending their Congregations.
After the Colonels visit he wrote: A new squadron is born. Our meeting lasted three hours. We have great community support, current and former members joining, and a team of four experienced CAP members mentoring.
We are requesting charter number NER-NJ-613 via a CAPF 27 which is in progress.
There are enormous opportunities for cadets to learn about Aerospace, Stem, camping. Drones and unlimited possibilities of growth. There are many senior positions open. The squad will be meeting at the Lakewood Airport Sunday evenings 7 – 9:30. For those who would like to join the squad please call 732-370-3344 or write to pirchei@shemayisrael.com.