This is my second edition of thank yous, and probably won’t be the last because it takes so many people to put on a production of this magnitude. Today’s shout out goes to our 3 Rocket Cops that help us each year.
Officer 95, Braxton Roemer, Officer 93, Chris Ayala, and Officer Shane Purvis, better known as Spotter Hill. Sorry Shane I just couldn’t remember your number so I am remiss to have to leave it out. We all referred to you as Spotter Hill most often through the weekend so that is what I tend to remember.
These officers gave of their time and talents to come head up and help our recovery efforts as well as keep everyone safe. Officer Roemer was our recovery team leader out in the field, assigning us our positions as well as keeping us coordinated and located out in the pastures as we hunted down rockets. He handled our radio communications, and assisted in rocket disarmament.
Officer Ayala provided additional ground support in recovery, front gate operations and traffic control. He commanded the gate in order to keep everyone safe and traffic stopped during testing.
Officer Purvis maintained position on top of Spotter Hill, with a bird’s-eye view of the area. He was quite often the only eye on the rockets at times when altitude and distance took them from the rest of recovery’s view.
I am quite sure that there is plenty more that went on behind the scenes with these gentlemen that I may not be aware of, and for that let me just say that all that they did was needed and appreciated by all the rest of the crew. They are a wonderful group of law enforcement officers, and we were privileged to have them with us.
Thank each one of you for spending these four days with the students, the rest of the volunteers, and the whole SystemsGo group.
We all enjoy working with each one of you, the SystemsGo Rocket Cops!
www.systemsgo.org as always is the place for more information on this program. Take the time to get your school involved, the future of your students will be greatly benefited.
On the Wings of Angels 