Green Darner Staff
Maj Sylvie Kacmarcik
Activity and Academic Director
Major Sylvie Kacmarcik is coming back to Green Darner as our Activity and Academic Director, having been in this position since 2020 Maj Kacmarcik will be returning as the Activity and Academic Director for the 4th time! Maj Kacmarcik has been teaching Science for the past 34 years to students ranging from 2-90 years old. Maj Kacmarcik is excited to help share, promote, and provide Computer Science/Engineering and Cyber Security education to cadets in Civil Air Patrol. Maj Kacmarcik has also run 5-day long virtual Cyber Education Camps during the pandemic in 2020-2021. Maj Kacmarcik hopes to help update the CAP Aerospace curriculum to help advance knowledge and further advance our technology, something that Maj Kacmarcik always tells herself and other people is “Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.” – Unknown.
C/Maj Lucas Morrow
Cadet Commander
Having been in the cadet program for over 4 years, and hailing from Northshore Composite Squadron, C/Maj Morrow originally joined Civil Air Patrol to pursue his interest in aviation. After attending Green Darner Cyber Camp in 2020, Morrow owes this activity specifically to come back and serve as an executive team member at Green Darner. As the cadet commander of this year’s activity, Morrow has years of experience in executive management, Cyber Patriot, and Cyber Camp specifically, and has attended 6 encampments. At just 16 years old, C/Maj Morrow operates a CAP-assigned HF and VHF radio with an Air Force voice-assigned callsign, one of few cadets to do so. Currently serving as the Washington Wing Cadet Advisory Council Chair, Morrow urges cadets to remember Henry Ford’s famous quote; “Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right”.
Capt Veronica Ho
Assistant Director
Captain Ho joined the Civil Air Patrol to pursue her interest in radio operation, and reminisces that “Green Darner began as a fundamental cyber training because the material worked well in a virtual setting during the pandemic.” She now looks to today’s Cyber Camp, almost five years later, and recognizes that it is now a full-fledged Cadet Special Activity and enriches many cadets nationwide. Captain Ho is also a CAP’s Airborne Photography personnel member and contributes heavily to CAP’s volunteer service and emergency services aspects. Captain Ho’s practical knowledge of cyber knowledge stems from her experience working at AT&T in cyber security, and she mentors cadets at Paine Field Composite Squadron in Cadet Programs.
C/Capt Randolph Halim
Cadet Director of Cyber Education
Cadet Captain Randolph Halim has been in CAP for 6 years which is quite a long time. C/Capt Halim originally decided to join CAP for aviation and cyber. As the Director of Cyber Education, C/Capt Halim has had many experiences involving cyber education. C/Capt Halim hopes to make the cyber program in Washington Wing a success for future cyber leaders to thrive. One memorable quote C/Capt Halim shared was, “Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.” — Bill Bullard
Capt David Gossett
Chaplain, Health Services Officer
Captain David Gossett, the Chaplain for this year’s Cyber Camp had the opportunity to serve as Winter Raptor VII’s Chaplain and is currently employed as the Chaplain for the Fire Departments of the Tri-Cities area of Washington, and supports essential first responders there. Captain Gosset looks forward to Green Darner V, and is excited to make the program a little better while he’s there. His proudest moment as a senior member was watching his son receive his Mitchell Award, one of the most important milestone achievements in the cadet program. Captain Gossett originally joined CAP to be able to share the experience with his children, and tells cadets to remember 1 John 3:18– “Let us not love with word or tongue, but in action and in truth”.
2d Lt Mike Halim
Senior Public Affairs
2nd Lieutenant Halim is the Senior Public Affairs officer this summer, having had previous Green Darner experience. He decided to join CAP for C/Capt Halim, helping him pursue many things in the program. Lt Halim has also achieved many things in cyber. This year Lt Halim hopes to help the senior side in Green Darner as well. 2d Lieutenant Halim hopes to watch his 3 cadets earn their officership and later wants to help on the Wing side of CAP. Lieutenant Halim has a motto; “Having a mishap means like you are doing activities– when there are no activities, there's no possibility of mishap. Mishaps happen, and you need to make sure that you are safe, and other people are safe.”
C/CMSgt Noah Wichman
DFAC, First Sergeant, and Instructor
Chief Wichman has been in the Civil Air Patrol program for 2 years, he originally decided to join CAP for the cyber operations that the program provided. Chief Wichman decided to come back to Green Darner to help with a very important position, DFAC, he will be helping provide all Cadets and Seniors at Green Darner with food and snacks. Chief Wichman has participated as both staff and student in Green Darner before, he also was awarded Honor Staff in Green Darner 4. Chief Wichman has had many experiences in CAP but the highlight of it all has always been Green Darner Camp. In this years Green Darner, Chief Wichman decided to come back to help teach Cybersecurity and explain to other cadets why Cybersecurity is so important now. Later in Chief Whichman’s Cadet Career he hopes to be able to hold the position of Cadet Commander at Green Darner and encourages people to remember this, “Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.”
C/2d Lt Olivia Halim
Windows Instructor Lead
C/2d Lt Olivia Halim has been in CAP for 4 years. At just 14 years old as a Cascade Falcon Flight Sergeant, C/2d Lt Halim led her flight to earn the drill award and written test award. While C/ 2d Lt Halim is hoping to help teach many younger cadets, she also looks forward to learning more about how she can improve on herself. C/ 2d Lt Halim is in charge of all the windows instructors, and is also mainly teaching windows at Green Darner. C/ 2d Lt Halim has lots of cyber experience from previous Green Darners, CET (Cyber Education Training), computer science related classes in school, and CyberPatriot. C/ 2d Lt Halim decided to join CAP originally because of her family, but soon found out the fun activities she could do and that motivated her drive for CAP. A quote from Aristotle she wishes people to remember is, “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”
C/CMSgt Henry Ingraham
Cadet Public Affairs Officer In Charge
C/CMSgt Henry Ingraham has been in CAP for 2 years. He originally joined CAP to learn more about military aviation and to take up free time. He ended up staying in CAP because of the people he met, the leadership opportunities, the super awesome experiences the program offers, and he hopes that he might inspire a future cadet to make something great. C/CMSgt Ingraham had previously pursued getting a commander accommodation in Winter Raptor, he has also made rapid achievements as Public Affairs. C/CMSgt finds this quote by King Baldwin IV motivational, “A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, ‘But I was told by others to do thus.’ Or that, ‘Virtue was not convenient at the time.’ ”
C/TSgt Michelle Halim
Cadet Public Affairs Assistant
C/TSgt Michelle Halim has been in CAP for about a year. Two months into her career she was able to accomplish Cadet of the Month in her squadron. She originally joined CAP for her family but later found interest in Cyber Education and Leadership. She hopes to help expand the publicity of Green Darner as well as come and learn more about Cyber Education. C/TSgt Halim has participated as PA for smaller squadron held activities as well. C/TSgt Halim also has lots of experience in Cyber from Green Darner 4, CET’s (Cyber Education Training), and CyberPatriot. C/TSgt Halim hopes to, later in CAP, pursue her officership and go further in leadership opportunities, C/TSgt Halim has shared with us this quote, “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”
– Walt Disney
