Smithfield, N.C. — Dennis Mack, a senior member with the Johnston County Civil Air Patrol (CAP) squadron, was promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant. Lt. Mack has been a member of CAP since November of 2006 and currently serves as the squadron’s Operations Officer.

Lt. Mack received a professional appointment to his current rank. He is an airframe and power plan technician. In addition, he is an FAA licensed pilot and flight engineer.

Lt. Mack currently resides in Clayton and is employed as the Supervisor of Emergency Communications for Wake Med Hospital. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Johnston County Airport.

The Johnston County Civil Air Patrol squadron meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Johnston County Airport.

About Civil Air Patrol:

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 59,000 members nationwide. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 72 lives in fiscal year 2009. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counter-drug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to the more than 24,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 68 years. For more information on CAP, please visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com.