Cadet of the Year
Upper St. Clair High School alum Anthony DeRubeis honored by Local Civil Air Patrol Squadron.
Cadet First Lieutenant Anthony DeRubeis (center) is congratulated on his Civil Air Patrol Allegheny Squadron 602 Cadet of the
Year Award by the unit’s Captain Tim Steiner (left), and Cadet Second Lieutenant Mikeala Zacher (right).
C
adet First Lieutenant Anthony
DeRubeis, a 2013 graduate of
Upper St. Clair High Schoo1, was
awarded Cadet of the Year by Civil
Air Patrol’s Allegheny Composite Squadron
602 at the unit’s annual banquet at the Skyvue
Firehall in West Mifflin.
The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is an official
auxiliary of the United States Air Force
(USAF) that performs search and rescue
and emergency services, as well as teaches
aerospace and leadership through its cadet
program in communities nationwide.
Cadet 1Lt. DeRubeis has served in the
cadet program of the Allegheny Squadron of
Civil Air Patrol for almost four years. Since
joining, he has been extremely active and has
worked his way to Cadet First Lieutenant, one
of the highest ranks a student can achieve.
He has also held all flight level positions, the
position of Squadron First Sergeant, and is
currently the Cadet Recruiter and Deputy
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Cadet Commander for his unit. He is honored
that he received Cadet of the Year from his
squadron.
“I am not about chasing awards but it’s nice
to be recognized after so many years of hard
work,” said Cadet 1 Lt. DeRubeis. “I am here
for my cadets at this point in my career.”
Cadet 1 Lt. DeRubeis has been active
in his leadership training by attending
Basic Encampment in 2010, Leadership
Development Course in 2011, and staffing
Encampment as a public affairs officer in
2012. While striving to become a better
leader, Cadet DeRubeis says he pushes his
cadets to do the same through hard work,
discipline, establishing pride in their work,
and never settling for less. He is active on the
squadron’s search and rescue ground team
and is training for ground team leader. He has
gone on six ground team missions and was
the cadet in charge of all communications at
Wings Over Pittsburgh as a Cadet Technical
Sergeant in 2011.
Currently Cadet DeRubeis attends Point
Park University for Intelligence and National
Security, and Army ROTC at the University
of Pittsburgh. Cadet DeRubeis hopes to join
the U.S. Ar