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Winchester Composite Squadron

Winchester Composite Squadron (Winchester, VA)

Quarterly Open House

Prospective cadet members: Join us on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 6:45pm to visit us and learn about membership. Required RSVP through this form: https://forms.gle/A1Tv1TFZCXNfcm7aA

You can contact us at va040@vawg.cap.gov

Prospective adults: Contact us anytime to arrange a visit!

Who We Are

The Winchester Composite Squadron is comprised of both cadets (12 to 21 years old) and adult members (18 and older). Our squadron currently has around 158 cadets and 72 adult members. Members of the Winchester Composite Squadron are citizens from all occupations who believe in helping their community. Our members live across the Shenandoah Valley including Shenandoah County, Warren County, Clarke County, Frederick County, Winchester City, as well as a few in the bordering counties in West Virginia.

2025 Virginia Wing Squadron of Merit

Our Activities

We meet weekly and our weekend activities vary month-to-month.

The agenda of our meetings vary on based on the fact that we serve three different, but equally important programs. Below is our monthly agenda of what we normally focus throughout the month.

	Uniform	Adult Member Agenda	Cadet Agenda
First Week	Blues	Education and Training	Character Development
Second Week	ABUs	Emergency Services	Leadership
Third Week	ABUs	Aerospace Education	Aerospace Education
Fourth Week	PTUs	Emergency Services Team Meetings	Physical Fitness
Fifth Week	TBD	Special Activity	Special Activity

Contact Us / Join

Have further questions? Want to learn more on how to join?

Email us at va040@vawg.cap.gov or call us at (540) 692-1443 (leave a voicemail) or complete this form.

You can also check out frequently asked questions for prospective cadets at this link or for prospective adults at this link.

Leadership

Commander: Lt. Col. Jacob Bixler

Calendar

Wreaths Across America

Each year our squadron coordinates a wreath laying ceremony through the Wreaths Across America (WAA) program for our nation's veterans. Wreaths Across America is a nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. We participate in their mission, Remember, Honor, Teach, in taking part of a wreath laying ceremony on the third Saturday of December, while this very same event occurs in veteran cemeteries at other locations and in all 50 states. We lay wreaths at the Winchester National Cemetery, honoring and remembering our nation's veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice for us.

This event is made possible by the donations of individual wreath sponsors, corporate donors and volunteer truckers. No government funding is received.

Winchester National Cemetery has 5,561 graves.

Please email us at winchester-waa@vawg.cap.gov with any inquiries related to WAA.

2025 In the News:

Cemetery-wide:

2026 - sponsorships open and on-going

2025 - 2,640 wreaths sponsored

2024 - 3,611 wreaths sponsored

2023 - 2,057 wreaths sponsored (click here for photos from the event)

2022 - 1,675 wreaths sponsored (click here for photos from the event)

2019 - 3,033 wreaths sponsored

2018 - 1,600 wreaths sponsored

2017 - 1,500 wreaths sponsored