Pulaski Times

Some hear it as a calling, the irresistible, undeniable tug toward a higher purpose. Still others sense “a still, small voice” to make a difference in the world, whether in their neighborhood or across the globe. No matter the term, Civil Air Patrol Maj. Tim Bagnell seems to have always had a finely tuned ear and heart to detect that gentle nudge. It’s taken him from the financial sector as a financial officer to the class- room as teacher in North Carolina, and to war-torn Ukraine to train emergency medical technicians.

His research on STEM-related topics led him to CAP and its aerospace education program.

“As I dug a little further, I found out there was a squadron five minutes from my house,” Bagnell said. “So I decided to go check it out. And the rest is his- tory.” He joined the Orange County Composite Squadron in Hillsborough. Along with his teaching responsibilities at Triad Math and Science, he serves as a volunteer EMT, “a backup to the school nurse,” he said. His EMT calling would eventually take him from ballfield bruises in North Carolina to battlefield bombs in Ukraine.

With the war raging, a calling to take his experience to Ukraine was unmistakable. His description of conditions in that beleaguered country is striking.

Bagnell joined Civil Air Patrol in 2015 and serves as historian for the North Carolina Wing. He also became a volunteer EMT to serve his community. And as he sees it, that community stretches from his North Carolina school to Ukraine, where he trained EMTs to serve in that country’s ongoing war with Russia.

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