One Of The Air Force's Best Kept Secrets: Civil Air Patrol

Myself | 5/27/02 | Go_USNA

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

SALUTE

[FlyVet]

I'm hoping the US Gov. sees fit to outfit you guys with modernized P-51s.

Nah, A-37's with rockets and miniguns. Appropriately "civilian", but quite nasty. A few passes from them would discourage any future Mexican Army incursions.

[Trueblackman]

BZ to you from a member of Maryland's CAP Glenn L. Martin Wing. I joined up shortly after 9-11 and I have been working hard to find the cadet's a surplus aircraft to which they can call their own. CAP has been on the front lines before during and after 9-11. I am glad to be part of the group!!!

[MeekOneGOP]

Good post! Good job!

[DeaconRed]

Thanks
I had forgotten about the CAP
My Daughters' main squeeze just finished his 1st year at the ACADEMY.

[nevergore]

Yep, my kid and "he" is a "she"......

Thanks for the advice for the academy, mail call is a great thing.....

NeverGore:^)

[Britton J Wingfield]

My dad learned to fly a Piper Cub in the CAP in the early 40s before he could actually enlist in the Marines. Great program.

Also, the Naval Sea Cadet Corp is a youth program that works with the Navy. I did this my first few years of high school, drilling with regular Navy reservists. I did 2 weeks of bootcamp, and 2 weeks with a riverboat unit, Special Boat Unit XI. It was a great opportunity.