WEEK 2: CADET PROGRAM

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WEEK 2 CADET PROGRAM
Cadet Oath "I pledge to serve faithfully in the
Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program and that I will
attend meetings regularly, participate actively
in unit activities, obey my officers, wear my
uniform properly, and advance my education and
training rapidly to prepare myself to be of
service to my community, state, and nation.
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Regulation CAPR 52-16

• THIS IS A BIG DEAL!

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Cadet Requirements

• 12 years old
• Less than 18
• May stay in until 21
• Good moral character
• Satisfactory academic performance
• U.S. citizen/live here legally

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Mission

• Provide the youth of our nation a quality program
  that enhances their leadership skills through an
  interest in aviation, and at the same time
  provide services to the United States Air Force
  and the local community.

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How we accomplish it

• Leadership Laboratory
• Aerospace Education
• Moral Leadership
• Physical Fitness
• NCSA

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National Cadet Special Activities
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Four Stages

• Learning Phaseculminates in WB Award
• Leadership Phaseculminates in Mitchell Award
• Command Phaseculminates in Earhart Award
• Executive Phaseculminates in Spaatz award,
  highest achievement in Cadet Program

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Cadet Enlisted Grades
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16 Total Achievements

• Each stripe1 achievement
• 60 days between each achievement
• For every achievement but the first you need to
• Pass leadership chapter with 70
• Pass aerospace with 70
• Attend 50 of Moral Leadership offered
• Pass PT
• Attend outside meeting activities

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Sergeant StripesNon-Commissioned Officers

• A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is the 'junior'
  management of the military. Typically NCOs serve
  as administrative personnel, as advisors to the
  officer corps, as trainers of both lower and
  higher ranking personnel, and as both supervisors
  of, and advocates for, the lower-ranking or more
  inexperienced enlisted personnel. But their most
  valuable function is as a link between the
  'common soldier' and the (commissioned) officer,
  who in most armies is encouraged to not develop a
  too close personal relationship with his charges.

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Cadet Officer Grades
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Wrap up!

• How old do you have to be to join CAP?
• How many achievements are there?
• What does an NCO do?
• What is the highest grade in the Cadet Program?
  The lowest?
• What do you need to do before you can attend
  special activities in the summer?

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QUESTIONS?