National CAP Briefing from EX and CC

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National CAP Briefing fromEX and CC
Maj Gen Amy Courter, CAP Mr. Don Rowland
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CAP Resource of Choice
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Current Membership and Resources
915 Vehicles
4,575 Mobile Radios
550 Aircraft 55 Gliders
59,168 Members
3,100 Portables
34,961 Officers
24,207 Cadets
2,000 Fixed Land Radios
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Public Awareness

• PAOs Critical Key to Success
• Tell your story locally regionally
• Build Value Reputation
• Friend-raising before Fund-raising
• Provides meaningful activities at unit level
• Morale builder for cadets seniors

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Safety of our Members

• FY07 FY08 FY09
• A/C accidents/100k hrs 3.87 2.84
  2.72
• A/C incidents 50 88
  99
• Fatalities 3 2 1
• A/C Repair Costs 219k 685k
  785k
• Vehicle accidents 2 1
  1
• Vehicle incidents 15 20
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• Bodily injury accident 8 19
  10
• Bodily injury incident 31 37
  56

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Safety of our Members

• Accident Summary
• Aircraft
• Plane on skis destroyed during takeoff training
• Severe damage when aircraft pitched up following
  takeoff
• Severe damage when aircraft left runway after
  landing
• Vehicle
• POV blew tire Fatality
• Bodily Injuries
• Heart Attack 1
• Broken Bones (Senior members) - 3
• Broken Bones (Cadet members) - 6

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Missions/Exercises

• Oct - Sep AF Mission Flying Hour Comparison
• FY08 FY09 Diff
• Air Defense 1,576 1,955 24
• Drug Interdiction 9,272 11,677
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• Range Support 503 533 6
• Route Survey 691 764 11
• DSCA/DR 1,921 692 - 64
• SAR 3,717 2,839 - 24
• Other/HLS 681 831 22
• Trng/Prof 27,220
  31,091 14
• Total 45,581 50,382 11

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Surrogate Predator

• Missions began in LA for Green Flag East in Oct

• Expect Green Flag West support for CA/NV to begin
  later in FY10

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Orientation Flights

• Orientation Flying Hours
• FY08 FY09 Diff
• AFROTC 2,410 2,834 18
• AFJROTC 323 1,013 214
• CAP 9,329 10,631 14
• Total CAP cadets flown 18,265 22,064
  21 (front back seat)
• FY08 Program began in March 08

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Aerospace Education

• 1,085 Aerospace Education Excellence (AEX) Award
  Participants in 2009
• 428 CAP Units - impacting over 8,000 cadet/senior
  members
• 657 Classrooms - AE outreach to over 30,000
  students
• Fly-a-Teacher Program
• Over 250 teachers flown in 2009
• 19 wings participating
• Teacher outreach - approximately 12,000 students
• 1,670 Aerospace Education Members (AEMs)
• New program initiatives started in 2007
• 150 growth in members since 2007
• Over 70,000 students impacted annually
• Three 2009 AEO Schools Completed
• 90 national attendees in Florida, Ohio and Oregon
  AEO schools
• Result improved AE Plans of Action in
  Squadrons, Groups and Wings

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Cadet Programs

• Visit the Cadet Blog on CAPs Website
• Stay in touch with current events in cadet
  programs
• Mailout Completed
• All Cadet Program resources mailed to every
• cadet and composite unit in summer 2009
• Online Testing Making Progress
• Achievement tests available online April 2010
• Learn to Lead Textbooks in Development
• Target date for Volumes I and II is April 2010
• CyberPatriot Gearing Up
• AFA Partnership with CAP and AFJROTC
• Online computer network defense program
• 55 CAP cadet teams participating
• Cadet After-School Program Guidance

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School Enrichment Programs

• Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) Program
  for Grades K-6
• 265 teachers / 5,800 students / 20 wings
• Prototype program complete
• Now open to any school in the nation
• Unit/Wing support encouraged
• School Cadet Program for Grades 6-12
• 59 school units
• 19 wings with units
• 2,006 cadets / 364 senior leaders
• Program growth expected in 2010
• Curriculum aligned with National
• Academic Standards
• Focus will be after-school,
  aviation-oriented,
• youth development

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Drug Demand Reduction

• Supports Presidents National Drug Control
  Strategy
• Awareness fosters drug-free environment in CAP
• 580 squadrons actively promote the program
• 7,950 cadets and 4,968 senior members
  participated in DDR activities
• Partnered with 60 local substance abuse
  prevention agencies coalitions
• FIT FOR FLYING Module in Development
• Target date November 2009

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CAP e-Learning Initiatives

• Visit CAP Knowledgebase for Help
• Job Performance Support available 24/7
• Over 1,800 active answers in the database
• Averaging over 8,500 site visits per week
• Over 11,000 answers viewed each week
• CAP Online Learning Management System (LMS)
• Blackboard ProSites Prototype Dec 08
• Online Learning Program Manager hired April 09
• Currently training staff / building Blackboard
  online content
• Content in development Safety, IG, LG

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Professional Development

• Organizational Excellence
• 2009 National Staff College
• 84 Graduates
• 2009 Wing Commander Course
• 14 Graduates
• 2010 Course dates
  scheduled for 13-19 March
• New CAP Officer Basic Course
• Beta testing underway
• Ready for enrollment by the end of 2009

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Partnership Development

• Corporate Sponsorships
• Air Force Association
• Evergreen Aviation
• Wreaths Across America
• Local Resources
• Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau,
  Schools (public, private and home school),
  Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Shelters, Red Cross,
  Habitat for Humanity, Police and Fire Departments

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Equipment Upgrades

• New vehicles purchased
• 2008 - 36
• 2009 - 98
• New planes purchased
• 2008 - 16
• 2009 - 19
• 33M in communication equipment
• over the past
• several years
• 325 computers placedinto the field each year

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Consolidated Maintenance

• Improved overall maintenance quality
• Leveraged volume discount
• Standardized maintenance costs
• Resulting in substantial cost avoidance

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Refurbished Planes
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Operational Resource Management System

• Replaces CATS CEMS inventory management systems
• Changeover resulted from A-133 Single Audit
  finding
• CEMS used as benchmark for new system
• Soft start demonstration-mode launch on 2
  November
• Official launch on 1 January
• CAPR 174-1 will release on 11 January
• New system eliminates paper recordkeeping
• Accommodates scanned document upload
• ORMS is your property file
• All transactions processes will be online
• Report of Survey
• Annual Inventory
• Individual Issue

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New CAP Website

• Easier Navigation
• Effective online presence for prospective members
  and public awareness

www.gocivilairpatrol.com

• Internal site with separate link for member
  access
• Streamlined for members needs

www.capmembers.com
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NHQ Renovation

• AF allocated 5M for complete renovation of the
  NHQ building in FY09. It will contain a new
  floor plan, plumbing, wiring, lighting,
  insulation and HVAC.
• Plan removes unusable mechanical rooms and
  original dispensaries left from the buildings
  original hospital design.
• New Heritage Center will display important CAP
  documents and artifacts, and provides new
  conference center.
• Project is on schedule, with planned completion
  in January
• Funding does not include furnishings, estimated
  at 500k.
• Jan. project completion timing makes end of year
  funding not possible.
• Fallback plan is to use current furniture and
  replace remainder over a 3-year cycle. (one floor
  per year)

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2010 National Conference

• Please start making plans now to join us in sunny
  San Diego for CAPs 2010 National Conference.
• Dates are 2-5 Sep 2010

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Thank you for your dedicated serviceto your
communities, state and our nation!