Aerospace Education
CAP maintains
both internal and external aerospace education programs. CAP members,
both adults and cadets, follow a rigorous program to learn about
aviation and aerospace principles. CAP also reaches out to the general
public through a special program for teachers at all grade levels.
Through this program, CAP provides free classroom materials and lesson
plans for aerospace education and each year sponsors the premier
national conference in this field.
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Cadet
Programs
CAP’s cadet programs train young men and women in
teamwork, moral leadership, aerospace education, technical skills to
support emergency services, and military history and customs. Through
national encampments, a college and flight training scholarship program,
and the International Air Cadet Exchange, CAP cadets broaden their
horizons, learn to assume responsibility, feel self-confidence and set
goals for their lives.
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Operations
Best known for its members’ work in search and
rescue and disaster relief missions, CAP is expanding its
role in the 21st century to include an increasing number of homeland
security operations and exercises. CAP also performs counterdrug
reconnaissance missions at the request of law enforcement agencies
and can do radiological monitoring and damage assessment. CAP members
undergo rigorous training to perform these missions safely and
cost-effectively.
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