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Very true!

Yes, he is interested in learning to fly. This is one of the appeals of CAP. I don't know if being a Navy pilot would be a good fit for him or if he would even be able to become one, but that is an option he may pursue.

Thanks for this post. Last month we registered him for the Navy lacrosse camp, and he is looking forward to it not only for the lacrosse, but also for the experience of living at USNA for a few days. Glad to hear that it is a good camp!

Impresive! Thanks for the encouragement. I will pass this on to my son.

Thanks for writing this. My son is now considering doing the same thing.

Thank you! I appreciate the advice and good wishes.

Thanks for the info. That gives us a different perspective on the situation!

Thanks very much for the advice. I think my son would really enjoy either CAP or JROTC. They both do a significant amount of activities outside of school, and I am thinking he may be better off fully devoting himself to one or the other. So you really don't think NJROTC would be more highly...

He is also heavily involved in lacrosse including travel. We are thinking that lacrosse, plus one or more extra curricular activities (e.g. debate team or something similar), plus academics, plus either CAP or JROTC would be a lot to fit into a high school schedule. Do many kids do both? We...

My son is in Civil Air Patrol as a middle school student. We also have a Naval JROTC program he could join once he gets to high school. Do you have any opinion on which would constitute a stronger application to the USNA: 7 years of CAP versus 3 years of CAP and 4 years of NJROTC Apologies...