Can you expand more on CAP vs. Scouting in particular? We’re in scouts now but there’s a CAP program nearby too once my kids get old enough.
CAP offers more real-world opportunities in my experience, and the ability to interface with adult members (most of whom are former or retired military) is invaluable. Scouting seems to have lost the plot over the past decade or so and is struggling to attract and retain members and leaders.
Personally, I was in Scouts as a teen, and my experience was good. However, of the three organizations, I have found the prior-CAP junior military members to have benefited the most from their choice of extracurriculars. That effect is only pertinent for the first year or two of service, and really boils down to what
@AROTC-dad pointed out-- better situational awareness, better basic survival knowledge, etc. You could easily get that from either Scouts or CAP-- it really depends on your local unit/troop.