I am a C/Airman in Civil Air Patrol. My experience in Civil Air Patrol has been good. Civil Air Patrol can prepare you a lot if you're joining the Military, going into the civilian workforce, or interested in aviation. CAP is basically the United States Air Force Auxiliary, and has three missions; 1. Emergency Missions. Civil Air Patrol performs 85% of all inland search and rescue missions, and participates in disaster relief and other missions assigned by the Air Force. 2. Cadet Program. Civil Air Patrol has a cadet program from 12-18 year old's. In the Cadet program you can gain military knowledge, get an aerospace education, fly planes, and other cool stuff while at the same time serving your nation. 3. Aerospace Education. Civil Air Patrol teaches Cadets about aerospace education basically. But, Civil Air Patrol is a great organization Civil Air Patrol has a thing called Encampment, its like a boot camp for Civil Air Patrol aka Cadet Basic Training, you're defiantly going to like that, you get to stay on a military base for a week, and do stuff like riding military aircraft, going on obstacle courses, learning military drills, and marching drills, and getting a taste of how military life is, and just bunch of stuff that you would do in training, but it is pretty hard, and you will be yelled at. And CAP has other events that you might like. If you reach to C/2nd Lt, you can enter the Air Force as an E2, and you will be more considered for ROTC or getting in the military academy if you plan on doing that. But, honestly. Some members have bad experiences, some have good experience, your experience is how you make it.
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