You can have a great time... JOIN CIVIL AIR PATROL

Are you looking for a way to make a difference in your community? Do you want to honor and serve America? Then become a volunteer in the Civil Air Patrol.

Senior Member: CAP senior membership is open to adults 18 years or older. Members are provided with extensive training and education in more than 20 different fields. Whatever your skill or talent, there’s place for you in CAP.

Cadet Member: CAP cadet membership is open to young people 12-18 years old. A cadet can remain in the program until age 21. Cadets progress through a 16-step program of aviation and aerospace activities as well as learning invaluable skills in leadership and teamwork. Not only that, but cadets have fun – in the
first year alone, a cadet can:
- Go flying
- Earn rank and awards
- Learn color guard
- Launch Rockets
- Go to an encampment
and more…

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Nearly 1,600 CAP members serve in Maryland. Last year wing members flew 13 search and rescue missions. The wing was credited with four finds. Maryland Wing flew 32 missions for the State of Maryland. Members flew 2,245 hours in all mission categories. Volunteers contributed services estimated at $4.6 million. For more information, contact the Maryland Wing at www.mdcap.org, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MarylandWingCivilAirPatrol and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MDWGCAP.

Civil Air Patrol, the longtime all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force, which consists of regular Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, along with Air Force retired military and civilian employees. CAP, in its Total Force role, operates a fleet of 550 aircraft and performs about 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 78 lives annually. Civil Air Patrol’s 56,000 members nationwide also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. Its members additionally play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 24,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. Performing missions for America for the past 75 years, CAP received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2014 in honor of the heroic efforts of its World War II veterans. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.capvolunteernow.com for more information.

Article by: Capt. Alice Raatjes, Public Affairs Officer, FMCS, Group II, Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol.