nzachman
Yeah, well. The Dude abides.
CAP is a great idea for your son!
I personally went through the Cadet Program (joined at 15) and am still currently an active member, only now on the Senior side since I turned 21.
There are many opportunities available to your son from leadership experience, moral leadership, drug demand reduction, orientation flights on military aircraft, and he can even learn to fly in CAP! (once old enough of course)
Academies look highly on activities such as CAP with the AF Academy having 10-15% of their students Billy Mitchell Award recipients (~2.5 yrs in CAP).
I like to think that the opportunities CAP offered and the experiences I had as a Cadet helped me to be where I am today. It is absolutely a worthwhile program but he has to remember that in CAP "you get out what you put in."
http://cap.findlocation.com/
That link is a way to find the closest unit near you.
PM me if you need more/future information
Good Luck!
I personally went through the Cadet Program (joined at 15) and am still currently an active member, only now on the Senior side since I turned 21.
There are many opportunities available to your son from leadership experience, moral leadership, drug demand reduction, orientation flights on military aircraft, and he can even learn to fly in CAP! (once old enough of course)
Academies look highly on activities such as CAP with the AF Academy having 10-15% of their students Billy Mitchell Award recipients (~2.5 yrs in CAP).
I like to think that the opportunities CAP offered and the experiences I had as a Cadet helped me to be where I am today. It is absolutely a worthwhile program but he has to remember that in CAP "you get out what you put in."
http://cap.findlocation.com/
That link is a way to find the closest unit near you.
PM me if you need more/future information
Good Luck!