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No. 2 Vol. 5
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May 2016
CAP Cadet Program Offers Summer Youth Opportunities
By J. L. Shively n exciting opportunity for young adults continues to soar at the Chatham High School with the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadet Program. The CAP was founded back in December 1941, “one week before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,” says Aerospace Education Officer Jose Vergara. CAP provided coastal patrol for submarine activity during World War II and is now a part of the Air Force Auxiliary and is represented in many squadrons all across the country. The three main missions of the CAP, Vergara states are emergency services, the youth cadet programs and Aerospace education. Beginning in 2014 the local CAP Squadron, the Capt. “Bud” Jackson Composite Squadron “initiated the Cadet Program for the youth at Chatham High School,” says Vergara. This gives local teens the unique opportunity to “serve communities, participate in leadership development training, and acquire new skills that benefit personal and professional growth.”
The Cadet Program is geared towards ages 12 to 18 and is open to adults 21 or older to join as senior members. “Adults are essential in the support of the Cadet Program,” Vergara says. Currently this squadron serves towns such as Chatham, Madison, Florham Park, East Hanover and Morristown. Interested individuals living outside these areas may contact CAP to locate a squadron closer to them. To become a Cadet, members must meet the required age limit, pay the annual fee of $45, meet attendance requirements and continue to show a commitment to the CAP missions and core values, explains Vergara. Squadrons meet once a week. The Capt. “Bud” Jackson Squadron meets on Tues. from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Chatham High School. Cadets are required to attend at least 70 percent of the meetings to remain in good stand-
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ing. Cadets go through different phases of their training including in-classroom lessons in Aerospace Education, STEM activities, character development as well as leadership and safety skills. The out-of-classroom experience consists of basic physical training, drills on military customs, volunteer work and even orientation flights in powered aircraft and gliders. An exciting upcoming out-of-classroom experience for cadets are the summer camps offered both nationally and internationally. “One of the main summer events that cadets across NJ attend is the annual basic training encampment during the summer,” says Vergara. The cost of this camp is $150 and is not mandatory but is required if a cadet wishes to move continued on page 8
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