The Civil Air Patrol

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This paper takes a look at the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) of the USA, an all-volunteer organization, made up of pilots and other young citizens who care enough about their country to put their time into a worthy cause. According to the paper, the mission of the Civil Air Patrol is broken down into three functions: emergency services, aerospace education and cadet training.

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The Civil Air Patrol - Recent News and Information

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"But the CAP wasn't only offering help through the air; volunteer CAP teams went "door-to-door through demolished neighborhoods to find trapped victims," the AFPN report explained. When the initially search and recovery efforts were finished, the CAP volunteers had surveyed 4,266 homes and made 8,524 contacts with people affected by the hurricane. The CAP volunteers had flown 1,848 hours over the widespread area affected by the storm, and had contributed over 35,495 hours of hands-on assistance to the effort."

Sample of Sources Used:

• About.com. (2005). Air Force Fact Sheets: Civil Air Patrol. Retrieved 2 Dec, 2006, from http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/affacts/blcivilairpatrol.htm.
• Air Force Print News Today. (2005). Air Force Search and Rescue Crews Combing Coast, CivilAir Patrol Assessing Damage. Retrieved 2 Dec. 2006 fromhttp://www.af.mil/pressreleases/story_print.asp?storyID=123011923.
• Air Force Print News Today (2006). Civil Air Patrol honored for hurricane relief contributions.Retrieved 2 Dec. 2006 from http://www.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?storyID=123027420.
• Duff, Phyllis. (2006). CAP proves worth during Katrina relief. Air Force Link, Retrieved 2 Dec. 2006 from http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123026197.
• Jacobellis, Nick. (2003). Flying Minutemen of the Civil Air Patrol. World War II. 17(7), 62-66.

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