What happens to former National Commanders

[flyguy06]

This question goes for former Regionand Wing Commanders too. I know we had a Region C COL William Tallent. he was the SER  Commander for over ten years. this is before term limits. Wonder what ever hapened to him?

[RiverAux]

With CAP commanders at any level it is is usually an up or out deal.  Unless they move up in the organization they usually seem to quit entirely after a stint in command.  They either get burned by the "politics" or just get burned out.  In CG Aux on the the other hand, since every commander position is term limited (1 year with possibility of 1 year extension in most cases), pretty much all the former commanders stick around and continue to be active at the local level.  Being a leader is just seen as one phase in the CG Aux career rather than as the termination point which it basically is in CAP. 

[flyguy06]

We had a Wing Commander that went on to be the Region IG.

[bosshawk]

In Pacific Region, the favorite parking place for former CA Wing Commanders is the Region Staff or the Region Commanders position.  In my 17 years in CAP, two have become Region Commander, one the Region Director of Cadet Programs, another the Region Communications Officer, one the Region Director of Operations.

[Cecil DP]

Most Corporate officers are offered a position within the organization they just commander or at the next higher level. Though the finest Wing CC I ever worked for told me that after having his CV named as his replacement, he wasn't offered a position at all. 

[flyguy06]

Isnt it an unwritten requirement to be the Region Commander, you have to have been a Wing Commander?

[Cecil DP]

It is now! It's actually written into the preferred selection process.