What year did I join CAP as a cadet? ID 650143

Started by futura, January 04, 2017, 07:48:50 PM

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SarDragon

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RNOfficer

1962. Teterboro Composite Squadron, NJ Wing. Michell Award (COP) unnumbered ) 1964.

BuckeyeDEJ

I joined as a cadet in 1984, and my time in CAP has been uninterrupted. My CAPID begins with 113.


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SarDragon

Quote from: BuckeyeDEJ on January 10, 2017, 01:14:53 AM
I joined as a cadet in 1984, and my time in CAP has been uninterrupted. My CAPID begins with 113.

You're in the current number group, which transitioned from SSANs.
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Lance

I joined October 1966 and my cadet number was 633730.  Fifty years has flown by....
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BuckeyeDEJ

Quote from: SarDragon on January 10, 2017, 01:41:26 AM
Quote from: BuckeyeDEJ on January 10, 2017, 01:14:53 AM
I joined as a cadet in 1984, and my time in CAP has been uninterrupted. My CAPID begins with 113.

You're in the current number group, which transitioned from SSANs.

Indeed. But I didn't have an SSN when I joined CAP, so I was issued CAPSN 000914475 in 1984. That I would remember that number seems amazing.


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REAL LIFE: Working journalist in SPG, DTW (News), SRQ, PIT (Trib), 2D1, WVI, W22; editor, desk chief, designer, photog, columnist, reporter, graphics guy, visual editor, but not all at once. Now a communications manager for an international multisport venue.

Ed DeSocio

I used to think that the CAPID numbering scheme followed a general pattern, but it doesn't seem to hold true.  My number is 104*** and I joined in August 1977 (12 years old, NYW).  I didn't have an SSN yet, either.


Ed DeSocio
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chief2

In 1956 as a cadet, CAP ID 52-2817 then a long break.

AirAux

1962 as a cadet, Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin, summer encampment, Chanute AFB, Illinois...

SarDragon

Quote from: Ed DeSocio on March 27, 2017, 03:38:32 PM
I used to think that the CAPID numbering scheme followed a general pattern, but it doesn't seem to hold true.  My number is 104*** and I joined in August 1977 (12 years old, NYW).  I didn't have an SSN yet, either.

Actually, there is a scheme, or actually a sequence of them. See my posts above, and also do a search for "SSAN" with me as the post author. That will fill in most of the holes.
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Shawn W.

I joined in Apr. 1996 as a Cadet.. For the first year or year and a half, we used ssn as out Id numbers. Sometime after that, I was told we would no longer be using ssn numbers and we moved to the 6 digit numbers that we have now. I have a 207xxx number.

Ed DeSocio

Quote from: SarDragon on March 27, 2017, 10:05:09 PM
Quote from: Ed DeSocio on March 27, 2017, 03:38:32 PM
I used to think that the CAPID numbering scheme followed a general pattern, but it doesn't seem to hold true.  My number is 104*** and I joined in August 1977 (12 years old, NYW).  I didn't have an SSN yet, either.

Actually, there is a scheme, or actually a sequence of them. See my posts above, and also do a search for "SSAN" with me as the post author. That will fill in most of the holes.

I've been thinking about this and you're right.  I recall that I had a different number as a cadet, so I went digging through my cadet file and sure enough, there it was: 776244!  The 77 prefix corresponds to my join year.
The 104 prefix number was assigned to me at some point after I became a senior member.  I'm having trouble figuring out when that happened, exactly.  I guess I didn't notice or really care at the time.


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SarDragon

The 77 is a coincidence. That group of numbers, like the ones used today, were sequentially assigned, and had no correlation to year, wing, or anything else.

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Quote from: BuckeyeDEJ on March 27, 2017, 03:07:24 AM
Indeed. But I didn't have an SSN when I joined CAP, so I was issued CAPSN 000914475 in 1984. That I would remember that number seems amazing.

798207 here.  Joined in 81

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Ed DeSocio

Quote from: SarDragon on March 28, 2017, 09:52:38 PM
The 77 is a coincidence. That group of numbers, like the ones used today, were sequentially assigned, and had no correlation to year, wing, or anything else.

Sent from my phone.

Thanks!  Interesting conversation.


Ed DeSocio
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Storm Chaser

When I joined in 1987, my CAPSN began with 000. Then it changed to my SSAN a few years later. I had a lengthy break in membership and when I came back, my new CAPID began with 189. This, I believe, was based on when I first joined as a senior member, as my cadet information wasn't showing in eServices. When I called NHQ, they told me they had a separate system in place at the time that didn't "talk" to the new one.

Chappie

Quote from: Chappie on March 29, 2017, 07:17:04 PM
Joined in '96....first 3 digits: 221

Oops....read the title of the thread - joined as a senior member and not a cadet.  So much for "attention to detail"  ;D
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