Initial Rank ?'s

[Short Field]

All that is pending actually serving in a CAP role.

Point on! 

[SAR-EMT1]

Here's a radical idea (warm up them flamethrowers, folks!): require the Red Service Ribbon for ANY appointment to commissioned grade in CAP.

This would guarantee that all our officers have 2 years CAP service prior to becoming CAP officers.

No waivers, no way, no how, for no one! Two years in Civil Air Patrol!!!!

Cadet turning 21? If she or he has Red Service (and meets other requirements), immediately eligible for commissioned grade in accord with regulations.

Chief of Staff of USAF joins? Ineligible for commissioned CAP grade until 2 years active CAP service (of course,a s a retired regular military officer, the General is privileged and welcome to wear USAF uniform as AFIs and federal law permit; I, personally, would address the General as "General"....but he would ne be a CAP officer till he met the same standards as everyone else).

Membership would plummet . The only way to drop the numbers faster would be to introduce pink Class As.  - NO I dont mean Pinks and Greens I mean Neon Pink Class A's

[ZigZag911]

Why? If this were put together as "two years officer training/OJT"?

[SAR-EMT1]

I would support such a move, but such material would truely need to be of
military-OCS quality.