What is your Favorite part of CAP?

[Thunderbird]

What is or are some of your favorite parts of being part of the Civil Air Patrol?

[Robert Hartigan]

The Civil part is okay. The Patrol part is pretty good, too. But, my favorite part is the Air.

[Thunderbird]

Both times I've been in the air have been such a wonderful experience and they have made me almost certain that I want to pursue flight.

[Salty]

The cadet program has always been my favorite.  Of course as a former cadet, I'm a tad bit biased.

[Майор Хаткевич]

The cadet program has always been my favorite.  Of course as a former cadet, I'm a tad bit biased.

Yea, not sure if I'd be back as a SM if there wasn't a CP to keep me more involved than ES would...

[Panzerbjorn]

The flying, of course.  Of the flying, doing O-flights.  Of the O-flights, doing first flights for cadets.  Nothing beats giving a cadet their first flight.

[Private Investigator]

O-rides is at the top. For me it rotates ES - CP - AE so the flavor of the month is currently AE 

[C/Cool]

I have to say being on staff at encampments. Already done it twice and on again this year

[Майор Хаткевич]

I have to say being on staff at encampments. Already done it twice and on again this year

Encampments are big. 5 as cadet, 3rd as SM this year. 6 as Staff.

[Spam]

Handing a missing kid back alive and safe to his parents, was my hands down best day in CAP, followed by helping families in distress in DR missions.

Other than that, close second is working with cadets weekly and eventually hearing back from them after they've gone on to live great productive lives. I think the best gig there is to be a local Squadron CO (*line over staff, any day).

V/R,
Spam

(says the current staff officer, awaiting his next SAV...)

[Grumpy]

Coffee and doughnuts at training ain't bad   

[Thunderbird]

The flying, of course.  Of the flying, doing O-flights.  Of the O-flights, doing first flights for cadets.  Nothing beats giving a cadet their first flight.

Thank you for dedicating time to cadets. My first flight, my jaw dropped the second the wheel lifted off the ground, and it was the best experience ever. I can't think of a better one...

[EMT-83]

The cadet who returns from a service academy and says thanks for the guidance, or the note from a parent saying thanks for helping my kid find his way.

Oh, we also get to fly.

[Chappie]

The Chaplain Corps and Cadet Programs.  I do enjoy Aerospace Education and Emergency Services (don't get in the air much since what I do keeps me on the ground in ES).

[SarDragon]

The donuts? 

[Thunderbird]

The donuts? 

Yes. I do love it when they bring donuts.   

[Storm Chaser]

ES and operations in general. I'm fortunate to have a very operational group with enough training funds and missions (not necessarily SAR) to keep us busy.

[Private Investigator]

The donuts? 

Yes. I do love it when they bring donuts.   

My credit card has a charge of $82.25 in donuts on it. But I did get a 10% discount   

[Salty]

That's a lot of doughnuts.  You're contributing to the wear of the CAP corporate uniforms.

[Thunderbird]

That's a lot of doughnuts.  You're contributing to the wear of the CAP corporate uniforms.

The extra large ones at that.