With the reduction in GT missions thru cell phone forensics and the 5 or 6 different aerial photo platforms...ARCHER, ARGUS, PHYLISS, VIRB, WALDO

All required training of sorts

What is the answer to define mission scope? Putting the AIR into CAP?, new definition/ mission scope for GTs?

Filling niches? Isn't that NHQs job to realign curriculum and mission scope?

Otherwise it seems to me, its "we can do that, too" will.be the mission statement of sorts.

Otherwise, I agree mission scope first, training materials  second

Quote from: Dad2-4 on April 04, 2024, 01:40:57 PMIs there a female blue overblouse larger than 24? I have a cadet that barely fits into a 22 Reg.
She has asked for a male shirt, but was denied. Asking for a waiver based on gender is not an issue in this case. She just doesn't like the way it fits.

Try Salute Uniforms, they may have a larger size available.

Quote from: SierraOneThree on April 03, 2024, 03:37:59 AM

Quote from: farsightusf2017 on April 02, 2024, 03:09:45 PMI'm curious what things were proposed that were cut?

2PFDUs for aircrew, I believe the flag patch being optional on the bag with optional HHQ patch instead a la ACC. I believe those two are the only ones I know for sure. Guess we'll see when it makes its way to our reddit front page the nanosecond it's published.

Don't get me wrong I'm not against 2PFDU although I don't see the benefit for us. I guess minus taking off the blouse when it's hot but at that point we should fly in ABUs/BBDU? Where as that option doesn't exist for those in MiLAV who have to wear the nomex and the 2 piece is great for the crew dogs.

Is there a female blue overblouse larger than 24? I have a cadet that barely fits into a 22 Reg.
She has asked for a male shirt, but was denied. Asking for a waiver based on gender is not an issue in this case. She just doesn't like the way it fits.

I think before we start worrying about training materials, CAP needs to decide just what is our mission scope.  We need to stop looking around and seeing what other organizations are doing, both volunteer and professional, and thinking, "hey, we should do that too!"

We instead should be looking for niches to fill. Let's focus on stuff that nobody else can do (or at the very least, can't do at our price point).

Quote from: heliodoc on April 03, 2024, 12:44:28 AMTraining in the real support world with a curriculum built around disaster assessment and disaster relief...POD..IS26 mere awareness needs exercising...just because we have it on our 1lone o one card does not mean CAP Nation-wide is proficient. Since we take FEMA courses and whatnot CAP needs a taskbook that supports All Hazard All Risk....theres plenty of disasters that CAP can support...its not just comms and aerial photography. Its going to take a culture change....there are more volunteers from other organizations serving in incidents...probably a culture change for the AF also....since they hold some of the mission assignment cards....

Not a bad suggestion at all. I was thinking the same here. We have a lot of capabilities within our reach but it's not enough to just be aware of how PODs work or being aware of shelter management. We should probably be practicing doing these as well. We should definitely be shifting towards All-Hazards training to bring us in line with the rest of FEMA.

I couldn't find the old thread...

Anyone interested in doing this?

Quote from: farsightusf2017 on April 02, 2024, 03:09:45 PMI'm curious what things were proposed that were cut?

2PFDUs for aircrew, I believe the flag patch being optional on the bag with optional HHQ patch instead a la ACC. I believe those two are the only ones I know for sure. Guess we'll see when it makes its way to our reddit front page the nanosecond it's published.

Training in the real support world with a curriculum built around disaster assessment and disaster relief...POD..IS26 mere awareness needs exercising...just because we have it on our 1lone o one card does not mean CAP Nation-wide is proficient. Since we take FEMA courses and whatnot CAP needs a taskbook that supports All Hazard All Risk....theres plenty of disasters that CAP can support...its not just comms and aerial photography. Its going to take a culture change....there are more volunteers from other organizations serving in incidents...probably a culture change for the AF also....since they hold some of the mission assignment cards....

Quote from: HandsomeWalt_USMC on March 23, 2024, 09:04:32 PMI've never understood the blank rank square. They could have pinned directly to the velcro OR offered embroidered cadet enlisted rank insignia with ease. Yeah, it's one more thing for Cadets to buy but it's not a massive expense.

As a SMWOG, a bank square is what I wear on my winter coat and on my plate carrier/gear vest when in the field.