Yeager Award

[Pylon]

Well, I got bored the other night, so I got online, found the AEPSM test for the Yeager Award and knocked it off in under an hour.

For those SMs who have not yet done so, I definitely recommend doing so.   It doesn't take a ton of time, and opens up your eyes to a lot of great aerospace knowledge.  It's even easier for SMs who were former cadets, since they know most of the material.

Out of sheer curiosity, how many SMs here haven't yet taken the AEPSM test?

[pixelwonk]

I'd answer for the sake of  fostering discussion...

but I took it. 

[MIKE]

I'd answer for the sake of  fostering discussion...

but I took it. 

Me too, but I feel guilty 'cause I took it open book and still only got a 99.

[BlueLakes1]

I took mine very soon after joining, but in a squadron of about 35 active senior members, I'm one of less than 5 who have done it.

[Pylon]

I took mine very soon after joining, but in a squadron of about 35 active senior members, I'm one of less than 5 who have done it.

That's very interesting.  I wonder why that is?   

Is it seen as something that's just frivilous and doesn't really relate to most SM's day-to-day duties, therefore it's not worth pursuing?

[Major_Chuck]

I did mine back in 1991.  We did it as a group and then had a cookout afterwards.

[Pylon]

I did mine back in 1991.  We did it as a group and then had a cookout afterwards.

Heh, that's not a bad idea.

Arizona Wing has several PowerPoint presentations which cover the "essential material" of the Aerospace text.  It has a lot of the important points, major themes, and anything on the tests is also subtly worked in there.  I can't think of a better idea for a Prof. Development Officer than to organize a presentation and run-down of the material,  have everyone take the open-book test, and then throw some hot dogs, burgers, and shrimp on the ol' BBQ.   

Heck, that model could work well for a lot of training things!

[pixelwonk]

I did mine back in 1991.  We did it as a group and then had a cookout afterwards.

Heh, that's not a bad idea.

Arizona Wing has several PowerPoint presentations which cover the "essential material" of the Aerospace text. It has a lot of the important points, major themes, and anything on the tests is also subtly worked in there. I can't think of a better idea for a Prof. Development Officer than to organize a presentation and run-down of the material, have everyone take the open-book test, and then throw some hot dogs, burgers, and shrimp on the ol' BBQ.

Heck, that model could work well for a lot of training things!

Take that idea a step further and organize a study group to tackle AFIADL course 13

[abysmal]

I did mine back in 1991.  We did it as a group and then had a cookout afterwards.

Heh, that's not a bad idea.

Arizona Wing has several PowerPoint presentations which cover the "essential material" of the Aerospace text.  It has a lot of the important points, major themes, and anything on the tests is also subtly worked in there.  I can't think of a better idea for a Prof. Development Officer than to organize a presentation and run-down of the material,  have everyone take the open-book test, and then throw some hot dogs, burgers, and shrimp on the ol' BBQ.   

Heck, that model could work well for a lot of training things!

If you get someone in my wing to do this, I will be glad to be the first one to sign up for it!

[Smitty]

I just passed it about ten minutes ago. 

[arajca]

I did mine back in 1991.  We did it as a group and then had a cookout afterwards.

Heh, that's not a bad idea.

Arizona Wing has several PowerPoint presentations which cover the "essential material" of the Aerospace text.  It has a lot of the important points, major themes, and anything on the tests is also subtly worked in there.  I can't think of a better idea for a Prof. Development Officer than to organize a presentation and run-down of the material,  have everyone take the open-book test, and then throw some hot dogs, burgers, and shrimp on the ol' BBQ.   

Heck, that model could work well for a lot of training things!

If you get someone in my wing to do this, I will be glad to be the first one to sign up for it!

Why wait for the wing to do it? You could do it for your unit.

[jacklumanog]

I just took it yesterday afternoon and passed with 99.   Not bad for a Chaplain! 

Clearly, the AEPSM has nothing really to do with my specialty track, but I thought it would be a good idea to learn as much as I can from another specialty and to learn a little more about one of our core missions in CAP.

I just got back from National Convention and my CAP pride is running pretty high right now!

I took mine very soon after joining, but in a squadron of about 35 active senior members, I'm one of less than 5 who have done it.

[PWK-GT]

I just took mine as well last night....also got a 99/100 score. It has nothing to do with my track either, but you never know when you made find info useful. Besides, it's another purty ribbon to wear........
I actually took it to beat our DCS to the quick!

[Camas]

Just curious - what's the percentage of senior members throughout CAP who hold the Yeager Award?  Anyone know?

[Pylon]

Just curious - what's the percentage of senior members throughout CAP who hold the Yeager Award?  Anyone know?

Hmm... I've never seen anything published or released to that effect, but NHQ's Member Services might be able to give you a rough number of awardees who are current members.  Compare that to the current membership number of SMs nationwide and you've got a decent estimate.

It certainly would be interesting to know.

[Pace]

If you had access to all region PDRs, you could pull the numbers from that.  You just need to find someone with the restricted application "National IP" so you can download the reports.

[thefischNX01]

I took it a while ago.  It was the easiest test I've taken so far