Drone Pilot Badge - Everybody an ORIGINAL CAP Pilot?

Started by zippy, July 26, 2017, 11:37:39 PM

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zippy

The way things are going with drones, every CAP member can easily become a CAP pilot and wear pilot wings. If there is a CAP drone pilot wings or plans for them, I cannot find it. The army started handing out drone wings 10 years ago. Is there any plans for this?

The reason for the ORIGINAL CAP pilot in the title is the original CAP pilots would patrol where the enemy was. In the words of the military, "patrols ended in 1945." Patrols where the enemy is for CAP might begin again with drones. Astronomy uses large numbers of amateur astronomers because of the large amount of space that needs to be looked at, astronomers cannot see it all. With cheap drones, a CAP member in the USA can fly a drone anywhere and look for the enemy. The advantage for the military is that the more drones flying around, the more enemy will be spotted. Just like the old CAP.

Check out the video of ISIS using drones for warfare. The US Air Force is having problems with these because there are so many, they are overwhelmed. ISIS says that their Air Force will soon be attacking in New York. Shouldn't CAP begin preparing to locate and destroy these things? If CAP attacked submarines in the past, why can't CAP members destroy ISIS drones in the Middle East and Iowa?

Down the road there will be ultra-miniature drones that will be bio-degradable because so many will be lost. A 1/2 inch drone with a 30 mile range will be available sooner than people think. Cost will be less than $100.

Most missions soon will be done by drones, not airplanes. The advantage is instead of CAP sending out 1 airplane, 3 dozen members can send out 3 dozen drones. Why would a big airplane deliver medicine to the wilderness when a drone can do it?

There is a FAA rule limiting controlling drones out of sight, but at some point this rule will be loosened.

CAP Member = CAP Pilot basically.

If there is no drone pilot wings now, why? Any particular reason?

QuoteThe actual wings are similar to those on the standard Air Force Pilot badge to signify that, while remotely piloted, UAVs are still planes in the air, subject to the same laws of physics and principles of flight as piloted aircraft. But the shield is wholly unique. Its shape mirrors that of the traditional design, but the insignia within is specific to the remotely-piloted aircraft mission. http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-03/new-era-military-aviation-gets-new-set-wings
QuoteTo be qualified as a CAP pilot and wear CAP pilot wings, a member must meet the requirements, including CAPF 5 flight checks, outlined in  CAPR 60-1 CAP Flight Management 3 May 2014 (Includes Change 1, 19 Dec 2014).

QuoteNew Policy Makes Soldier UAV Operators Eligible for Aviation Badge
May 7, 2007

U.S. Army Intelligence Center Soldiers in the new qualifying career fields and military occupational specialties of 96U and 35K, enlisted and warrant officer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operator, received aviation badges April 26 in a pinning ceremony here.


etodd

Quote from: zippy on July 26, 2017, 11:37:39 PM

Most missions soon will be done by drones, not airplanes. The advantage is instead of CAP sending out 1 airplane, 3 dozen members can send out 3 dozen drones.


What Squadron are you in, that would have 36 pilots ready to jump at a minute's notice, grab 36 drones and be on the road?  Sometimes we are doing good to quickly mobilize 3 folks for one plane. LOL
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zippy

Quote from: etodd on July 26, 2017, 11:44:05 PM
that would have 36 pilots ready to jump at a minute's notice, grab 36 drones and be on the road?  Sometimes we are doing good to quickly mobilize 3 folks for one plane. LOL

Soon, operators can be anywhere in the country. The way it can work is a text alert will go out in a whole state and the 36 drones can be controlled from many CAP locations throughout a state, or even nation. Or home.

Think a few years from now, not the 20th century.

Drones will be disposable in the not-so-near future. And so small, not even a hazard to airplanes. The rules regarding having to see the drone will be loosened, probably with a harder to get license.

PHall


SarDragon

Quote from: zippy on July 26, 2017, 11:52:40 PM
Quote from: etodd on July 26, 2017, 11:44:05 PM
that would have 36 pilots ready to jump at a minute's notice, grab 36 drones and be on the road?  Sometimes we are doing good to quickly mobilize 3 folks for one plane. LOL

Soon, operators can be anywhere in the country. The way it can work is a text alert will go out in a whole state and the 36 drones can be controlled from many CAP locations throughout a state, or even nation. Or home.

Think a few years from now, not the 20th century.

Drones will be disposable in the not-so-near future. And so small, not even a hazard to airplanes. The rules regarding having to see the drone will be loosened, probably with a harder to get license.

I direct your attention to Title 36 U.S. Code Chapter 403, which is CAP's basic charter. Title 10 U.S. Code Chapter 909 is also relevant. Both emphasize the civilian nature of CAP, and neither mention combat operations in any way.

Public Laws 79-476 and 80-557 also apply.
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zippy

Quote from: SarDragon on July 27, 2017, 01:15:13 AM
Quote from: zippy on July 26, 2017, 11:52:40 PM
Quote from: etodd on July 26, 2017, 11:44:05 PM
that would have 36 pilots ready to jump at a minute's notice, grab 36 drones and be on the road?  Sometimes we are doing good to quickly mobilize 3 folks for one plane. LOL

Soon, operators can be anywhere in the country. The way it can work is a text alert will go out in a whole state and the 36 drones can be controlled from many CAP locations throughout a state, or even nation. Or home.

Think a few years from now, not the 20th century.

Drones will be disposable in the not-so-near future. And so small, not even a hazard to airplanes. The rules regarding having to see the drone will be loosened, probably with a harder to get license.

I direct your attention to Title 36 U.S. Code Chapter 403, which is CAP's basic charter. Title 10 U.S. Code Chapter 909 is also relevant. Both emphasize the civilian nature of CAP, and neither mention combat operations in any way.

Public Laws 79-476 and 80-557 also apply.


So the law should be changed. They changed it in 1945, lets lobby to change it back.

John McCain and others want CAP transferred to the Department of Transportation because CAP uses military dollars. McCain said that military dollars should not be used for civilian purposes. So lets give McCain a military purpose for CAP.

The world changed, with telepresence civilians can help in combat zones with no risk. Lets start preparing for 10 years from now.

SarDragon

Not gonna happen. This is not 1945.

Getting Congress to agree on something like this is currently next to impossible. They have more important things to worry about right now.
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Luis R. Ramos

Hey, I do not think that CAP would have happened in 1945. US was a power then. For something like he is advocating we would have to be like we were in 1941. Which I do not see happening in the near future or ten years from now...
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Eclipse

Take it elsewhere people care.

Or better yet, join and try to help instead of calling out things you half understand from the bench.

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CyBorgII

The British RAF is doing the "drone" thing too...for duly commissioned officers who trained at Creech AFB.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303233/RAF-pilots-earn-wings-flying-unmanned-drones-Taliban--desks.html

I do not see it happening for CAP any more than I see it happening for the USCGAux AuxAir.
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Mitchell 1969

Zippy:

Are you a member of CAP? If so, you should be taking up your ideas with your local unit. If not, feel free to join. Or, if that isn't your style, feel free to write some "alternate history" novels featuring the CAP of your dreams. Whatever route you choose, your posts here long ago went past being inquiries and are firmly emplaced in the arena of pot stirring.
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zippy

Quote from: SarDragon on July 27, 2017, 01:15:13 AM
I direct your attention to Title 36 U.S. Code Chapter 403, which is CAP's basic charter. Title 10 U.S. Code Chapter 909 is also relevant. Both emphasize the civilian nature of CAP, and neither mention combat operations in any way.

Public Laws 79-476 and 80-557 also apply.


CAP is already teaching cyber warfare. See Below. Cyber warfare is warfare, but the military lists these jobs as non-combat. Military installations in combat zones have cams on the perimeter and for miles around. I read the statute, if the Air Force considers someone controlling zoomable/moveable cams in a war zone while sitting in a location in the USA as a non-combat job, then it likely allowable is within the statute.

The statute says to assist in "noncombat programs and missions." Most airmen in combat zones are in non-combat roles as mechanics, fuel handlers, food service, etc. Controlling a cam, either fixed or drone, would be
likely considered non-combat, as nursing is. Especially if the cam is controlled from inside the US,

CAP has computers online. I can picture some foreign hostile trying to hack in to a CAP computer, and so does the CAP organization.

"Unit Web Security Administrator" is part of the Information Technology Officer Specialty Track. So, CAP leadership obviously wants members to defend against cyber attacks. If it is a hostile, then it is cyber warfare.

From a CAP training manual:
QuoteCyber Warfare

Several western books define cyberwarfare as actions by a nation-state to penetrate another nation's
computers or networks for the purposes of causing damage or disruption. However, the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation extends the definition of cyberwar to include dissemination of information
"harmful to the spiritual, moral and cultural spheres of other states". This difference of opinion likely
prevents western governments from signing certain global cyber arms control agreements.
Cyber Warfare consists of many different possible threats and countermeasures. Cyber
Espionage and Cyber Sabotage are two fundamental classifications of attack, into which other
threats may fall.  https://www.capmembers.com/media/cms/CAP_AECyberModule_9D4693A49944D.pdf 

Paul Creed III

Quote from: zippy on July 27, 2017, 05:47:16 AM
Quote from: SarDragon on July 27, 2017, 01:15:13 AM
I direct your attention to Title 36 U.S. Code Chapter 403, which is CAP's basic charter. Title 10 U.S. Code Chapter 909 is also relevant. Both emphasize the civilian nature of CAP, and neither mention combat operations in any way.

Public Laws 79-476 and 80-557 also apply.


CAP is already teaching cyber warfare. See Below. Cyber warfare is warfare, but the military lists these jobs as non-combat. Military installations in combat zones have cams on the perimeter and for miles around. I read the statute, if the Air Force considers someone controlling zoomable/moveable cams in a war zone while sitting in a location in the USA as a non-combat job, then it likely allowable is within the statute.

The statute says to assist in "noncombat programs and missions." Most airmen in combat zones are in non-combat roles as mechanics, fuel handlers, food service, etc. Controlling a cam, either fixed or drone, would be
likely considered non-combat, as nursing is. Especially if the cam is controlled from inside the US,

CAP has computers online. I can picture some foreign hostile trying to hack in to a CAP computer, and so does the CAP organization.

"Unit Web Security Administrator" is part of the Information Technology Officer Specialty Track. So, CAP leadership obviously wants members to defend against cyber attacks. If it is a hostile, then it is cyber warfare.

From a CAP training manual:
QuoteCyber Warfare

Several western books define cyberwarfare as actions by a nation-state to penetrate another nation's
computers or networks for the purposes of causing damage or disruption. However, the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation extends the definition of cyberwar to include dissemination of information
"harmful to the spiritual, moral and cultural spheres of other states". This difference of opinion likely
prevents western governments from signing certain global cyber arms control agreements.
Cyber Warfare consists of many different possible threats and countermeasures. Cyber
Espionage and Cyber Sabotage are two fundamental classifications of attack, into which other
threats may fall.  https://www.capmembers.com/media/cms/CAP_AECyberModule_9D4693A49944D.pdf 

CAP does NOT teach offensive cyber actions, only defensive.
Lt Col Paul Creed III, CAP
Group 3 Ohio Wing sUAS Program Manager

NIN

And as an IT guy, I'd definitely not characterize what CyberPatriot is teaching as "cyberwarfare" anything.

Its mostly a set of skills for the modern age. Yes, system hardening is a defensive measure, but it is not specific to "cyberwarfare" any moreso than teaching a cadet how to drive a backhoe is teaching "trench warfare." 

The CyberPatriot technologies and methods are used day in and day out in companies all over the world to maintain the business and prevent data loss.  You're protecting from everything from an errant employee accidentally deleting the entire company public share to Tommy The Plumber clicking on a virus laden email and Cryptolocking the whole company.  Sure, this might be a helpful skill if you're eventually working for the American Voting Machine & Tabulating Company, Inc because who knows might be knocking at your (virtual) door, but you're also not learning how to conduct DDOS attacks on the FSB's public webserver...

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N Harmon

Quote from: Mitchell 1969 on July 27, 2017, 04:42:51 AMWhatever route you choose, your posts here long ago went past being inquiries and are firmly emplaced in the arena of pot stirring.

Agreed.
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Monroe Composite Squadron

zippy

Quote from: NIN on July 27, 2017, 12:49:28 PM
And as an IT guy, I'd definitely not characterize what CyberPatriot is teaching as "cyberwarfare" anything.

Please read the below quotes. I am not making this up. See the words "cyber warfare."
The below quote actually says students are learning about cyber warfare at cyberpatriot.
Cyber Warfare defense is basically the same as a bank defending its system, just a fancy phrase.


QuoteNJROTC cadets compete in all-service cyber warfare competition
April 6, 2011 at 1:28pm
National Harbor, Md. (April 1, 2011) - Six Ramona High School (Calif.) Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets participated in the Air Force Association's (AFA) CyberPatriot III National Finals Competition here April1.
CyberPatriot is a cyber defense competition created to excite, educate and motivate the next generation of cyber defenders and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates.
]https://www.facebook.com/notes/naval-service-training-command/njrotc-cadets-compete-in-all-service-cyber-warfare-competition/201497036548828/
[/url]

QuoteLJHS students compete in cyber warfare

La Jolla High's Viking Cyber Security Team participants Sahil Sangani, George Brabon and Andy Hill watch as Patrick Sapin works on securing a web server during the CyberPatriot III Open Division Round 3 competition at the school on Jan. 8. Last year, the team took first place nationally in the first year the competition was open to public schools.

"I think it's really interesting. Cyber security and cyber warfare are very important topics in our society today," he said. "There needs to be kids like us who are learning about it and this is a fun way to do it."

http://www.sdnews.com/view/full_story/11002213/article-LJHS-students-compete-in-cyber-warfare?instance=update1

dwb

News articles calling CyberPatriot "warfare" does not make it so.

Have you read up on what CyberPatriot is? I mean, forget about the news articles, have you taken the time to develop an informed opinion on this?

NIN

Quote from: dwb on July 27, 2017, 02:48:17 PM
News articles calling CyberPatriot "warfare" does not make it so.

Have you read up on what CyberPatriot is? I mean, forget about the news articles, have you taken the time to develop an informed opinion on this?


^this.

Me thinks zippy here hasn't done anything at all with CyberPatriot ever. 

Not that I have that much involvement, either. But as a squadron commander, I have a CyberPatriot team. So I have to be able to explain to my membership & parents what it is and why people should participate. So I've had these discussions with our CP mentor and the coaches.

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EMT-83

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NIN

Quote from: EMT-83 on July 27, 2017, 03:27:24 PM
Hey, give me a few minutes to post something wonky on my Facebook page, then you can quote it as official policy. Don't go anywhere, I'll be right back...

Hurry up, willya. I have a beret I wanna wear.
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zippy


The Navy Sea Cadets page says they teach "Cyber Warfare." They actually use the words.
Read the below quote it says they learn Cyber Warfare to prepare for CyberPatriot.

Are you saying the US Navy Sea Cadets are ignorant about CyberPatriot? Also the Facebook page I quoted is from the US Navy.

Sorry, I go by what the US Navy Sea Cadet organization says. If you disagree with what the Sea Cadets say about Cyberpatriot, contact them and tell them they have no idea what they are talking about. Also perhaps contact the US Navy, they are saying the same thing. Maybe the Navy is ignorant as to what warfare is and need the advice of civilians.

From the US Navy Sea Cadet page:
QuoteCyber Warfare Training. Computer Emergency Readiness Teams (CERTs) will learn computer and network installation, configuration and security best practices, with the use of Virtual Machines and packet tracker scenarios. The training prepares cadets for cybersecurity, STEM careers and the AFA CyberPatriot competition. http://www.seacadets.org/training/

Holding Pattern

Quote from: zippy on July 27, 2017, 03:50:50 PM

The Navy Sea Cadets page says they teach "Cyber Warfare." They actually use the words.
Read the below quote it says they learn Cyber Warfare to prepare for CyberPatriot.

Are you saying the US Navy Sea Cadets are ignorant about CyberPatriot? Also the Facebook page I quoted is from the US Navy.

Sorry, I go by what the US Navy Sea Cadet organization says. If you disagree with what the Sea Cadets say about Cyberpatriot, contact them and tell them they have no idea what they are talking about. Also perhaps contact the US Navy, they are saying the same thing. Maybe the Navy is ignorant as to what warfare is and need the advice of civilians.

From the US Navy Sea Cadet page:
QuoteCyber Warfare Training. Computer Emergency Readiness Teams (CERTs) will learn computer and network installation, configuration and security best practices, with the use of Virtual Machines and packet tracker scenarios. The training prepares cadets for cybersecurity, STEM careers and the AFA CyberPatriot competition. http://www.seacadets.org/training/

It should be noted that the CW training is distinct from the cyberpatriot byline on the navy sea cadet page.

Capt Thompson

Zippy are you a part of a CAP Squadron, and involved in CyberPatriot? That question has been asked several times, with no answer from you, so I have to assume the answer is a big fat no! Don't believe everything you read on the internet, Abraham Lincoln said that! Join a local Squadron and get involved, and you will quickly learn what CP is and isn't, until then you're babbling about articles on the internet that may or may not be informed.

By the way, AuxNewsNow ran an article last year about CAP getting surplus A-10's for Search and Rescue activities......I read it on the internet, so it must be true!
Capt Matt Thompson
Deputy Commander for Cadets, Historian, Public Affairs Officer

Mitchell - 31 OCT 98 (#44670) Earhart - 1 OCT 00 (#11401)

Storm Chaser

Maj Gen Vazquez said at the past NSC that CAP will not be involved in cyber security in any way beyond CyberPatriot. I would say he's a reliable source. ;)

CyBorgII

Quote from: zippy on July 27, 2017, 05:47:16 AM
The statute says to assist in "noncombat programs and missions." Most airmen in combat zones are in non-combat roles as mechanics, fuel handlers, food service, etc. Controlling a cam, either fixed or drone, would be likely considered non-combat, as nursing is. Especially if the cam is controlled from inside the US,

I am a former CAP Captain, 17 years' service.

I am a current member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

I am a former member of the Air National Guard, who worked in Communications/IT and had a Top Secret security clearance.

I am a former IT professional, with an honours degree in Computer Information Systems and many years work in everything from building PC's to networking.

I have had my differences with people on this board, but in this case I have to support what they are saying.

Both the CAP and the CGAux are set up as noncombat, civilian auxiliaries.

One difference is that the Commandant of the Coast Guard can call the CGAux into military status, subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), as what is known as the Temporary Reserve (TR), but to my knowledge that has not happened since WWII.

CAP members guarded airfields with rifles in WWII, but again to my knowledge that has not happened since.  I do not know if any provision exists in current statute for the SecAF and/or CSAF to make such use of CAP in a national emergency to include armed conflict.  I never heard of such a thing during all my time in the CAP.

You are making very large leaps of logic.

The deployed Airmen you mention, whether in food services or whatever, can still be called upon to pick up a weapon at any time to defend their position from attack, or other circumstances as so ordered by competent authority.  They are combatant personnel at all times under the Geneva Conventions, even though they may not be acting at a given time in doing the actual shooting.  The only exception I know of are Chaplains, who under the Geneva Conventions do not bear arms.

When I was in the ANG I knew that if I were deployed in support of NATO (for example), setting up networking in a field situation, that I could still be called upon to use a weapon.

The same goes for the Drone Pilots you mention.  In fact, there is an entire New York Air National Guard Wing, that formerly flew F-16's, given over to that mission.  They are called the 174th Attack Wing (emphasis mine).

http://www.174attackwing.ang.af.mil/

These Guard members, even though they may be controlling their operations from their base in New York, are as much combatant personnel as an Airman deployed in Upickastan.  Those drones can and do carry things underwings to do damage.

There is no functional and/or conceptual similarity to what the CAP does with CyberPatriot.  The CAP does not, and, under current law, will not, bear weaponry.
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LSThiker

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Quote from: CyBorgII on July 27, 2017, 08:54:27 PM
are Chaplains, who under the Geneva Conventions do not bear arms.

That is not true. Chaplains do not carry weapons for philosophical reasons, not because they are noncombatants. That is why there are chaplain assistants. Medical personnel under the signage of a red cross or crescent are also considered noncombatants, but we carry weapons.  In fact, there is a Geneva code on the back of our IDs that are different from other officers.

I would also like to add that medical officers cannot be in command of other POWs, only other medical personnel.  So a 2LT Infantry officer can be in command of POW soldiers, but that O-6 physician cannot unless there are other medical personnel there.  This is to maintain Geneva code. 

CyBorgII

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Ex-CAP Captain, now CG Auxiliary, but still feel a great deal of affection for the many good people in CAP.

RRLE

Quote from: CyBorgII on July 27, 2017, 08:54:27 PM
One difference is that the Commandant of the Coast Guard can call the CGAux into military status, subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), as what is known as the Temporary Reserve (TR), but to my knowledge that has not happened since WWII.

To clarify, the COMDT USCG cannot and could not "call", draft or otherwise force any Auxie into the Temporary Reserve (TR). The TR still exists in law but was terminated as an organization during WWII. The TRs had laudable and often unrecognized service. During WWII, Auxies could volunteer for the TRs but none were "called" or drafted into it.

What complicates the issue is that many volunteers for the TRs were forced to join the Aux first for "basic" training. That inflates the size of the Aux during WWII. Most of the TRs dropped their Aux affiliation after entering the TRs.

The Aux was only one of the groups supplying members to the TRs. The Aux served mostly in the Coastal Defense Force (boat patrols) and the Volunteer Port Security Force.

US Weather Bureau weatherman was placed in the TRs so they could serve on Navy ships and Coast Guard cutters. Many defense plant security guards very placed in the Coast Guard Police, a part of the TR, and retained at their place of employment for the duration. It was done this way because no other armed service had the equivalent of the TRs and using the CG got the job done.

Most of the SPARs (female Coasties) served as TRs.

The TRs were an interesting and often forgotten part of the WWII effort.