Old CAP Ribbons

tarheel gumby · January 11, 2009, 05:36:09 PM

I am looking for reference material concerning 2 different old ribbons. They are the Cadet Leadership Ribbon awarded from 1968 to 1971. and the Special Activities Award awarded from 1966 to 1971. I have found pics of the ribbons and not much other information about them, other than the name and the dates that they used. Again any help will be greatly appreciated.

IceNine · January 11, 2009, 05:53:09 PM

Try this I have no idea what all it entails

SarDragon · January 11, 2009, 10:13:33 PM

I have one of those books, but can't currently locate it. Another place to look might be here, but I don't see much.

I don't recall the Leadership Award from WIWAC, because I was mostly inactive during that time. The Special Activities Award is the olde NCSA ribbon.

Timbo · January 12, 2009, 12:48:28 AM

^ Wow......and people think we have too many ribbons today. Counting them up, a Senior could have been wearing close to 20 Ribbons between 1960 and 1982.

tarheel gumby · January 12, 2009, 01:29:15 AM

I know.... the pamphlet that I am working on would make the "ribbon hounds" eyes glaze over.

There were way too many ribbons then.

RiverAux · January 12, 2009, 01:38:50 AM

QuoteCounting them up, a Senior could have been wearing close to 20 Ribbons between 1960 and 1982.

Seems like that is less than what we could have today.

IceNine · January 12, 2009, 01:41:29 AM

Quote from: RiverAux on January 12, 2009, 01:38:50 AM
QuoteCounting them up, a Senior could have been wearing close to 20 Ribbons between 1960 and 1982.
Seems like that is less than what we could have today.

I'm wearing 17 right now.

I could get up to 5 more by simply participating. Let alone the potential for awards and decorations given that I've probably got upwards of 50 years left in CAP (god willing)

tarheel gumby · January 12, 2009, 02:04:14 AM

Thank you for the ideas. I will now look to find the regs or manuals that authorize them. That should be challenging enough.

TeamBronx · January 13, 2009, 10:31:56 PM

The CLS ribbon was given to graduates of the Cadet Leadership School held at Maxwell AFB. It was only given for those three years. CLS was the predecessor national special activity to the current Cadet Officers' School (COS). A silver star attachment for the Mitchell Award is now given to COS graduates. This is transferred to a cadet's highest achievement ribbon upon turning senior.

The Special Activities Ribbon was awarded to cadets who attended a national cadet special activity. The award was given only for those activities that did not have its own specific ribbon. Activities such as National Drill Competition, International Drill Competition (which looked a lot like the Special Activities Ribbon - it had a second row of horizontal lines), Space Flight Orientation Course, IACE, Jet Age Orientation Course and others had their own ribbon.

tarheel gumby · January 13, 2009, 11:48:25 PM

Thank you for the information. That will help