This is like Deja Vu all over again.

[lordmonar]

Found this while researching some other CAP related statictic.

http://www.au.af.mil/au/cadre/aspj/airchronicles/aureview/1974/sep-oct/thompson.html

40 years later.........same story.

[ColonelJack]

So how can we be "part of the Air Force team" and still be ignored by order of an MTI?  In what world is that logical?

Ripley wouldn't even believe that.

Jack

[Eclipse]

So how can we be "part of the Air Force team" and still be ignored by order of an MTI?  In what world is that logical?

The world of human beings, where nothing anyone can do can prevent disrespectful behavior.

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

So how can we be "part of the Air Force team" and still be ignored by order of an MTI?  In what world is that logical?

The world of human beings, where nothing anyone can do can prevent disrespectful behavior.

And an MTI who has a burr in their butt about CAP for some reason giving his/her trainees a distorted view of us.

[Private Investigator]

Interesting. The cup is half full, cup is half empty situation will rage on. 

[LTC Don]

As the DR guy for my wing, this is particularly relevant and true now, just as it was then:

The move by CAP to strengthen its disaster support activities in recent years is a big plus for the Air Force. The average citizen is not directly affected or interested when CAP is looking for a lost aircraft. Many people have never flown, so the problem is just not "close to home." However, when the local river is literally lapping at the front door or a tornado has just roared down the street, the person's interest is immediate and acute. The rapid appearance of Civil Air Patrol personnel and equipment is noted, appreciated, and remembered. For all intents and purposes, CAP personnel in an Air Force type of uniform are the Air Force. The public relations benefits of such actions cannot be quantified, but neither can they be ignored.