Quote from: Shuman 14 on Today at 04:28:57 PMSo why the delay?

Vanguard, last I heard.

Quote from: Matthew Klempner on Yesterday at 07:13:23 PMfew years from now.

 

Seriously, there's no need to delay. The COVID-19 shortages are over. The Army (AC, RC, NG), the Air Force (AC, RC, NG) and the Space Force (AC, RC, NG) have ALL completed their transitions to OCPs. The uniform is readily available from AAFES and numerous commercial vendors.

So why the delay?

From what Maj Gen. Edward D. Phelka has stated at the Pacific Region Confrence, Phelka is currently communicating with the U.S. Air Force to adopt this uniform in the few years from now.

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Quote from: baronet68 on May 10, 2024, 10:38:01 PMBy Apr 1983 they were up to 907XXX.

In May 81, we were at 798XXX. Cuz mine started that way.

I joined the first time in 1991-1994. I was out until 2019. At that time I was reissued my original ID Number, 136174.

That's the way it's supposed to work.

Quote from: NIN on May 13, 2024, 02:16:45 AM

Quote from: baronet68 on May 10, 2024, 10:38:01 PMBy Apr 1983 they were up to 907XXX.

In May 81, we were at 798XXX. Cuz mine started that way.

I joined the first time in 1991-1994. I was out until 2019. At that time I was reissued my original ID Number, 136174.

Quote from: baronet68 on May 10, 2024, 10:38:01 PMBy Apr 1983 they were up to 907XXX.

In May 81, we were at 798XXX. Cuz mine started that way.

Quote from: SarDragon on May 10, 2024, 04:47:06 AMBy 1971, SM CAPSNs were changed to their SSANs. I don't know when the same thing was done for cadets.

Circa 1983, NHQ preferred SSN but if cadets didn't have an SSN, NHQ would issue 6-digit numbers.  At that time, I'd estimate about 1-in-50 cadets had a 6-digit number...

Quote from: PHall on May 10, 2024, 02:00:46 PMYep, in Dec 1969 we were up to 691XXX.

By Apr 1983 they were up to 907XXX.

Yep, in Dec 1969 we were up to 691XXX.

FWIW, when I joined as a cadet in '69, I received a CAPSN of 688XXX.  When I turned senior in 1975, I was initially assigned a "new" CAPSN of 000688XXX.  (NHQ just added 3 leading zeros to my cadet number.)

Not long thereafter, they required that I provide my SSN, which subsequently appeared on my membership card until the new system arrived and I received my CAPID as 145XXX.

Somewhere, I have every CAP membership card I ever received.  I'm sure the national historical center will want them someday. 

OK, here's a repeat post with most of the info I know.

When I joined (1964), cadets and SM had different types of CAPSNs The SMs had a 7- or 8-digit CAPSN, presumably sequential. Cadets had CAPSNs in this format - C-nn-nnnnn, issued by each wing. The C was for cadet, the next two numbers were the wing number according to the original numbering scheme from the '40s, and the remaining digits were the sequentially assigned number. Mine was C-22-10171.

Sometime in 1965, the cadet numbers were changed to a nationally assigned 6-digit number, and everybody got a new one. I have no knowledge of the specific scheme, but I do know that they were into the 623xxx area by July 1966, and all the way up to 6665xx by the end of 1968. Mine was 519522.

By 1971, SM CAPSNs were changed to their SSANs. I don't know when the same thing was done for cadets.

In 2001, we went to CAPIDs, starting with 100001. Apparently, they were initially assigned in SSAN order, until they got to about 148xxx, and had converted all existing members. There's a gap, and then they restart at 149000, when they started assigning them in join date order.