Did you ever think that, as a cadet, not everything is going to be revealed to you? What last minute SAREX are you referring to? The last one we had here in PAWG Group 3(that'd be the group your squadron is in) was planned well in advance.
When you go to a wing sarex and the people running the event are more concerned about the coffee and doughnuts than the training of us cadets. There is something seriously wrong.
I'm not mentioning my name, but I'm a former member of PAWG. I had some major issues with the command in my squadron (again, I'm not mentioning which squadron). Now, protocol would be if you have a problem within the squadron chain of command, to go to group. However, the group and squadron commanders hated eachother. So now, common sense would say to go to wing. The squadron and wing commanders were best friends, so that was out. I could have gone to NER, but that would havemarked me for the rest of my days in CAP. I went inactive for several months, until a friend in another local wing convinced me to go down there. Within a couple months of going down there, I was fully qualified as a mission scanner - something that could not have happened in PAWG due to the cliquish nature of the units that have pilots/planes. I have also found myself very drawn to the ES mission. Again, something that could not have happened in PAWG because more or less in my experience, if you didn't do HMRS, you were nothing. Would staying in PAWG have been easier and cheaper? Yes. But in my new wing, I get something that I never got in PAWG; a feeling of being wanted and valued.From someone who has been in CAP for 13 years, take it from me. I know CAP is a political organization. PAWG is absolutely nothing but politics, and if you aren't in the commander's clique, you can't get squat.Signed,A 13 year veteran of Civil Air Patrol
Quote from: octavian on April 18, 2011, 03:43:25 PMDid you ever think that, as a cadet, not everything is going to be revealed to you? What last minute SAREX are you referring to? The last one we had here in PAWG Group 3(that'd be the group your squadron is in) was planned well in advance. This may be somewhat true if you call copy and pasting well planned. Also it was poorly executed. Lack of communication to members and not publicly advertising it to PAWG's general population who need the training. It's time to reform. All local wings are way ahead of us. When you go to a wing sarex and the people running the event are more concerned about the coffee and doughnuts than the training of us cadets. There is something seriously wrong.
Quote from: CAPcadet902 on April 18, 2011, 11:57:29 PM When you go to a wing sarex and the people running the event are more concerned about the coffee and doughnuts than the training of us cadets. There is something seriously wrong.What is wrong is that you expect to get training at a SAREX. Training is the responsibility of your home unit. You go to a SAREX to EXERCISE the skills you have obtained. If you are relying on SAREX's to get trained, YOU are doing it wrong.
This may be somewhat true if you call copy and pasting well planned.
Also it was poorly executed.
Lack of communication to members and not publicly advertising it to PAWG's general population who need the training.
It's time to reform.
All local wings are way ahead of us.