Quote from: SarDragon on Today at 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 Today at 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.

Quote from: West MI-CAP-Ret on Yesterday at 07:27:00 PMWondering if anyone has reached out to our national historian?

I was in touch with Frank Blazich a while back, and he didn't have much more than I have already posted.

Wondering if anyone has reached out to our national historian?

Yeah, that one works, too. I still haven't been able to put together a 100% accurate accounting of CAPSN history.

Thanks so much.   

I suppose that one or the other of the situations advised must have occurred.

Dave Jeffries  136365 

If you want more info on CAPID history, do a search for "CAPID" with me (SarDragon) as author. Not all the posts are germane to your Q, but there's a lot of info there. Also, surf around in those threads for posts from other folks who have contributed.