The Sword Is Back

[ProdigalJim]

While searching (in vain) on Vanguard to see if the Sage Fleece-compliant grade insignia have been added (it is the end of the month as they had said), I discovered that the Official CAP Sword (TM) is back.

Why? Just...why?

https://www.vanguardmil.com/products/civil-air-patrol-sword-etch-with-civil-air-patrol-words

[Al Sayre]

So the cadets can have sword fights over who gets to be element leader and senior members can wear it with their plumed hat and mess dress while flying AFAM's...

[PHall]

Because you never know when you're going to have a CAP "Military" Wedding and you need the swords to do a sabre arch!

[THRAWN]

Because you never know when you're going to have a CAP "Military" Wedding and you need the swords to do a sabre arch!

Don't laugh, I've seen more than one CAPCouple get hitched all uniformed up.

[Eclipse]

Our long national nightmare is over.

[kcebnaes]

Oh thank the Gods this is back! I was wondering how I could possibly anoint and appoint my staff! Now, with this sword, it'll be super easy!

[kwe1009]

So the cadets can have sword fights over who gets to be element leader and senior members can wear it with their plumed hat and mess dress while flying AFAM's...

We get plumed hats too?  AWESOME!   

Seriously, I was in the VG store in Norfolk last year and saw one on the wall.  They also had swords for all of the military branches.  I wonder how many Air Force swords they sell each year. 

[dwb]

I didn't know I needed a sword, but now I think I need a sword.

I mean, I already have the CAP pocket knife, this thing seems like the next logical step.

[SarDragon]

But this is the elite of the elite!



Navy CPO Cutlass

[Luis R. Ramos]

The sword is back so we can salute Trump with it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihi5k0eo31M

Also when we go out on a sortie, over an open fire roast our hot dogs and marshmallows.

:clap:

[ProdigalJim]

SENIOR MEMBER: "Your Squadron Commander wanted you to have this, when you were old enough. But your Flight Commander wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old Smilin' Jack on some [darn]edfool idealistic crusade the same as your father did..."

CADET: "What is it?"

SENIOR MEMBER: "It's your Commander's...Lightweight-Sabre. This is the weapon of an unpaid volunteer. Not as clumsy or random as an official-logo pocket-knife or a water pistol. An elegant weapon...of a more...civilized age."

(CADET swings sabre wildly)

SENIOR MEMBER: "For over a thousand generations CAP Seniors were the guardians of Coasts and domestic beaches in the Old Republic. Before the Dark Times. Before the AUX ON/AUX OFF."

[biomed441]

SENIOR MEMBER: "Your Squadron Commander wanted you to have this, when you were old enough. But your Flight Commander wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old Smilin' Jack on some [darn]edfool idealistic crusade the same as your father did..."

CADET: "What is it?"

SENIOR MEMBER: "It's your Commander's...Lightweight-Sabre. This is the weapon of an unpaid volunteer. Not as clumsy or random as an official-logo pocket-knife or a water pistol. An elegant weapon...of a more...civilized age."

(CADET swings sabre wildly)

SENIOR MEMBER: "For over a thousand generations CAP Seniors were the guardians of Coasts and domestic beaches in the Old Republic. Before the Dark Times. Before the AUX ON/AUX OFF."

You win the internet today.

[Spam]

Because you never know when you're going to have a CAP "Military" Wedding and you need the swords to do a sabre arch!

Don't laugh, I've seen more than one CAPCouple get hitched all uniformed up.

Same here!  I knew one couple who received an L-Per DF unit as a wedding present!

[Spam]

The sword is back so we can salute Trump with it!

Or, its back so we can slash away at the lame duck last minute red tape?  (equal opportunity fun)!

Cheers
Spam

[supertigerCH]

for ceremonial (parade & honor guard) type functions... I'm assuming?


i'm not involved in any type of honor guard activities, so i don't know for sure...

however, what else could it be?

[Luis R. Ramos]

...OR THE INCONSISTENT OR (UN)CLEAR REGULATIONS...?

[Simplex]

What a relief.......at least I have something "official" to fall on should the need arise.

[Luis R. Ramos]

HahaaahhAAAAAhaa ha ha haaaa!!!

Cough, cough, cough...

(Laughed so hard my ASTHMA is acting up!)

[HandsomeWalt_USMC]

If it weren't so expensive, I'd get one. I could hang it over my desk in the squadron in one of those sword plaques with my USMC NCO sword in the other side... put a little brass tag on it with the inscription "Slow cadet motivators for PT testing" 

[stillamarine]

If it weren't so expensive, I'd get one. I could hang it over my desk in the squadron in one of those sword plaques with my USMC NCO sword in the other side... put a little brass tag on it with the inscription "Slow cadet motivators for PT testing" 

I gave my NCO sword to a friend's parents who was KIA. One day I'll get another and maybe one of these.