As A.Member has suggested, let's look forward. We have spent the last year proving we never sank any submarines or that we were established on Dec 1, 1941. I think we should push the cadet program more into computers and drones and flight simulator games. As far as the senior program, perhaps push the photo program for natural disasters and push the border patrol issue for immigration patrol. That would at least take us back to our roots since we did fly border patrol for a while. I think the drug reduction program and copunterdrug program will shortly be dead as the legalization of drugs becomes more prominent. Perhaps we should look back to the early civil aviation program and promote more flight training in the program, both for cadets and seniors. We supposedly will have a national shortage of pilots in the near future. Just a couple of random thoughts. What say ye??
By the time people finish arguing over which award to give CAP for continuing to exist, CAP will become irrelevant.
Quote from: JC004 on December 11, 2014, 08:35:07 PMBy the time people finish arguing over which award to give CAP for continuing to exist, CAP will become irrelevant. A big +1
Quote from: Eclipse on December 12, 2014, 12:06:47 AMQuote from: JC004 on December 11, 2014, 08:35:07 PMBy the time people finish arguing over which award to give CAP for continuing to exist, CAP will become irrelevant. A big +1I've felt that the day CAP becomes irrelevant is fast approaching. I'm not embittered or anything, but think about it. The same processes, same mission, same training since...since...well at least since I was a cadet in the 80s. There are organizations that can do what we do with less BS. Maybe I'm being myopic in my assessment, but I really think end of times is approaching with regards to mission and functionality. The only thing that does evolve is comm, and that is still a solution looking for a mission, IMHO.
But the cadet program seems to be holding it's own.
This is going to come as a shock to some, but I agree with Eclipse: For the 75th Anniversary, we should be going "Yeah, how awesome was FY2106, and look how incredible FY2017 is gonna be" in perhaps equal or greater amounts to "Hey, look at our previous 75 years."I've been in CAP since before it celebrated the 40th anniversary (well, I was "retired" for 4 of those). I dont' think we can afford to rest on our laurels in this day and age. Spending more than 15 minutes of "historical navel gazing" (sorry, MisterCD.. I look forward to a more comprehensive take on CAP's history, especially WWII, that we can hopefully take as gospel..) results in getting overtaken by events if you're not careful.I don't disagree that we should have honored our remaining WWII CAP forefathers, especially considering that they're not going to be with us much longer, unfortunately. The WWII generation is rapidly slipping from our presence. But in 2 years, 4 years, 10 years, what are we going to talk about or be doing?This past September, when the USAF celebrated its birthday, they released a short video that was really cool to watch. It was about a minute and a half long, very well produced with good footage, narration, etc and it got a LOT of play. If we want to move CAP into the forefront on things, we need to leverage the history for interest at the time, but beyond that, lets concentrate (nationally) on doing good things
Quote from: NIN on December 12, 2014, 12:54:55 PMThis is going to come as a shock to some, but I agree with Eclipse: For the 75th Anniversary, we should be going "Yeah, how awesome was FY2106, and look how incredible FY2017 is gonna be" in perhaps equal or greater amounts to "Hey, look at our previous 75 years."I've been in CAP since before it celebrated the 40th anniversary (well, I was "retired" for 4 of those). I dont' think we can afford to rest on our laurels in this day and age. Spending more than 15 minutes of "historical navel gazing" (sorry, MisterCD.. I look forward to a more comprehensive take on CAP's history, especially WWII, that we can hopefully take as gospel..) results in getting overtaken by events if you're not careful.I don't disagree that we should have honored our remaining WWII CAP forefathers, especially considering that they're not going to be with us much longer, unfortunately. The WWII generation is rapidly slipping from our presence. But in 2 years, 4 years, 10 years, what are we going to talk about or be doing?This past September, when the USAF celebrated its birthday, they released a short video that was really cool to watch. It was about a minute and a half long, very well produced with good footage, narration, etc and it got a LOT of play. If we want to move CAP into the forefront on things, we need to leverage the history for interest at the time, but beyond that, lets concentrate (nationally) on doing good thingsIn regards to the 75th anniversary, there already is a book project underway that covers CAP from the mid 1930s to the present, with just one chapter on World War II. The 75th anniversary logo has been created for both documents and coins/patches and will be released this coming January. As for award to all of CAp, there is something potentially developing, although I do not know the status on that.
Quote from: MisterCD on December 12, 2014, 02:38:52 PMQuote from: NIN on December 12, 2014, 12:54:55 PMThis is going to come as a shock to some, but I agree with Eclipse: For the 75th Anniversary, we should be going "Yeah, how awesome was FY2106, and look how incredible FY2017 is gonna be" in perhaps equal or greater amounts to "Hey, look at our previous 75 years."I've been in CAP since before it celebrated the 40th anniversary (well, I was "retired" for 4 of those). I dont' think we can afford to rest on our laurels in this day and age. Spending more than 15 minutes of "historical navel gazing" (sorry, MisterCD.. I look forward to a more comprehensive take on CAP's history, especially WWII, that we can hopefully take as gospel..) results in getting overtaken by events if you're not careful.I don't disagree that we should have honored our remaining WWII CAP forefathers, especially considering that they're not going to be with us much longer, unfortunately. The WWII generation is rapidly slipping from our presence. But in 2 years, 4 years, 10 years, what are we going to talk about or be doing?This past September, when the USAF celebrated its birthday, they released a short video that was really cool to watch. It was about a minute and a half long, very well produced with good footage, narration, etc and it got a LOT of play. If we want to move CAP into the forefront on things, we need to leverage the history for interest at the time, but beyond that, lets concentrate (nationally) on doing good thingsIn regards to the 75th anniversary, there already is a book project underway that covers CAP from the mid 1930s to the present, with just one chapter on World War II. The 75th anniversary logo has been created for both documents and coins/patches and will be released this coming January. As for award to all of CAP, there is something potentially developing, although I do not know the status on that.Dang.....so I typed all that stuff for nothing
Quote from: NIN on December 12, 2014, 12:54:55 PMThis is going to come as a shock to some, but I agree with Eclipse: For the 75th Anniversary, we should be going "Yeah, how awesome was FY2106, and look how incredible FY2017 is gonna be" in perhaps equal or greater amounts to "Hey, look at our previous 75 years."I've been in CAP since before it celebrated the 40th anniversary (well, I was "retired" for 4 of those). I dont' think we can afford to rest on our laurels in this day and age. Spending more than 15 minutes of "historical navel gazing" (sorry, MisterCD.. I look forward to a more comprehensive take on CAP's history, especially WWII, that we can hopefully take as gospel..) results in getting overtaken by events if you're not careful.I don't disagree that we should have honored our remaining WWII CAP forefathers, especially considering that they're not going to be with us much longer, unfortunately. The WWII generation is rapidly slipping from our presence. But in 2 years, 4 years, 10 years, what are we going to talk about or be doing?This past September, when the USAF celebrated its birthday, they released a short video that was really cool to watch. It was about a minute and a half long, very well produced with good footage, narration, etc and it got a LOT of play. If we want to move CAP into the forefront on things, we need to leverage the history for interest at the time, but beyond that, lets concentrate (nationally) on doing good thingsIn regards to the 75th anniversary, there already is a book project underway that covers CAP from the mid 1930s to the present, with just one chapter on World War II. The 75th anniversary logo has been created for both documents and coins/patches and will be released this coming January. As for award to all of CAP, there is something potentially developing, although I do not know the status on that.