Thanks, it just seemed too simple! We are a small squadron so it's pretty easy in that regards. And we are totally online, no paper to deal with. Thanks for the input.
Kish
You're not the first to make that comment - back in the day there was more in regards to
the program itself, but these days much of that can be handled through different metrics,
QCUA probably being the main one.
Bear in mind these are primarialy inspecting bare-minimum compliance with the things that NHQ
needs to insure are happening that have risk around liability, be it financial, safety, or cadet protection.
They are not "leadership" excercises, however good CC's should be using the information that
comes out of them to help inform the mentoring needs of a squadron.
In regards to CP, there is simply no excuse for getting a single D.
Position - Deputy Cmdr for Cadets/Cadet Prog. Off. position held: Year(s) Month(s)
Cadet Programs Specialty Track:This can be a print out of your staff roster and the personnel record of the person(s) assigned
to the role. Since the role(s) is not required, nor is progression in the specialty track,
at most this should be an AOC (Area of Concern). AoCs do not require a response or remediation,
but indicate an area where the inspector felt the unit had a weakness, or was nt adhering to a best practice.
The only way to get a D is having someone assigned who isn't in the track, which is a quick check / fix.
"01 Have Cadet and/or Senior members completed Required Staff Training before serving on the staff of an activity
lasting 4 nights in duration or longer or at any other cadet activity designated by the Unit Commander?"The answer to this is almost always "Yes / N/A" or simply N/A - few are the squadrons who hold overnight activities
of this duration, and any members who attend encampments, etc., are
tracked at that activity. It is not a unit CC's
responsibility to provide RST to his members for an encampment.
If you were crazy enough to hold a week-long bivouac at the unit level, a Form 11 showing the participants who completed
RST would suffice as substantiation.
"02 Are Senior members present at all activities involving cadets?"Of course they are, the answer had better be "yes". A sampling of your attendance logs, or view-access to the
cloud drive where they are kept should suffice.
"03 Are all CAPF 54 Civil Patrol High Adventure Activity Requests completed and approved before any High
Adventure cadet activities are accomplished?"Again, of course they are and the answer had better be "yes". Be prepared, if asked, to show you know what
activities would fall under the HAA rule, and provide a sample of Wing approvals for that activities your unit hosted, whatever your
wing's procees is. Otherwise "No HAAs = 'N/A".
That's it. Very simple. The inspector is free to
waste spend his time commenting on your "program", etc., but
can only give discrepancies on the checklist items - no making up their own items, etc. Anything else would be
AOCs at best, which again, do not require response or remediation (unless higher HQ says they do).