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CAP Launches Job Search for Marketing Chief, Names Interim

15

August

2019

| 09:29 PM America/Chicago

Civil Air Patrol has launched a nationwide search for a new chief of marketing and strategic communications after the incumbent resigned to accept a role in the banking sector. Catherine Sivills, … Read more
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National Awards Recognize Major 2018 Accomplishments

10

August

2019

| 06:00 PM America/Chicago

Civil Air Patrol recognized some of its highest achievers this morning at its National Conference in Baltimore, honoring 21 senior members, three cadets, one wing and two squadrons for their … Read more
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Anonymous Donor Gives $1M+ to Civil Air Patrol Foundation

09

August

2019

| 10:54 PM America/Chicago

A former Civil Air Patrol cadet's $1,025,000 gift as part of an endowment agreement to benefit the Nebraska Wing was announced at CAP’s National Conference in Baltimore. “This is an exciting … Read more

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Smith Receives 1-Year Extension as National Commander

| 09:03 PM America/Chicago

Civil Air Patrol’s Board of Governors is extending by a year the three-year term of Maj. Gen. Mark Smith, CAP’s national commander and CEO, meaning he will now serve through August 2021. Col. Brad Lynn, board chairman, announced the extension …

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Van Buren Assumes SE Region Command

| 05:23 PM America/Chicago

Col. Andrea Van Buren accepted command of Civil Air Patrol’s Southeast Region – the organization’s largest, with about 9,100 members spread across six wings – during ceremonies Thursday at CAP’s annual National Conference. Van Buren succeeds Col. …

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Civil Air Patrol Launches ‘Walk to Mars’

| 12:00 AM America/Chicago

Beginning Friday, many of Civil Air Patrol’s 64,000 members will take their first steps on a physical fitness challenge for the organization that’s literally out of this world. Civil Air Patrol Walks to Mars involves “collecting” the distances …

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Wing News

N.C. Unit Trains 20 in Mountain Flying

| 11:47 PM America/Chicago

The art of aerial searching above mountainous terrain was the focus when the North Carolina Wing’s Asheville Composite Squadron held its 13th Mountain Fury Clinic recently. Civil Air Patrol planes typically search from an altitude of 1,000 feet …

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Nev. Squadron's Balloon Climbs Nearly 60,000 Ft.

| 10:43 PM America/Chicago

A dry lake bed near Jean, Nevada, was the launch site recently when more than two dozen Henderson Composite Squadron cadets, senior members and supporters gathered to send their helium-filled test balloon skyward. The balloon remained airborne …

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NFL Veteran Visits Conn. Cadets As Part of CAP-Alumni Assn. Partnership

| 06:47 PM America/Chicago

The partnership between Civil Air Patrol and the National Football League Alumni Association, announced this summer, kicked off Sunday with former linebacker Niko Koutouvides’ visit to the Connecticut Wing Cadet Encampment at Camp Nett in …

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