On May 25, the world turned its attention to the U.S. island territory of Guam and the nearby island of Rota, part of the U.S.’s Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as Typhoon Mawar wreaked havoc on the remote Pacific destinations.But days before the storm’s...
Lt. Col. David Miller is an admitted “Star Trek” buff who’s met every prominent actor in the iconic series except for William Shatner.While Miller, a family practice physician, may never share the bridge of the Enterprise with Shatner as Capt. James Tiberius Kirk, he...
Civil Air Patrol’s Logistics team is introducing the Vehicle Risk Management Program to train, educate, and promote awareness among CAP members about vehicle safety.“Let’s be honest with one another. We can get complacent when it comes to operating vehicles,” said...
What if one day you heard a sound above you, looked up, and saw the most amazing machine flying through the air. You didn’t know what it was … only that it soared and swooped like a bird – but wasn’t a bird – and to a young girl’s eyes it was simply magical. That...
Way back in 1982, Amy Myzie knew it was time to rejoin Civil Air Patrol after a lapse of a few years during her new career at a New Jersey police department.She had joined CAP as a cadet in the early 1970s in Connecticut and loved it. In 1978 she was hired as a...
Goldsboro Elementary School in Sanford, Florida, and its flight and space STEM teacher, Robert Wakelyn, head the list of national honors announced for 2023 by Civil Air Patrol’s Aerospace Connections in Education program.Goldsboro Elementary has been named National...
A cadet flight commander for the North Carolina Wing’s Hickory Composite has received not one, not two, but three service academy appointments, ultimately choosing the U.S. Coast Guard Academy as her next destination.Cadet 2nd Lt. Shaley Dunn also received...
Cadets from the Florida, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Texas wings recently earned their private pilot certificate through the Civil Air Patrol Youth Aviation Initiative’s Cadet Wings program. Cadet 2nd Lt. Jake Arrington of the Texas Wing’s Apollo...