On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:14:35 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

... give some leeway in the fact
that all volunteer citizans don't have time to go home, get dressed in
their approved monkey suits and meet at the office to start a search.

It's been ~25 years since I've been a member, but I'll chime in with one point I
remember: CAP's accident insurance only covered you during searches when you
were in uniform. I flew my first ~225 hours in CAP airplanes (Bird Dog, L-16,
Citabria, L-18), and only wore my uniform when it was an actual CAP function.
By the time I quit, though, they were requiring everyone to wear a uniform
whenever flying a CAP airplane.

IIRC, CAP's "jumpsuit" outfit was intended to allow members to be "in uniform"
without requiring them to conform to the height/weight/haircut standards of the
Air Force duds.

Ron Wanttaja