Do CAP members salute?

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Mike" nospam@ microsoft.com wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Viperdoc" wrote in
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The response of a lot of CAP members in this regard seems to be
variable. Just two days ago, there were three officers in uniform,
two Air Force and one Army, and a guy in a CAP set of BDU's at a
local disaster drill.

Standard protocol would have been for him to come up to us (he had a
first lieutenant bar on his uniform), salute, and say how are you,
good day, or something similar. He certainly would have been welcome
to stand with us, share ideas, and come up with some ways we could
work with CAP and the military to enhance our disaster preparedness.



They're supposed to, but in fact a large percentage of CAP personell
are as
crazy as bedbugs and are only there because they're not qualified to
be a security gaurd in a mall.

This is true to a large degree. However, there's also a mixed bag.
Many members were in the real air force and many have retired from the
same. I know several CAP colonels who were real colonels in the real
USAF. There's also a lot of members who just like to fly and have fun
and could care less about the pretend military gig. The pretend air
force aspect of CAP is mostly for the cadets. Paying $70 per year in
dues does not make one an officer, although there are many who seem to
think it does. For senior members, there's also the option of wearing
CAP distinctive uniforms which display no rank insignia. That's the
option preferred by those who don't really want to pretend they are in
the military.



Yeah, true enough, there are a lot of good guys in the CAP, They are in
a minority, though. I can't see how they can stand it.

It all depends on the squadron you're in. Some are more into the flying
aspect and less into the pretend military aspect. Those tend to be the more
capable squadrons for air ops because they are less tolerant of pilots who
can't fly their thumb up their arse. At least in my observations. There's
lots of CAP pilots who don't ever fly unless it's on the CAP dime. As such
they may go 3-4 months without flying at all. Those types of guys aren't
well tolerated in squadrons that are more serious about the flying aspect.