News release prototypes

News release prototypes

These samples of news releases are downloadable in Microsoft Word for adaptation to your needs. Thanks to all the PAOs whose works helped fuel this initiative.

Awards

• 2 CAP members receive Congress' top award for youth
• Civil Air Patrol to honor founding member with Distinguished Service Medal
• Cody Civil Air Patrol cadet Longo earns Earhart Award
• Nebraska Civil Air Patrol cadet named 2nd lieutenant after receiving Mitchell Award
• Civil Air Patrol squadron honors high-achieving youth with award
• Two Civil Air Patrol members earn Presidents Service Award
• Cox named Civil Air Patrol’s N. Central Region Cadet of the Year
• Greensboro’s Janice Watson presented Civil Air Patrol’s Spaatz Award
• Moss awarded Civil Air Patrol’s highest cadet award
• Mt. Airy named Maryland Wing Squadron of Merit
• Civil Air Patrol cadet honored as the state's best
• Condor Composite Squadron's Miller named Civil Air Patrol’s N.Y. Wing Cadet of the Year

Broadcast

• Civil Air Patrol senior leaders train in Montgomery

Cadet activities

• Area teen soars with Civil Air Patrol
• Arkansas Civil Air Patrol cadets get varied view of aviation
• Civil Air Patrol’s Cadet Leadership Academy brings 24 cadets to nation’s capital
• 'Drunk' driving makes danger real for cadets
• Civil Air Patrol cadets expand horizons through exchange program
• Top Civil Air Patrol cadets converge at National Cadet Competition
• Michigan high school students, Civil Air Patrol cadets about to go ‘weightless’ during astronaut-style training
• Redstone Civil Air Patrol Cadets Get a New Home
• Carroll squadron marches in Westminster parade
• Osprey Composite Squadron cadets win top honors at Middle East Region Speak-Off
• CAP bringing enrichment program into America's schools
• Wicomico only CAP unit at 2008 Team America Rocketry Challenge
• Tri-Wing Encampment trains 170 cadets

Missions

• Numbers tell tale of busy '08 for Minn. Wing
• Civil Air Patrol’s Alabama Wing Flies 18 Teachers Who Say, 'Wow, that was awesome'
• Civil Air Patrol aids national crisis preparedness as part of Ardent Sentry exercise
• West Virginia and Maryland Wings Conduct Joint Search and Rescue Exercise with Maryland Army National Guard
• N.C. Wing Civil Air Patrol finds missing aircraft
• Civil Air Patrol Colo. members help search for downed Cessna 323
• Civil Air Patrol provides space shuttle reconnaissance
• Texas Wing earns USAF accolades
• Civil Air Patrol flying in support of California wildfires mission

Professional development

• Civil Air Patrol’s Nevada and Utah Wings Receive Ground Team Training
• CAP’s top volunteers to sharpen leadership skills at 2006 National Staff College
• Ohio Civil Air Patrol members receive National Weather Service training
• Tri-Wing Encampment staff training weekend held at Camp Fretterd
• Civil Air Patrol leaders gain executive-level leadership training

Special events

• U.S. Air Force observes Civil Air Patrol’s West Virginia Wing
• Local CAP squadron to join in nationwide observance of CAP anniversary
• Texas congressman inducted into Civil Air Patrol Congressional Squadron
• Civil Air Patrol members help retire U.S. flags
• Civil Air Patrol squadron plans open house
• Historical Society of Palm Beach County celebrates 65TH anniversary of Civil Air Patrol with historical marker
• Civil Air Patrol Group 7 staff members 'Ham it up' for hurricane season
• Former CNN correspondent Freed to speak at Civil Air Patrol annual meeting
• CAP has large presence at Andrews AFB Joint Service Open House
• Public invited to Civil Air Patrol’s annual pancake breakfast on Father’s Day
• Pennsylvania General Assembly Designates Oct. 23-31, 2006, ‘Civil Air Patrol Red Ribbon Week’
• Civil Air Patrol, Air Force mark Red Ribbon Week, featuring theme 'Better Things to Do than Drugs'
• Savannah Flying Tiger Composite Squadron Seeks New Members
• Phillips named commander of local Civil Air Patrol squadron
• Local Civil Air Patrol members honor veterans through Wreaths Across America
• Love of flying, aiding Air Force bond Civil Air Patrol members

Official tag line
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 57,000 members nationwide. CAP performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue CoordinationCenter and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 91 lives in fiscal year 2008. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counter-drug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to the nearly 22,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for more than 67 years. For more information on CAP, visit gocivilairpatrol.com.

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