Curriculum

The Pacific Coast Region will conduct its 2013 Public Affairs Officers Academy May 4-5 in Reno, Nev. The PAO Academy will be held at the Ramada Hotel/Casino Reno, located at 1000 East Sixth St. For more information, click on the PAO Academy "announcement" and "agenda" icons at right. To register,...

Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Constance O'Grady has crafted a guide for PAOs. Entitled "Public Awareness & You, The PAO, Vol. 2," the guide can be accessed by clicking the icon at top right, or by going to the Public Affairs homepage on capmembers.com and clicking on the appropriate link under CAP Public Affairs Officer Training &...

Dear Wing and Region PAOs,   Please find attached a memo updating you on the revisions to CAPP 201 and the replacement for the AFAIDL PAO Course. Please give this the widest possible distribution.   I hope to have another update on this topic to you soon.   Thanks for...

Dear PAOs, You are cordially invited to the 2010 North Central Region Public Affairs Academy this July at Camp Ashland, Nebraska. This year's academy is from Friday 23 July to Sunday 25 July and offers something for the new and experienced CAP PAO and PIO. We will be offering the following...

Dear CAP PAOs and friends, AFAIDL Course 02010, the “CAP Public Affairs Officer Course,” is being retired. No new enrollments will be accepted as of 30 June 2010. This course is obsolete and does not meet the training needs of our Public Affairs Officers. An examination based on the contents...

    Dear CAP Public Affairs Officers,   Several years ago a team of PAOs rewrote the very long CAP Regulation 190-1 and removed non-regulatory content. This left us with an outstanding regulation, six pages long, that concentrates solely on fundamental CAP Public Affairs policy content.   The issue of...

  Public Information Officer Training for crisis situations is available June 21-25 at the National Emergency Services Academy (NESA) at Camp Atterbury, Ind. The registration fee is $175. Members can register online at https://ntc.cap.af.mil/ops/nesa/. The course schedule is available at http://www.nesa.cap.gov/Documents/icssiw2.pdf. The aim of this program, which will feature FEMA curricula,...

What’s Right?!? 2d Lt, 2LT, 2ndLt, 2nd Lt or 2nd Lt. Use the right abbreviation in the right place at the right time   Maj. Al Pabon National Public Affairs Team Leader   In my talks with PAOs and CAP leaders across the country, I have found there is some...

The Pacific Region will host Public Affairs Officer Academy Phase II (PAOA II) on May 8-9, 2010, at Jim Bridger Middle School in Las Vegas, Nev. The purpose of PAOA II is to provide PCR's public affairs officers and mission information officers proficient and quality training to insure they perform...