Publications

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 This course is obsolete and does not meet the training needs of our Public Affairs Officers.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 what to do with...

Whats 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 confusion about...

The Hometown News Releases for the upcoming Civic Leadership Academy, which begins Saturday in Washington, D.C., as well as Legislative Day and Winter National Board, scheduled for Feb. 25-27 in Washington, are now online. A participants list for the weeklong CAP academy isalso provided. Please look over the list, update...

To all PAOs: The 2009 Wreaths Across America news release and media alerts are available for Civil Air Patrol PAOs to use in promoting their own events. To access them, go to the Wreaths Across America Media Kit, which also includes the latest news on scheduled 2009 events as well...

To all PAOs: First Air Force has added a phrase to the second sentence of the Civi Air Patrol press release tagline. The new CAP tagline also provides an updated figure for lives saved last year: Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit...

CAP National Headquarters now has a certificate of appreciation available for Outstanding PAO of the Year. The certificate is available for both wing and squadron PAOs upon request to the Public Affairsoffice. Send requests to scox@capnhq.gov or call 877-227-9142, ext. 251.

To all PAOs: The latest issue of the Civil Air Patrol Volunteer magazine is now online. You can download it by going to NHQ/PAs exciting new Web site, VolunteerNow, and clicking on the CAP Volunteer button at the top of the homepage. Your copy of the magazine should arrive in...

For your information: the CAP Fact Sheet has been updated. Click here to download.

CAP NHQ has created a variety of downloadable posters for your use, including a brand new poster featuring Eric Boe. Please use these to increase awareness of CAP in your spheres of influence. Please note that because these are high-res files suitable for printing, these may take a while to...

Recently, CAP NHQ released a financial report for 2008 in celebration of Civil Air Patrol's first unqualified audit, an awesome achievement that assures our partners and members that CAP's financial management practices are of the highest standard. The financial report was created in the style of a viewbook, with striking...