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Civil Air Patrol is not only a youth program, but is also for adults. You can be a cadet until the age of 21, but can only join as one until the age of 18. The adult portion of the program is the Senior Members. The Senior Members teach the cadets, and run the special activities, such as an Encampment. The Civil Air Patrol was founded December 1^st, 1941. It served as a type of Coast Guard, protecting Americas coast from German subs.

Civil Air Patrol has three main missions, which it has been charged with by the US Congress: Aerospace Education, Cadet Programs, and Emergencey Services.
Aerospace Education is geared towards teaching people, not only cadets, about how things like airplanes work. Cadets in the program get the chance to actually fly an airplane.
Cadet Programs is for teenagers 12 and up to 21
Emergencey Services deals with things like Search and Rescue, Disaster Relief, and other things. Search and Rescue Operations includes finding possibly downed aircraft, and lost hikers/campers. Disaster Relief is when we aid in helping other organizations when a natural disaster such as a hurricane strikes.

Here is the most necessary information you will need to learn more about The Civil Air Patrol:

• Meeting Day: Tuesday Every Week
• Meeting Place: Hangar 5, Westover Air Reserve Base(email the Cadet Programs Officer 1^stLt. Stephen Edelman to let him know you are interested in the program to get permission to get on the base)
• Meeting Time: 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.