| This is the ATC - Part 1  The history of the ATC can be dated back to around 1938, just before the
outbreak of World War II. Air Commodore (equivalent US rank would be Brigadier
General) J.A. Chamier formed the Air Defense Cadet Corps (ADCC) in response to a growing
national interest in aviation and air power. Continue reading...
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| Just Your Usual "Hometown Cadet Makes
Good" Story  2LT Scott Welborn, USMC was sort of ‘born’
into the Civil Air Patrol. “My father and grandmother had been in Civil Air Patrol in
the late 50s and early 60s.” Continue reading...
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| Ethics in a Seabag.
 Since the last
time I wrote for CadetStuff, there has been a surprising amount of debate over whether a
leader ought to have morals streaming over the through the ether in the CadetStuff forums. At least it was surprising to me, because from
where I sit this is a trick question. Let me explain. Continue
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| Leading the Way: Part 8, Building a Squadron  Over the past decade, I have heard many arguments about what Cadet
Programs should be; these range from "Let Cadets do what they want to do" to
"Membership is cyclical; it goes up and it comes down." The trend that I have
noticed over the past ten years or so is to not require much of Cadets "After all,
they might quit." Continue
reading...
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| You Make the Uniform  Have
you ever wondered how that one Cadet always looks good in uniform.
No matter if you have spent the past three days in the same
uniform, crawling in the dirt and mud, they will continue to look
crisp and ironed. In the following few paragraphs, I am going to
reveal some of those tricks of the trade that you will only learn
from being around for years, and keeping a watchful eye out for
things that will make you the best looking cadet out there..
Continue reading...
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| Cadet Commander: How To Do It
 So you just became your squadron's newest Cadet Commander (C/CC). If
you're lucky, you knew it was coming and had time to prepare and maybe get some things
together. Or if you're like I was, you just showed up to a meeting and poof, you're the
C/CC. Now that you've fought you way to the top of the food chain, what do you do? Well,
you've probably been a cadet for a couple of years and you've had time to observe your
previous C/CC's. You've seen them do good things and bad things. Keep those things in mind
when you start taking the bull by the horns. Continue reading... |
| Do the Right Thing  A
few weeks ago I traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the memorial service and funeral of
SrAmn Jason Cunningham, a Pararescueman killed doing his duty in the conflict in
Afghanistan. The previous June I had attended his graduation. In that short period of time
one young man touched the lives of so many people that his legacy will live on with his
two daughters, his brother and family not to mention all those who survived as the result
of his last selfless acts. Continue
reading...
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| That's Seven in Dog Years...  Remember what you were doing a year ago? I sure do. It was Easter
Sunday, my wife’s grandparents had just left after having dinner, and I was hunched
over my laptop, trying to put the finishing touches on a website scheduled to go live in
about 8 hours. Continue reading...
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