Do CAP members salute?

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| "Mike" nospam@ microsoft.com wrote in
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| "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| "Viperdoc" wrote in
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| The response of a lot of CAP members in this regard seems to be
| variable. Just two days ago, there were three officers in uniform,
| two Air Force and one Army, and a guy in a CAP set of BDU's at a
| local disaster drill.
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| Standard protocol would have been for him to come up to us (he had a
| first lieutenant bar on his uniform), salute, and say how are you,
| good day, or something similar. He certainly would have been welcome
| to stand with us, share ideas, and come up with some ways we could
| work with CAP and the military to enhance our disaster preparedness.
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| They're supposed to, but in fact a large percentage of CAP personell
| are as
| crazy as bedbugs and are only there because they're not qualified to
| be a security gaurd in a mall.
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| This is true to a large degree. However, there's also a mixed bag.
| Many members were in the real air force and many have retired from the
| same. I know several CAP colonels who were real colonels in the real
| USAF. There's also a lot of members who just like to fly and have fun
| and could care less about the pretend military gig. The pretend air
| force aspect of CAP is mostly for the cadets. Paying $70 per year in
| dues does not make one an officer, although there are many who seem to
| think it does. For senior members, there's also the option of wearing
| CAP distinctive uniforms which display no rank insignia. That's the
| option preferred by those who don't really want to pretend they are in
| the military.
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| Yeah, true enough, there are a lot of good guys in the CAP, They are in
| a minority, though. I can't see how they can stand it.
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| Bertie

That's because you have never finished anything. If they won't let you run
it, you pout and go home.