Do CAP members salute?

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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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| It all depends on the squadron you're in. Some are more into the
| flying aspect and less into the pretend military aspect. Those
| tend to be the more capable squadrons for air ops because they are
| less tolerant of pilots who can't fly their thumb up their arse.
| At least in my observations. There's lots of CAP pilots who don't
| ever fly unless it's on the CAP dime. As such they may go 3-4
| months without flying at all. Those types of guys aren't well
| tolerated in squadrons that are more serious about the flying
| aspect.
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| Whatever turns them on. Not worth my time to even think about them,
| mostly.
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| bertie
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I seriously doubt they give a **** what you think. Most intelligent
people don't.



I don;'t care.


And you obviously are obvlivious to everything outside of your own world
view, which pretty much just consists of your illoeceal valve.


Bertie