So you want to become a Civil Air Patrol cadet? Great! Cadet membership is open to youth who are at least 12 years old and in the sixth grade and have not yet turned 19 years old. The process looks like this:
Step 1. Plan to visit a meeting. Take a look at our calendar and see if we are going to be at the Squadron Headquarters on the Monday you wish to visit.
Step 2. Fill out the Visitor Form below. This will simply let us know when you’re planning to stop in so we can be sure to have members available to meet and talk with you!
Step 3. Come visit a meeting and find out more about us. Prospective members must visit three meetings before joining. During your second and third meetings we will work on all the things you need to be a successful CAP cadet. At your third meeting, bring your parent so that we can complete your membership application and you will be a member!
Step 4. New Cadet Orientation & Training: New cadets learn how to be a CAP cadet through a seven-week process. During this process new cadets earn their first promotion, learn to wear the uniform, develop military customs and courtesies, and prepare to enter emergency services training. New cadet training happens in cohorts therefore new cadet training begins every eight weeks. New cadets can join a training cohort up to the first week after a cohort begins. After that week, new cadets are asked to wait until a new cohort launches to enter new cadet training.