1. Unit Commanders' Course
Integrating Missions
Main Points
Aerospace Education Overview
Emergency Services Overview
Cadet Programs Overview
Mission Relationships
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2. Unit Commanders' Course
Integrating Missions
Overview
This segment is designed to have you recognize how the three primary missions of CAP are integrated, how you can, and why you must promote healthy working relationships between them in your program.
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3. Unit Commanders' Course
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Participants Will:
know what is meant by integrated missions
understand how CAP’s missions are integrated naturally
be able to describe what happens when missions aren’t being integrated
make own examples of integration based on unit’s individual specialty
develop an integrated plan to take advantage of the natural relationship between CAP’s three missions
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4. Unit Commanders' Course
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Your unit’s charter says that you must support the three missions of Civil Air Patrol.
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5. Integrating Missions
While each mission has components unique to it, in the end, each one helps to reinforce the other.
This is what we mean by integrated missions!
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6. Unit Commanders' Course
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Aerospace Education
Internal
Teaches members about the aerospace environment
External
General Public - concentrating on the nation’s children
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7. Integrating Missions Aerospace Education Impact of Cadet Program
Direct link in academic portion of Cadet Program
Link through cadet orientation flights
Link in national special activities such as AETCFC, AFSCFC, NFE, NGE, Etc.
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8. Impact of Emergency Services
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Aerospace Education
Impact of Emergency Services
Aerial search and rescue
Satellite navigation and communication links
SARSAT to lead to lost aircraft
GPS assistance in ground search
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9. Integrating Missions Emergency Services
The most well known facet of the CAP program.
Members dedicated to saving lives.
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10. Integrating Missions Emergency Services Impact of Aerospace Education
The very focus of most of our SAR is a link to AE
Most of the technology CAP uses in SAR has roots within the aerospace industry: aircraft, GPS, microcomputer technology in radios, video equipment, digital imaging, and satellite radio communications.
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11. Integrating Missions Emergency Services Impact of Cadet Program
Provide trained, plentiful resources to assist in:
Administration
Communications
Ground Search
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12. Integrating Missions Emergency Services Impact of Cadet Program
Through ground search cadets provide another dimension of search capability - pilot’s loiter time is limited, if the target is found, pilots can’t jump out of the plane to make sure.
Frees senior members to do more specialized and complicated tasks.
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13. Integrating Missions Cadet Programs Impact of Aerospace Education
A mandatory component of the cadet achievement program
Cadet Flight Orientation Program an outstanding practical application of aerospace power
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14. Integrating Missions Cadet Programs Impact of Emergency Services
Provides cadets with vital skills and team training
Instills a sense of public responsibility and service
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15. Mission Relationships
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Mission Relationships
Exercise
What other mission relationships can you think of?
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16. Mission Relationships
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Mission Relationships
Squadron specialties are not an inhibitor to integrating missions
Your unit will be better at its particular specialty if you understand how the other missions relate.
Construct your programs to support the three missions together. Success comes with balance.
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17. Integrating Missions The Integrated Plan Exercise
With your instructor, develop plans and activities which will celebrate the three missions within your unit.
Brainstorm, there’s no wrong answer!
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18. Unit Commanders' Course
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Questions
&
Answers
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