Quality Cadet Unit Award

The CAP/NASA 2025 Aviation Weather Mission is proud to be a qualifying activity for the 2025 Quality Cadet Unit Award (QCUA).

Squadrons that have at least 4 cadets and 2 senior members participate in at least two mission observation dates can qualify for the Outside Activity point towards the QCUA, and squadrons can still qualify for the Outside Activity Point even if they have a different group of cadets collecting data on each observation date. All squadrons that meet the requirements for the Outside Activity Point will receive a certificate indicating that their Unit has met the requirements. The list of qualifying units will be submitted directly to the Cadet Programs team at NHQ on August 1, 2025.

Quality Cadet Unit Award Checklist

• The unit registered a data collection team by the March 1 deadline

• The members of the data collection team completes the 6 Core Training Lessons before their team's first observation date

• Each member of the data collection team completes the pre-mission survey prior to their first observation date

• At least one member of the team attends the mandatory mission briefing before each of their observation dates

• Field a data collection team of at least 4 cadets and 2 senior members on at least two of the mission observation dates

• All data from the team is uploaded within 1 week of the observation date

• Each member of the data collection team completes the post-mission survey within one week of their last observation date

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