Welcome to Civil Air Patrol, 45th Composite Squadron. We sincerely thank you for your interest and considering the worthwhile endeavor of volunteering to be part of a mission to serve your community and country.

Civil Air Patrol offers its members a variety of ways they can serve their communities, state and nation to squadron business and over all, bettering oneself and feeling a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Below you'll find a variety of the things you can get yourself involved with and with absolutely NO experience needed! Just drive and passion!

You may choose to be on an aircrew: Mission Pilot (MP), Transport Pilot (TP), Mission Observer (MO), Mission Scanner (MS), and Airborne Photographer (AP). And you may choose other jobs from this Specialty Tracks List. Be familiar with this list before your Conversation with the unit commander.

Personnel Officer Performs duties related to processing unit personnel actions such as membership applications, promotions, and charter changes. Establishes and maintains up-to-date personnel files and ensures all regulations, policy letters, and forms required to administer the unit’s personnel program are available and up-to-date. Develops local unit personnel policies and procedures, provides assistance and guidance to the unit commander and other staff members on all personnel matters and monitors the overall personnel program within their jurisdiction.

Public Affairs Officer Assists the commander in all media relations and internal information matters. Plans develops and implements a public affairs program based on media relations, community relations, and internal information activities. Acts as liaison with other organizations and agencies as required in the performance of these activities.

Finance Officer. Responsible for posting ledgers and preparing vouchers, checks, and deposits for unit accounts. Prepares unit budget, controls monies, monitors transactions, and prepares monthly activity reports. Keep's commander advised in all financial matters.

Inspection Officer Performs inspections when required. Prepares inspection checklists for all areas of inspection and prepares written reports of inspections as required. Reviews publications, plans, policies, and statistics to determine areas of special interest. Briefs commander and staff on inspections and recommendations.

Professional Development Officer Plans, coordinates, and schedules senior member training activities. Maintains unit training records, training library, and operates audio-visual equipment. Prepares documentation in support of training awards for the commander’s review. Coordinates member training accomplishments with other staff members. Instructs at training courses. Advises the commander on training required to meet unit manning needs.

Administration Officer. Maintains master publications library. Prepares correspondence, reports, schedules, inventories, and requisitions. Operates centralized correspondence and message distribution center. Reviews locally developed publications to ensure they are administratively correct before publication.

Logistics Officer Responsible for receipt, storage, distribution, recovery, and proper disposal of all CAP property held by the unit. Recommends allocation of motor vehicles and maintains motor vehicle records. Responsible for vehicle maintenance, marking, and painting. Ensures aircraft are painted and identified by current directives and makes sure aircraft are maintained in an airworthy condition.

Flight Operations Officer Responsible for the management and control of unit aircrews, aircraft, and flight operations. Understands CAP flight management policies and procedures and the administrative procedures governing flight operations. Assists in the preparation of plans, programs, and directives to govern the unit.

Operations Officer. Develops operations policies and procedures to ensure mission accomplishment and guide unit personnel. These activities include developing standing operating procedures, evaluation methods, and accident prevention programs and reporting procedures: requests transportation and mission authorizations.

Standardization/Evaluation Officer Technician: Performs duties as a CAP instructor pilot and check pilot, responsible for flight and ground instruction as well as flight evaluation in CAP aircraft. Senior: Performs duties as a CAP check pilot, administers check flights, written examinations, and maintains pilot training folders. Master: Wing pilot designated to administer check flights, written examinations, and develop wing training and evaluation procedures.

Emergency Services Officer Assists the commander by managing and directing emergency service activities. Establishes working relationships with local agencies responsible for search and rescue, disaster relief, and other local emergencies. Develops emergency service plans, training programs, and standard operating procedures and maintains a rapid alerting system to assemble emergency service resources as needed.

Communications Officer. Maintains and operates radio equipment. Familiarizes communications trainees with the basic concept of CAP communications operation. Operates CAP radio stations. Develops and implements communications plans, programs, and directives. Plans and conducts communications conferences, meetings, and workshops.

Aerospace Education Officer Implements aerospace education activities and duties involving cadets, seniors, aerospace education members, communities, and schools. Develops materials and activities and promotes aerospace education programs for the local community. Assists the commander in making aerospace education-related policy decisions.

Cadet Program Officer Conducts cadet training in aerospace education, leadership, physical fitness, moral leadership, and other activities. As special assistant to the commander, implements and monitors programs in cadet personnel and administration, cadet activities, aerospace education, or leadership laboratory.

Safety Officer. Manages the safety program. Develops safety plans, programs, and directives. Coordinates with other staff agencies to develop accident prevention procedures and collect data to determine safety program effectiveness. Conducts accident investigations.

Plans and Programs Officer Gets programs started and completed, and keeps the commander informed on the progress of each program. Develops plans and programs to accomplish assigned tasks. Coordinates activities of other staff sections and assigned units in accomplishing goals and objectives set out by the commander.

Legal Officer and Medical Officer Discuss these Specialty Tracks with the personnel officer.

Health Services Only offered to those with professional medical experience. Please inquire with our personnel officer if you are interested.

Chaplain Provides worship, liturgies, rites, and religious observations. Conducts pastoral counseling, spiritual nurture, and ethics and values instruction. Provides group pastoral care and spiritual renewal. Advises on religious, ethical, and quality of life concerns and maintains ecclesiastical and clergy relations. Discuss with the PDO

Historian Responsible for the unit historical program. Collects and preserves historically significant material. Publishes general and special histories, monographs, and studies. Publishes material to inform the general public about CAP history. Attends meeting of historical and other learned societies.

Character Development Officer. The CDI performs in a capacity similar to a chaplain, but is not required to meet the ecclesiastical endorsement and education level prerequisites for a chaplaincy.

Recruiting and Retention Officer

Information Technology Officer

***For more detailed information on each, or for additional jobs, please visit;

https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/members/publications/pamphlets-1702 and scroll down until you see ' Specialty Track Study Guide - ...' Each job in CAP has a specialty track guide to go with it.