"Civil Air Patrol Launches Bold New Logo"

[krispos42]

Civil Air Patrol is being transformed. Its level of sophistication has advanced significantly in recent years. For example, CAP’s fleet is being transformed from” steam gauges” to glass cockpits that can be programmed to display and to fly CAP search grids. In fact, CAP no longer needs to wait for the weather to break or for the sun to rise to begin a search – we can start in minutes, using cellphone forensics and radar analysis.

A similar level of sophistication touches every aspect of Civil Air Patrol – IT (Innovation), philanthropy (the CAP Foundation), cadet programs (Cadet Interactive), aerospace education (STEM — science, technology, engineering, and math), member education and training (Volunteer University), chaplain corps (resiliency programs), and now marketing too.

Over the past two years, Marketing and Strategic Communications (MAC) has been working to better align the CAP brand as a Total Force partner. The U.S. Air Force auxiliary’s new logo tells a brand story about aviation, volunteerism, partnership, and heritage and projects a more youthful, modern, Air Force-style look.

CAP’s Board of Governors voted unanimously April 23 to adopt the new logo, which “accomplishes several things and includes some unique benefits,” said Randy Bolinger, chief of marketing and communications.

“The bottom line is, this is not your grandmother’s Civil Air Patrol, and the new corporate identity makes that obvious,” Bolinger said.

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https://www.cap.news/civil-air-patrol-launches-bold-new-logo/

I think it looks pretty good, although I didn't have a problem with the old logo. I didn't make the connection with the "white triangle in a blue circle" Civil Defense template until they pointed it out in the article.

It's one of the organizations I volunteer for, and KrisposKid is a cadet in my local unit. Loves it! Much more interesting than the Scouts. And they have a comprehensive "don't diddle kiddies" policy, they don't give a crap about your gender, and they don't give a crap about your sexual orientation.

[Ocelot II]

1. I used to belong - flew a lot of hours as a SAR pilot in airplanes

with those old "steam gauges." Had a lot of fun - it's a good organization. It was a bit too military in those days but I've heard they've toned that down a bit.

[krispos42]

3. I wish had known about it when I was a kid

And I wish I had known about it when my kid was 12 instead of 14!


So... why are fire engines red?

[Ocelot II]

4. OK, why are fire engines red?

[krispos42]

5. Ah, maybe it predates your CAP time then

The cadets here like to zap each other with it verbally.

The answer is something like "they have 8 wheels and 4 people on them, 4 plus 8 makes 12, there's 12 inches in a foot, which is a ruler; Queen Elizabeth was a ruler, and a ship, the ship sailed the seas, and there were fish with fins, and the Finns fought the Russians, the Russians are red; fire trucks are always Russian around", except you say it as fast as possible!

[Ocelot II]

6. Never heard that one!

Sounds like cadet folklore, but I didn't have that much to do with them except for some flight instruction - so I probably wouldn't have heard it, since I was mostly just trying to keep them from killing me before they soloed.

[3Hotdogs]

2. I was a cadet in the 50's. Lots of good memories.

--- and occasional wack-a-doodle. Which brings me to the time, maybe '57. We were told to show up on a Friday night for an emergency drill about if the Russians attacked. (I don't know who came up with it or how far beyond our squadron it went). So I show up. Three of us were driven to a local -- I'm not sure if it was a pumping station from the water company or a sewage treatment. plant... probably not sewage because no smell.

We were given flashlights and told to stand guard. It is now around 8 p.m. and dark, but not cold. A guard comes out and asks what were are doing? We explain and he says, OK and goes back inside (I imagine, to himself, "Whatever the fuck.&quot


After about 1 1/2 hour, we were picked up and driven back to headquarters (Gardener School) and the drill was over.



I am pleased to report, the fukkin Russians didn't capture one building in our town.

Then it occurs to me..... We have flashlights. If the Russian army comes into town, what are we going to do against them with three flashlights?