No, I'm really asking.
we teach them search and rescue. CAP does 90% of all inland search and rescue in this country. they learn how to track ELT signals. they learn survival, as on some missions they'll be out in forrests.
they learn responsibility. they learn respect. they learn about aerospace.
at our flight encampment a few weeks ago, 25 cadets solo'd, in cessna 172's. we had a glider encampment, but only a few cadets solo'd in the glider.
i've set up SAREX's for them. i have the full cooperation of the airport manager where my squadron is based. that's a 750 acre playground for us. we use "practice" elt's, and have some of our squad members act as the "injured" parties, so when they find us, they now have to continue, and treat our injuries, and get us to safety.
a mission i participated in as aircrew, we were looking for a downed helicopter. i flew on 2 sorties looking for it. it went down in dense forrest(yes, we have that here in nj), which was difficult to see into.
we thought we had it spotted, so we radioed back to mission base, and they dispached a groundteam to our location. that team was lead by a 15 year old cadet. he was in constant communication to us via radio, and did his job perfectly.
there is no organization in the us that is as good as us at search and rescue. none.
we do anti-drug missions, homeland security missions, we patrol the deleware bay for the coast guard.
i've had southstar fly in for them. i got a friend of mine that owns a helicopter flight school to donate an entire night of time in his flight simulator for our cadets. one of my cadets was just accepted into the coast guard....and she'll be flying dauphins soon.
check out the link. a lot of info in there.
http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/html/index.htm 
