| News August 31, 2010 The Hometown News Releases for Civil Air Patrol's 2010 Annual Conference and National Board are now online. One of the releases is for members who attend the conference while the other is for members who receive national awards. A complete list of award winners will be posted on VolunteerNow (capvolunteernow.com)... July 15, 2010 Coverage of Civil Air Patrols role in the Gulf Coast old spill response will air today at 6 p.m. CDT (7 EDT) on WALB-TV, Channel 10, Albany, Ga. Logon to www.walb.com to view the broadcast live. CAPs contributions to the oil spill response are impressive. As of July 13, 217... July 15, 2010 The Hometown News Releases for Civil Air Patrol's National Cadet Special Activities are now online, along with a participants list, or roster,for most of the activities. Please look over the list, update the releases and distribute to your local media. The releases and therosterscan be foundat http://www.capmembers.com/cap_national_hq/public_affairs/hometown_news_release_program/index.cfm. Just scroll to... June 16, 2010 Civil Air Patrol National PA Team Leader Maj. Al Pabon is issuing a call for nominations for the 2010 Maj. Howell Balsem CAP Public Affairs Exceptional Achievement Awards. This awards competition, named in honor of the Air Force major believed to be CAP's first national-level public affairs officer, provides all... May 28, 2010 Dear PAOs, General Courter has approved the National PA Team Leaders Public Affairs Plan. It is available for download at this link: http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/npatl_plan_2010526_E602EE29ADB37.pdf This document is the result of many months of work and input from many members, including the Regional Public Affairs Directors, the National HQ/PA and Public Awareness... May 12, 2010 Dear CAP PAOs and friends, AFAIDL Course 02010, the CAP Public Affairs Officer Course, is being retired. No new enrollments will be accepted as of 30 June 2010. This course is obsolete and does not meet the training needs of our Public Affairs Officers. An examination based on the contents... February 19, 2010 The Hometown News Releases for the upcoming Civic Leadership Academy, which begins Saturday in Washington, D.C., as well as Legislative Day and Winter National Board, scheduled for Feb. 25-27 in Washington, are now online. A participants list for the weeklong CAP academy isalso provided. Please look over the list, update... January 11, 2010 The Pacific Region will host Public Affairs Officer Academy Phase II (PAOA II) on May 8-9, 2010, at Jim Bridger Middle School in Las Vegas, Nev. The purpose of PAOA II is to provide PCR's public affairs officers and mission information officers proficient and quality training to insure they perform... December 14, 2009 Dear PAOs, I apologize for the length of this message, but I wanted to take a moment to say hello, wish you a great holiday season and share some thoughts with you. First, I want to thank each of you for all of your great work this year on behalf... December 3, 2009 To all PAOs: The 2009 Wreaths Across America news release and media alerts are available for Civil Air Patrol PAOs to use in promoting their own events. To access them, go to the Wreaths Across America Media Kit, which also includes the latest news on scheduled 2009 events as well... October 28, 2009 CAP National Headquarters now has a certificate of appreciation available for Outstanding PAO of the Year. The certificate is available for both wing and squadron PAOs upon request to the Public Affairsoffice. Send requests to scox@capnhq.gov or call 877-227-9142, ext. 251. October 16, 2009 The 2009 National Staff College opens tomorrow at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Eighty-nine students from across America are participating in the seven-day course, which provides executive-level training for CAP's leaders. A hometown news release (HTNR) has been prepared and posted online along with a list of all students participating.... September 28, 2009 All six of the Public Affairs PowerPoint presentations made at the 2009 National Board and Annual Conference are now online, available to all PAOs. Just go to www.gocivilairpatrol.com. Click onthe Events button at the top of thepage and scroll down to the 2009 CAPAnnual Learning Labs icon on the bottom... September 24, 2009 To all PAOs: The latest issue of the Civil Air Patrol Volunteer magazine is now online. You can download it by going to NHQ/PAs exciting new Web site, VolunteerNow, and clicking on the CAP Volunteer button at the top of the homepage. Your copy of the magazine should arrive in... September 4, 2009 To all CAP PAOs: Welcome to another PAO Update, your last via magnet mail. Well keep this one short and sweet, with great news of interest to all Civil Air Patrol members, especially PAOs: VolunteerNow Civil Air Patrols brand new online initiative, VolunteerNow, is now live, accessible to all through... July 9, 2009 Courtesy of Steve Cox, NHQ/PA manager To all CAP PAOs: Its time for another PAO Update. Annual Conference Civil Air Patrols 2009 Annual Conference and National Board Sept. 3-5 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter will spotlight two of CAPs stars astronaut Eric Boe and Americas Got Talent finalist Paul... June 23, 2009 The 2009 Civil Air Patrol Annual Conference and National Board will be held Sept. 3-5 in San Antonio, Tex. Registration is now available. Please promote the conference among your CAP colleagues by linking from your units Web site to the annual conference registration and information site. Please feel free to... June 22, 2009 This is the inaugural post of PA Essentials, the NHQ PA blog. Here you will find the latest happenings in the Public Affairs track, including updates to the online resources available for your use. The latest issue of the magazine, the May-July 2009 Civil Air Patrol Volunteer, is now available... | | |