While we welcome pilots, you don’t have to be a pilot to join. CAP offers many avenues of volunteer service, including emergency services, training and mentoring for cadets, and aerospace education. We also need volunteers for community outreach, media relations and administrative responsibilities.

You must be at least 18 to join CAP as an adult member. For the protection of our cadets, prospective members must be of good morale character and undergo an FBI fingerprint screen.

If you’re interested in joining CAP’s cadet program, you must be between 12 and 21 years old. You can get a good idea of what cadet membership is all about by visiting our composite (cadets and adults) squadron.   Military members joining below the age of 21 must become a senior member at that age.

For a good ongoing sense of what our unit as well as what other units are doing throughout the country, you can check out the Civil Air Patrol News web page, CAP's monthly newspaper. You can also use the NAVIGATION MENU at the top of each page and visit the web pages which help to explain the rest of our programs and services..

For more information please download our Membership Information Packet (You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader available at www.Adobe.com  to be able to open and read this file.).

Membership levels:  Cadet, Senior Member (Adult), Patron Member, Cadet Sponsor Member, Business Partner, Corporate Partner

Related Links:

Contact Us {For more immediate service)

National Headquarters. Civil Air Patrol Media (Audio and Videos about CAP and CAP Capabilities)

National Headquarters, Civil Air Patrol, Online Information Request form

Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters Home Page

Civil Air Patrol National Technology Center Home Page

National Headquarters, Civil Air Patrol, Corporate Partner Home Page