Civil Air Patrol

Counterdrug: the program serves to augment capabilities of federal law enforcement agencies, primarily the department of homeland security, customs and border protection, through jtfn for aerial training and assessment missions. The main beneficiaries of cap services in this program are federal leas and state and local communities.

Drug demand reduction: cap's drug demand reduction (ddr) program has assisted regions, wings, groups, and squadrons in instilling an aggressive, positive, drug-free attitude in cap members, air force families, department of defense civilians, and school-aged children. To that end, cap's ddr program provides leadership, educational materials, and partnerships within institutions and organizations to reach thousands of children and adults with a drug-free message.

Communication maintenance: cap maintains an extensive emergency communications network including vhf land mobile radios supported by repeaters and hf radios which are infrastructure independent. This system is designed to be secure, survivable yet interoperable with the dod and other federal, state, and local agencies, thereby ensuring messages can be successfully relayed during crisis situations. Cap has made a strong effort to rebuild our hf radio network over the last few years so thatour incident command posts and ground teams are not limited during natural disasters where cell phone and…