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THE GOAL OF CIVil AIR PA-mJl IS 10 MAKE EVERY INDIVI DUAL

1 CADfT AN INTERfSTEO AND IN· fORM D PARTICIPAMT-lEADER

<I- ~ IN AN AGE TO Sf INCRI:ASINGLV

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Of AIR AND SPACE VfHlClES AND THEIR IMPACT ON ALL ASPECTS OF soc, £TV .'

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AM I SUPPOSED 10 UNDERSTAND AL ")

THAT STUFF ('

NO, NOT VET, HOWEVER, YOU M~ U~DERSTAND Tl4A1 A~VT~IN6 WOJl1'H DOING REQUI~ES DESI~E ANO THE WILL TO DO'" PLUS A LOT OF WORK OVfR A LONG P~~IOD OF llME! THE rolNT IS. IF YOU GET 5TARTfD RIGHT. THE REST WILL AVTOMATICAL V FOLLOW _I

OKAV! OKAY!

50 WHAT 00 1 oo? HOW 00 I GET WITH IT?

WELL.

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•.• LOCATE YOUR LOCAL CIVIL AIR PATROL I SQUADRON, O~ WRITE TO NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, CIVil AIR PATROL. MA)(W lL AIR

FORCE BASE., ALAeAMA 3G 112., FOR I1ELP OR \tJFORMATION.

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SAY ~OW DO YOU ~PELL ,"DEAR'?

O.K., TIl E LETTER'S MAl LED. WHAT WI LL I 00 WH EN I GET A REPLY?

~eN YOU'Ll OECIDE WHETHER TO JOIN CAP At?, A C,A OET !

O~?·· .... WELL, U~. JUST WHAT 00 CADETS DO?

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TN~ DO ACnVITl ES. eVERV8OO'I PARTIel PATES ANO TIl ERE'S SOM en41 N6 FOR eVERYONE REGARDLESS OF I NTeRESlS!

CADET ACT I VITI ES

NO SPECTATORS ALLOWED/

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OH. THAT'S NOT ALL!

THERE'S MORE?

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'THAT'S GREAT, BUT WOULD I ACTUALLY FLY MVSHF?

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YOU MAY 60 TO A NATIONAL FLYIN6 ENCAMPMENT At-J D LEARN TO BE A PI LOT AFTER YOU ARE 16 yeARS OLD. YOUR. LOCAL AREA OR STATE MAY HAVE A SOLO FLVING PROGRAM. THERE ARE FLIGHT GCHOlARSH LPS AVAI L,:, ABLE OR LOW COST FLIGHT TRAINING· HOW DO YOU THINK ~OME OFntf ASTRO-? NAUTS GOT STARTED.

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YOU AL~EADV HAVE'" WITH A DR EAM, BUT ANVONE CAN OREAM. IT TAKES A REAL MAN TO TURN A DREAM lNTO PRACTlCAL. REALITY !

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OH,OH. I KNEW THERE WAS A CATCH TO IT! SO ALRIGHT, III EAT MY BIRDSEED. TA~E MY VITAMINS,AND GROW UP REAL FASTl

WATS JUST ONE KIND or: Gra?W1l1. A CAP CADET LEARNS AND GROWS IN

FOUR WAYS! .

YEP. FI !:lST, ~E LEARNS AND GROWS PHYSICAL Y. NOT ONLY BY EATIN(; P~PERLY,AS YOU SAID. BUT BY EXERCISING \ \ PR.OPERLY!

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EXERCISING? SOUNDS LIKE WORK!

SECOND, HE LEAR~ AND GPOWS DYNAMICALLV BY LEARNING TO LEAD I

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OH. YEA~. I ses WHAT YOU MEA~. O.K., 00 ON.

HEY, y'MEAN I (7ET TO BOSS SOMEONE?

NO. YOU GET TO LE-AQ SOM EON E. THeRE's A DIFFERENce.

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, ~D. :CADET LEARNS AND GROWS MORALLY. HE LEARNS _ WHAT ALL OF HUMAN H\STO~Y HAS P~OVEN TO BE "MATURE BEHAVIOR"

SOUNDS LtKE A LOT OF GOBBLEDEGOOK. IVE NEVER HAD MUCH TO DO WITH THAT

KINO OF STUFF.

YOU WILL!

LEARNIN(; W"AT "--""h THE SCORE IS---WHAT:9 HAPPEt-JING.ln CAlL~D LEARNIWG ANO GROWIN6 I NTELLECTUAlL Y.

YECHT! DO I HAVE TO ?

TO GROW UP YOU 00. EV(;RYON~ DOES,

THE CAP CADET LEARNS WHAT AHPSPACe POWER

REALLV IS ~

YEH ,WELL, 1 LIKE THAT "POWER"

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- .•• aUT JUST HOW DOES ALL T~ I S LEA.RNING AND GROWl NG HAPPEN?

BY COMPlETttJ(; 15 ACHI EVEM EtJT CONTRACTS ---

ACHIEVEMENT CONfRAC,TS. rrs A FANCY WAY OF SAYI IIJG WHAT weve _ JUST SEEN TALKING ABOUT.

LEARNING ANO GROWIN(; PHYSICALLY. DVNAM I CALL V, MORALLY AND INTEL· LECTUALLY. rrs DONE ~ __

\N A SIMPLE STEp·6Y· STEP. ONE - SMALL· PART-AT-A-TIME ~ESS CALLED ACHIEVEMENT

CONTRACTS.

I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. 1 .J UST HOPE THE PROCESS I S A LOT SIM PLER Tl-tAN THE NAME FOR IT!

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BESIDES. ALL THOSE 15 ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN SPREAD OUT THROUG~

FOUR PHASES!

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IN PHASE I THERE~ ONLY ONE

ACHI EVEMENT. IT~ SORT OF A BE(;INN I No PHASE WH EI2E. yOU GET SQUARED AWAV FOR. W~AT'S TO COME.

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PHASE ][ I S A LEARNI NG P~ASE. YOU NEED A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE lF YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REAL KICK OUT OF LIVING. THAT'S WHY THERE AQE 6 ACHIEVEMENTS. 'N IT.

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PHASE]1[ IS THE LEADERSH 1 P PHASE. IT TAKES 4 ACJ.t I EVEM ENTS' AND YOU GET TO BE A PLANNERSUPERVlSOR. •

A WHAT? A WHEEL!

HEY.THAT:S ME! A WHEEL! 4fi

I ~ PHASE IV YOU'RE REALLY A WHEEL··· ADVISING AND COMMANDING OTHER CAP CAOETS, EVEN TH E CADET

OFFICERS. THROUOH FOUR I

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