Moss awarded Civil Air Patrol’s highest cadet award
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Moss awarded Civil Air Patrol’s highest cadet award
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters has determined that another West Virginia Wing cadet has successfully completed all the requirements for the prestigious General Carl A Spaatz Award, which is CAP's highest cadet achievement award.
Cadet Joseph P. Moss of the Morgantown Composite Squadron has successfully completed all phases and achievements of the cadet program and has earned the award and a promotion to Cadet Colonel.
Moss has also received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for next year. He will report to the academy this summer to begin his military training to become an Army officer.
The West Virginia Wing has 12 units in the state with 684 members. At $215,296 for 2006-2007, the wing ranks third in the nation in state appropriation funding. The wing is under the command of Col. Rodney A. Moore.
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 57,000 members nationwide. CAP performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 90 lives in fiscal year 2008. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counterdrug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 22,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 67 years. For more information, visit .
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