Civil Air Patrol cadet Capt. Joshua Elphee received the Amelia Earhart Award from CAP Maj. James Covel, the commander of the Prince William Composite Squadron, on Nov. 18.
The Amelia Earhart Award is a cadet achievement award of the Civil Air Patrol and is presented in honor of Amelia Earhart, pioneering aviatrix and aviation record-setter. This award is presented on behalf of CAP National Headquarters to denote the successful completion of the specific requirements in Phase II training within the cadet training program. Upon completion of this ward, Elphee was promoted to Cadet captain.
The 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 counter-drug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies.
CAP members also 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.
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