CAP-USAF Pacific Liaison Region
The Pacific Liaison Region (PLR) is an active duty Air Force detachment that reports to CAP-USAF at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. PLR provides advice, assistance, and oversight to the Civil Air Patrol, the AF auxiliary Pacific Region as well as the 6 wings in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The PLR office is located at Beale AFB, California.
Attention Guard & Reserve!
If you are an Air Force Reserve or National Guard member and you are looking for a new assignment, take a look at the Civil Air Patrol Reserve Assistance Program (CAPRAP).
What is CAPRAP?
CAPRAP members provide oversight, advice, and liaison assistance to CAP members, the USAF volunteer auxiliary, in all areas of its mission. To find out more about CAP, check their National HQ website. CAPRAP provides the interface between the CAP and the Air Force. We are the eyes and ears of the Air Force in the day-to-day CAP business.
Most USAFR and Air National Guard members eligible for assignment to a Ready Reserve position are potentially eligible to join CAPRAP. Line officers must be in the grades of lieutenant through lieutenant colonel; enlisted members must be in the grades of senior airman through chief master sergeant. Potential CAPRAP members must be promotable. Officers twice passed over for promotion or who failed to make First Lieutenant on the first try are not eligible.
Nonline officers (JA, chaplain, medical) may join CAPRAP with certain caveats. JA officers and chaplains must be released at the USAF level with coordination through HQ ARPC; medical personnel must be released by HQ ARPC/SG (IMAs) or HQ AFRC/SG (unit Reserve). Many potentially complex and unpleasant side effects may occur from leaving one of these specialties to join CAPRAP (reduction in rank and decreased promotion eligibility to name two), so we typically do not encourage JA, chaplain or medical personnel to transfer into CAPRAP.
Nearly all CAPRAP positions are Category E (nonpay, points-only) reserve assignments. If you are a unit Reservist and would like to take on CAPRAP work as an additional duty (to earn more retirement points, for instance), you may serve as an attached member without prejudice to your unit assignment.
Your duties in CAPRAP vary depending on your interests and the amount of time you are willing to commit. No UTAs or weekend drills are required. As a Reserve Assistance Officer or NCO (RAO/RANCO), you are almost entirely self-directing. You do your duty and earn your points as you go, depending on how active you wish to be. Taking the initiative, being safety-minded, and willing to work with people are key elements to success in this program.
Typical RAO/RANCO duties include:
Inspecting CAP aircraft and vehicles for safety
Teaching classes in aviation, space, military history, or leadership to CAP cadets
Monitoring exercises and actual search and rescue operations
Arranging tours of military installations and other federal facilities for CAP members
Obtaining government-surplus equipment and supplies for CAP use
Providing advice and guidance to CAP cadet and senior members
Attending state, regional and national conferences
Acting as a role model or mentor for CAP cadets
As an RAO/RANCO, you are not a CAP member or aircrew member and are not allowed to command a CAP unit or hold a position within CAP; you are an advisor, observer and facilitator.
Membership in CAPRAP can be a satisfying, fulfilling way of performing your Reserve duty while contributing to the mission of the Civil Air Patrol, its cadets and its dedicated volunteers.
Interested? Want to learn more?...
Contact:
The following Wing Reserse CoordinatorsMaj Edwin A. Panting, Alaska Wing Reserve Coordinator; phone: 907-644-0615
Maj Rodney Gisi , California Wing Reserve Coordinator; phone: 951-347-4308
Doug Miller, Hawaii State Director; phone: 808-836-4023
Maj Timothy McCourt , Nevada Wing Reserve Coordinator; phone: 702-271-7391
Maj Ryan Lester, Oregon Wing Reserve Coordinator; phone:
Maj Frank Lane , Washington Wing Reserve Coordinator; phone: 360-834-7576
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