Chapter 2-Arnold Achievement (Cadet Airman First Class)

Duties and Responsibilities

Assistant element leader-help element leader, take over when element leader is absent, help train element, check attendance, ensure that members test, and train new cadets

More Principles of Followership (Integrity, Attitude, Discipline, Loyalty, Courtesy)

Integrity

-sticking to a code of moral values, honesty, doing what is right

Attitude

-state of mind that lies behind actions, so it needs to be positive

Discipline

-self-discipline (taught by drill, customs, courtesies) leads to group discipline of

high, attainable standards

Loyalty

-loyalty must be earned, but unquestioned loyalty is bad

Courtesy

-way of showing politeness and personal recognition

-helps develop esprit de corps aka group morale

-Ex. using sir or ma'am & saluting

Communication

-transfer of an idea from a sender to a receiver through a medium

-3 approaches to communication

-self action: communication as the act of transferring thoughts or ideas into the

minds of others

-interaction: this recognizes the role you play in receiving communication (one

message influences the next)

-transaction: this focuses on sharing a meaning and getting feedback

-goal of communication is to share meaning, and it happens when you react to a stimulus

-four elements of communication

-communicator-receiver: have good attitude & use vocab. appropriate to audience

-message symbols: verbal and non-verbal

-receiver: how well you communicate depends on how predictably receiver reacts

-feedback: lets you know how audience is adapting to you

CAP Uniforms

Colors and Flags

Flags in Civil Air Patrol

-CAPR 900-2: national flag, region and wing flag, squadron flag, guidon, pennant

-salute flag from 6 paces away

Saluting During the National Anthem or To the Colors

-when in uniform in formation: “present arms”

-when in uniform but not in formation: at attention, face flag, salute

-when in uniform indoors: stand at attention (in civies: hand over heart)