page_title: Civil Air Patrol
section_title: Uniforms
hierarchical_section_title: Civil Air Patrol / Uniforms
caption_attribution_description: English: Civil Air Patrol Cadet 1st Lt. Isaac Hubenthal, 17, of Laramie, Wyo., with the Laramie Valley Composite Squadron, receives advice from U.S. Air Force Reserve Senior Master Sgt. Shane Williams, of Colorado Springs, Colo., assigned as a U.S. Air Force-Civil Air Patrol Liaison during the Wyoming Wing, Civil Air Patrol Encampment, Aug. 7, 2012, at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Wyo. The encampment is an opportunity for new CAP cadets to learn skills, while more experienced cadets serve as the encampment’s staff, under the supervision of adult CAP members.
context_page_description: The Civil Air Patrol is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force. CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership that includes people from all backgrounds, lifestyles, and occupations. It performs three congressionally assigned key missions: emergency services, which includes search and rescue and disaster relief operations; aerospace education for youth and the general public; and cadet programs for teenage youth. In addition, CAP has recently been tasked with homeland security and courier service missions. CAP also performs non-auxiliary missions for various governmental and private agencies, such as local law enforcement and the American Red Cross. The program is established as an organization by Title 10 of the United States Code and its purposes defined by Title 36.
  Membership in the organization consists of cadets ranging from 12 to just under 21 years of age, and senior members 18 years of age and up.
context_section_description: The Civil Air Patrol's uniforms provide a distinctive and standard set of uniform items intended to provide a positive public image, build morale, and enhance the professionalism of the organization's membership.
  CAP members wear uniforms similar to the U.S. Air Force's uniforms worn with distinctive emblems, insignia and badges to identify them as CAP members; these are categorized as "USAF-style uniforms". USAF-style uniforms may be worn by all cadets under age 18, and by cadets over age 18 and senior members who meet height and weight standards set by CAP's uniform manual.
  In addition, CAP has a series of what are categorized as "Corporate-style uniforms" which may be worn by all senior members, and also by those cadets over age 18 who do not meet height and weight standards set for the USAF-style uniform.
  Uniforms are categorized in CAP's uniform manual by the environment in which the uniform is to be worn or the work to be accomplished.
  These uniform types are composed of:
  United States Air Force-style uniforms:
  Service Dress Uniform (Class A) – the United States Air Force's service dress uniform, consisting of dark blue trousers, light blue shirt with tie, dark blue jacket, and a flight or service cap. Rank is indicated on CAP-distinctive gray epaulets (for senior member officers) or sleeve stripes (for senior member non-commissioned officers). Cadet ranks are shown by epaulets, metal grade insignia.
  Blue Service Uniform (Class B) – identical to the service dress uniform, except without the dark blue jacket. The tie is optional when in short sleeves. Cadet enlisted and NCOs wear metal grade insignia on the collar.
  Airman Battle Uniform (ABU) – the digital tiger stripe style United States Air Force field uniform, which is in the process of being phased out by the USAF, with dark blue name tapes, silver text, metal insignia on the collar for enlisted grade cadets, and cloth insignia for cadet officers and senior members. (Phase in beginning 15 June 2016, mandatory wear date is 15 June 2021)
  Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) – the old style United States Air Force "woodland camouflage" field uniform, with ultramarine name tapes, metal insignia on the collar for enlisted grade cadets, and cloth insignia for cadet officers and senior members. (Phase out beginning 15 June 2016, mandatory phase out is 15 June 2021)
  Flight Duty Uniform – green Nomex one-piece CWU 27/P flight suit worn by United States Air Force flight crews, styled in a manner similar to Air Mobility Command flight crews, but with CAP insignia. This is worn by CAP flight personnel only.
  Mess Dress Uniform – the dark blue United States Air Force mess dress uniform with CAP-distinctive insignia and sleeve braid. This is worn by senior members only.
  Corporate-style ("CAP distinctive") uniforms:
  Corporate Field Uniform – a dark blue version of the battle dress uniform.
  Aviator Shirt Uniform – an aviator white shirt with gray epaulets, and gray trousers.
  Corporate Flight Duty Uniform – a dark blue version of the one-piece flight suit made of Nomex or cotton material.
  Corporate Service Dress Uniform – a dark blue blazer jacket worn with a white shirt, gray trousers, and a CAP or United States Air Force tie.
  Corporate Working Uniform – a dark blue short-sleeve polo shirt with the CAP seal screened or embroidered on the chest, and gray trousers.  This is only worn by senior members.
caption: Civil Air Patrol Cadet Battle Dress Uniform, on right
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