[PAO] New CAPP 201 - Public Affairs Officer Specialty Track

Sat Aug 9 14:39:43 CDT 2014

I have monitored this list for quite some time have received some good 
information here. Today I will for the first time share my thoughts.

First let me say that I think the PAO specialty track takes 
determination to get through. It isn't necessarily the easiest one that 
CAP has; however I find it very rewarding.

I saw the question about being 'grandfathered.' I too have been working 
on my Master rating and when I saw the new guidance come out, my eyes 
nearly popped out of my head. After working all day at my regular job 
(just like everyone else) and then coming home to do my CAP job; I am 
'tired.' Seeing this new PAO update, I feel like it is requiring me to 
start over and personally I don't know if I have it in me.

I think that there should be a PAO and a separate PIO specialty track; 
which I would definitely enroll in.

For those of us that were nearly to the finish line....wow

-- 
Kim Miller, Maj.
Public Affairs Officer,
Redstone Composite Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
United States Air Force Auxiliary

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http://redstone119.alwg.cap.gov/

On 8/9/2014 1:47 PM, mahadocon at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
> What the writers failed to see is the possibility the numbers of PAOs 
> may decline in the future. Would you become or remain a PAO if you 
> could not advance pass the Tech Rating? Afterall, not everyone wants 
> to perform PIO duties, so why should a PAO seek PIO qualification 
> requirements when he/she is happy doing PAO tasks & is great at it. 
> Start looking for unit PAO numbers to drop. I'm looking to increase 
> unit PAOs, but what do you think perspective PAOs not wanting to do 
> PIO tasks do when they can't get beyond the Tech Rating in PA? They'll 
> seek another specialty track! More dissatisfaction about the new CAPP 
> 201 will come about. Should have thought about the PA members instead 
> of what would be nice to have.
>
> Lt Col Fred Mahadocon, CAP
> PCR/DPA
>
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> *From: * Bruce Kipp <paa.sdwg at gmail.com>;
> *To: * CAP-PAO <cap-pao at lists.sempervigilans.org>;
> *Subject: * [PAO] New CAPP 201 - Public Affairs Officer Specialty Track
> *Sent: * Sat, Aug 9, 2014 3:48:58 PM
>
> I've just had a chance to go over the new specialty track pamphlet 
> CAPP 201 - Public Affairs Officer.  I am dismayed by the number of new 
> roadblocks placed in our way.
>
> First, I think it is just flat wrong to force a PAO to become an ES 
> PIO whether they want to or not in order to advance in the specialty 
> track. IMHO that should be up to the individual to decide.
>
> Second, from my perspective the worst roadblock is the requirement to 
> take FEMA Course E-388 (Advanced PIO) in order to obtain "Master" 
> rating. The problem is that E-388 is classroom taught and is only 
> taught at the ES Institute in Emmitsburg, PA. In addition, the 
> prerequisite for E-388 is G-290 (PIO Basic). That classroom course is 
> taught at state level. However, G-290 hasn't been taught in South 
> Dakota for the past several years and their isn't another iteration 
> scheduled until August 2015! The requirement for G-290 is for "Senior" 
> level, something I already am. So the new CAPP 201 requires I go 
> backwards in order to advance since you can't take E-388 unless you 
> have had G-290.
>
> I am retired and live on a pension. The transportation, lodging and 
> meal costs involved in traipsing across my state and across my nation 
> in order to check off the boxes to rise in the specialty track levels 
> is prohibitive. In addition, I have medial conditions which make such 
> travel and a lengthy duration away from home difficult.
>
> Lest you think that I am just a whiner, I have been Wing PAO of the 
> Year in two different wings twice in the past three years. I have also 
> been Region PAO of the Year twice in two different regions in the past 
> three years and nominated for the national Bud Payton public affairs 
> award twice in three years. So, I'd say that I'm doing a pretty good 
> job as a PAO. and yes, I am also a CAP ES PIO.
>
> What is especially galling is that I had completed all the 
> requirements for "Master" level under the old CAPP 201 except for 
> having two consecutive years in my position as PAO. I was within 4 
> months of meeting that goal. I moved from MTWG to SDWG in 2012 and 
> there was a few months gap between my resigning as PAO in MTWG and 
> becoming PAO in SDWG.  I asked NHQ/PA about it and was told there is 
> no grandfathering. They have changed the rules for the specialty track 
> without grandfathering those of us who were already progressing in the 
> track. IMHO, those of us already progressing in the PAO track should 
> have been grandfathered and those just entering the specialty track 
> would come under the new CAPP 201.
>
> I had anticipated achieving "Master" level in November and, at the 
> same time, completing Level IV. Now, It looks like it will be years, 
> if ever, before I will be able to advance in the PAO specialty track 
> and in the professional development program.
>
> ^
> *Bruce Kipp, Major, CAP*
>
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>
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-- 
Kim Miller, Maj.
Public Affairs Officer,
Redstone Composite Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
United States Air Force Auxiliary

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