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=='''Acceptance to a CAP- | =='''Acceptance to a CAP-A'''== | ||
IN order to be selected to join a Candidate for Avionics and Piloting Academy, or CAP-A, citations from each candidates preceeding Marine CO must be furnished to the requistion committee, an the candidate must be an officer in good standig. This posting is not offered to enlisted members, unless an exception is made and voted upon by Marine Corps Administration. Each candidate is then reviewed, and interviewed to assess their mental, physical and emotional status, to decided wether or not they are fit to serve in an Air Group. This process is otherwise known as Phase White. From there, the candidate will progress to two other phases that will test their cognitve an psychomotor abilities a Marine Pilot. | |||
==''PHASE WHITE''== | ==''PHASE WHITE''== | ||
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==''PHASE RED and Graduation''== | ==''PHASE RED and Graduation''== | ||
Phase red consists of a series of live-fire excersizes and grueling cognitive command and control testing, to show whether or not the candidate has gained enough experience and expertise to move on to graduation day from MADO, and | Phase red consists of a series of live-fire excersizes and grueling cognitive command and control testing, to show whether or not the candidate has gained enough experience and expertise to move on to graduation day from MADO, and the pinning of a traditional set of wings to their class A uniform. This exercise takes appoximately 2 weeks to complete, divided into four exercises or mission that Pilots must participate in with their assigned teams. | ||
*'''SCENARIO 1''': Operation Shielded Beast - This scenario runs the gauntlet of protecting a mother vessel from an unknown enemy. Units must identify the hostile threat, formulate an action plan, and neutralize the threat. This can occur at any point during a three day patrol of Earth Sector 49 | |||
CP's then become ROP's or regular officer pilots. ROP's are considered officers as they have already met the requirements as commissioned officers prior to being selected for the academy. Once gradu | |||