Civil Air Patrol South Carolina Wing

Civil Air Patrol South Carolina Wing Volunteers Serving America's Communities, Saving Lives,
and Shaping Futures

Civil Air Patrol saves lives!Read more to learn how this particular group of volunteers helps find missing aircraft!
09/15/2026

Civil Air Patrol saves lives!
Read more to learn how this particular group of volunteers helps find missing aircraft!

🚨 One distress signal. Three regions. Five hours.When an emergency beacon activated near Lake Murray, Civil Air Patrol v...
09/04/2026

🚨 One distress signal. Three regions. Five hours.

When an emergency beacon activated near Lake Murray, Civil Air Patrol volunteers responded from across South Carolina.

Ground teams came from the Midlands and Upstate. A CAP aircraft launched from Myrtle Beach. And when the search led into a neighborhood, the Richland County Sheriff’s Office joined the mission.

Volunteer Aircrew overhead. Volunteers on the ground. Deputies opening doors. Even local residents helping connect the final dots.

Five hours after the alert, the distress signal was located, and silenced.

This is what teamwork across South Carolina looks like.

This is Civil Air Patrol.

Could you see yourself answering the next call? 👀

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08/01/2026

For those of you missing encampment, here are a few Hot Takes by cadre.
Reel by C/1st Lt Sappington

07/26/2026

We support your hiring and recruiting efforts, Civil Air Patrol

2026 SCWG Encampment Graduation was a successful end to the week. We couldn't have asked for better weather today! Paren...
07/26/2026

2026 SCWG Encampment Graduation was a successful end to the week. We couldn't have asked for better weather today!

Parents and grandparents attended to take their cadets home. In the words of one dad, "We just arrived home and my son had an incredible time and we can see the growth in him from just from this one week."

Civil Air Patrol's Cadet Program changes lives of young people (and adults too), and encampment is the pivotal point for many.

See all the photos from the week on our SmugMug link, and allow us another day and a good night's rest to get graduation day's pictures loaded for you. https://photos.cap.gov/Mid-Atlantic-Region/South-Carolina-Wing/Encampment/2026

If you've been following us through the week, even with "one sleep" left in open bay barracks, you know that activities ...
07/25/2026

If you've been following us through the week, even with "one sleep" left in open bay barracks, you know that activities didn't slow down!

The morning began with physical training. Cadets have started each of the last seven days with exercise and then head to breakfast. And then, despite some early rain, the real fun began...

The Fit to Win obstacle course was attempted and conquered by all who rose to the challenge. Uniforms were sandy and sweat-drenched from going through, under, and over obstacles on bellies, feet, and climbing with ropes.

After some drill practice for tomorrow's graduation parade, everyone dressed in their blues for an award ceremony at the theater on base. Each flight had an honor and most improved cadet, the encampment as a whole had a few awards, and 25 advance training cadets who earned their NRA r***e Pro Marksman badges earlier this week received them.

Returning to the barracks, we enjoyed BBQ with sides and banana pudding for dinner before cleaning barracks and going to bed. The week has been full and your cadets will be doing one of three things on the way home: talking non-stop about their adventures and new friends, lost in the phones that they've done without for 7 days, or (quite likely) fast asleep in their seats.

REMINDER: graduation is at 11 a.m. at Hilton Field. Follow the blue line on the road, and please arrive between 10 to 10:30 a.m.

Check out the photos online!
https://photos.cap.gov/Mid-Atlantic-Region/South-Carolina-Wing/Encampment/2026

07/24/2026

***Engcampment Graduation will begin at 11:00 AM at Hilton Field!***
Please plan to arrive between 10:00 AM and 10:30 AM to allow time for parking and seating.

With just two days left of this year's encampment, things certainly aren't slowing down in the adventure department!Adva...
07/24/2026

With just two days left of this year's encampment, things certainly aren't slowing down in the adventure department!

Advanced Training Flight and the Executive staff (both adults and cadets) took a trip to Victory Tower, a 40-foot rappel tower. Geared up after a safety briefing, everyone present had the opportunity to descend under the watchful eyes of Fort Jackson staff working the Tower today.

This afternoon, everyone visited the South Carolina Military Museum in Columbia, SC, where Maj Nason introduced Boots, his restored canon, which is stationed in the museum, and time was given to explore the museum's artifacts and displays.

The evening was similar to the rest of the week - dinner, Retreat, and PT games - only the smiles are bigger and the friendships more established.

For all the day's photos, please visit our SmugMug page: https://photos.cap.gov/Mid-Atlantic-Region/South-Carolina-Wing/Encampment/2026

We're past the halfway mark and flights are becoming teams rather than mere groups. Comaraderie is building, creativity ...
07/23/2026

We're past the halfway mark and flights are becoming teams rather than mere groups. Comaraderie is building, creativity is flowing, and standards continue to be upheld.

Today saw numerous lessons, including Chief Fox teaching on Core Values and Maj Greenway, the CAP-USAF representative who's spent most of the week with us, on Leadership and his career. They also learned the importance of fitness and a healthy lifestyle.

Blues uniforms were inspected. To do this properly, a ruler is used to ensure correct placement of insignia on collars and ribbons on blouses.

At the end of a long day, students had some fun with PT games before showering and getting into beautifully-made beds for a full 8.5 hours of rest.

For all today's photos and those from the rest of the week, please check out our SmugMug page: https://photos.cap.gov/.../South-Carolina.../Encampment/2026

We're already halfway through encampment, but the fun is certainly not over! Today brought a trip to McEntire Joint Nati...
07/22/2026

We're already halfway through encampment, but the fun is certainly not over!

Today brought a trip to McEntire Joint National Guard Base, where cadets got up close to an Apache Guardian & Black Hawk, while also trying night vision glasses and seeing F-16s launch!

Lt Col Humphries, commander of the battalion that has so generously hosted us again this year, gave such an inspirational talk about his own Civil Air Patrol cadet career that continued several years after he achieved his Spaatz promotion, one cadet mentioned he had decided to stop promoting. When asked if that's still the case after hearing Lt Col Humphries' story, his face broke into a huge smile as he said, "No. He was determined and I thought I was too old (at 17), but I realize I'm not."

Flights received their guidons today, an honor assigned to a leader in the flight.

Exploring aerospace is a key element of CAP. 1st Lt Arroya and 1st Lt Sellers led a team teaching a rocketry class, whereafter cadets headed outside to launch them. Look closely at the photo and you'll see why they're called 'jump rockets'.

For all today's photos and those from the rest of the week, please check out our SmugMug page: https://photos.cap.gov/Mid-Atlantic-Region/South-Carolina-Wing/Encampment/2026

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