Encampment

Encampment challenges you. It pushes you so you’ll grow. Are you self-disciplined? Can you lead? Can you truly work as a team? These are some of the questions the cadre will help you answer for yourself as you participate in awesome, hands-on activities and tours. Specifically, our goal is to inspire you to

• develop leadership skills,

• learn about aviation, space, and technology,

• commit to a habit of regular exercise, and

• live the Core Values.

As cadets of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, your training will emphasize not only leadership and character, but fitness and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) as you explore career opportunities in those areas and so much more.

Financial Assistance

Help with tuition and uniform expenses is available. Please see the Cadet Encampment Assistance Program page. CEAP opens on 1 March for Summer Encampments and 1 November for Winter Encampments. CEAP closes about 30 days prior to the start of the encampment.

Encampment Curricula

All training materials are available online.

COVID-19 Host Wing Information

Please reference current guidance on the CAP COVID-19 Information webpage

COVID-19 Guidance for Parents and Cadets

**This guidance is from the 18 May 2021 Memo on the COVID-19 Information webpage

Participants and staff may attend activities only if they meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Their home wing/unit is in the same phase or higher (less restrictive) as the activity they will attend.

• They have been fully vaccinated as defined by CDC at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html,

• They have a negative COVID test within three days of starting travel to the activity location,

• They self-quarantine for 14 days prior to activity start and remain free of COVID symptoms during that time.

Overnight Lodging

Click here for details on overnight activity lodging policies.

Air Force Support for CAP Encampments

Click here to see a letter referencing 2022 Air Force support for CAP encampments.

Winter Encampments

Encampments will be listed here as they are announced. All activities may be subject to change.

Directors of cadet programs, please register your encampment with us for inclusion on this page.

Wing	Dates	Location
Colorado	29 December - 05 January 2023	Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, CO
Florida	28 December - 03 January 2023	Camp Blanding Joint Training Base
Kansas	27 December - 03 January 2023	Salina, KS
Kentucky	27 December - 01 January 2023	Kentucky Army Nat’l Guard Armory, Owensboro, KY
Oregon	28 December - 03 January 2023	Camp Rilea, Warrenton, OR, 97146
Texas	27 December - 02 January 2023	Camp Allen, Navasota, TX