2025 South Carolina Wing Encampment Day 5
Encampment Day 5
Honor Flight of the Day: TBA
How Family Shapes the Encampment Experience
No one is truly alone at encampment. Many participants serve in Civil Air Patrol alongside family members—sometimes even multiple generations in uniform. Parents of cadets often join CAP for a variety of reasons: some to support and watch over their children, others to grow professionally together.
Even cadets who attend encampment without a family member present are rarely doing it alone. Their journey began at home—with the support, encouragement, and sacrifice of family. That foundation helps them face the challenges of encampment while gaining knowledge in aerospace, leadership, drill, and character development.
Whether a parent is a CAP member or not, they play a vital role in motivating their cadet and helping shape the leader they are becoming.
“We encourage each other; we keep track of each other’s paths. We hold each other accountable in our CAP careers.” — 1st Lt. Marcy Thomas, mother of Cadet Capt. Joshua Thomas
“We motivate each other to do a lot of things, and we push each other to be the best we can be in the program—through promotion, drill, setting up activities, and more.” — Cadet 2nd Lt. Jacob Innes
“Civil Air Patrol creates a sort of hierarchy in my family. It’s a friendly competition between me and my siblings. As older siblings, we have more experience, and we usually give advice to our little sister.” — Cadet Capt. Ruth Atherton
Lt. Col. Danielle DeAngelo shared that her daughter, Cadet Lt. Col. Brooklyn DeAngelo, now supports and mentors her younger brother in the program—teaching him essential elements of Civil Air Patrol like drill and aerospace.
At South Carolina Wing Encampment, family isn’t just a bond—it’s a force multiplier.
Written by Cadet 2nd Lt. Yitiana Ling