[Scan-DC] Civil Air Patrol Opens Washington Office

[Alan Henney]

From: Kimberly L. Wright
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:46 PM
Subject: Civil Air Patrol Opens Washington Office

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. - Civil Air Patrol<http://www.cap.gov>
announces the opening of its Washington office and the appointment of
Col. John Swain, CAP, as its Washington representative. This new
office and position will represent CAP's National Headquarters with
government agencies, nonprofit organizations and other offices located
in the nation's capital.



The Washington office is located at 1501 Lee Highway, Suite 120, in
the Air Force Association building in Arlington, Va. It is open during
normal business hours Monday through Thursday. To contact Swain, call
(703) 522-0060 or e-mail dcoffice at cap.gov<mailto:dcoffice at cap.gov>.



Swain joined CAP as a cadet in 1963 and most recently served as deputy
commander of its Congressional Squadron and government relations
advisor to the national commander. He recently retired as a
congressional investigator with the legislative branch in Washington
after 30 years of government service.



Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a
nonprofit organization with more than 56,000 members nationwide. CAP
performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue
missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was
credited by the AFRCC with saving 103 lives in fiscal year 2007. Its
volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and
counter-drug missions at the request of federal, state and local
agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and
serve as mentors to the nearly 22,000 young people currently
participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions
for America for more than 65 years.



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Contact:
Julie DeBardelaben
Deputy Director Public Affairs
Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters

Steve Cox
Affairs Manager
www.cap.gov<http://www.cap.gov/>

Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters, 105 S. Hansell Street Building
 714, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112 United States