Cadet Program

The 2023 Joint Dakota Encampment executive team is excited to announce C/1st Lt Devin Griffin as the Cadet Commander for the upcoming encampment next year. 

Three South Dakota cadet teams met in Pierre October 7-8 for the wing cadet competition. Sioux Falls Composite Squadron took first place, Rushmore Composite Squadron came in second, and Big Sioux Composite Squadron was a very close third place.

National Headquarters has announced that five South Dakota Wing units are receiving the Quality Cadet Squadron Award for 2022.

The South Dakota Wing cadet competition team placed in the top 10 at Civil Air Patrol’s National Cadet Competition in Ohio this month. The team, from Sioux Falls Cadet Squadron (SFCS), had previously earned the right to represent North Central Region in the region cadet competition this spring.

Sioux Falls Composite Squadron and Lincoln County Composite Squadron represented South Dakota Wing at the Christian Homeschool Conference in Sioux Fall, May 6-7.

CAP has 2,500 aUAS drones nationally. South Dakota Wing did the first-ever actual CAP SAR mission using a drone. The small drones also great for STEM and Aerospace Education.

Thank you to Trooper Ostenson from the South Dakota Highway Patrol for his presentation to CAP cadets at Lookout Mountain Composite Squadron!

South Dakota Wing’s Miller Flight cadets had an exciting time launching rockets this week.

CAP Col. Mary Donley presented Cadet Capt. Abigail Williams CAP’s prestigious Amelia Earhart award during the regular Lincoln County Composite Squadron meeting on April 19.

The Pierre Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol adult and cadet members toured the SD National Guard Museum in Pierre.