In the late 1930s, more than 150,000 volunteers with a passion for aviation wanted to use their skills and their planes to help protect their country. The Civil Air Patrol was born a week before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. During World War II, the Civil Air Patrol flew more than 500,000 hours and sank two enemy submarines. The Civil Air Patrol has an interesting history from World War II to the present day. In the early days of the Civil Air Patrol, there was a strong need for national defense on the eastern seaboard, where German submarines had sunk several freighters and supply ships within a few miles of the coast. The US Army Air Corp had made the decision to authorize the Civil Air Patrol to fly ninety-day test patrol missions up to one hundred and fifty miles from the eastern seaboard to search for enemy submarines . While the Civil Air Patrol aircraft themselves were unarmed, they served as a valuable resource in calling in support from Navy, Coast Guard, and Army aircraft to designate fire on the enemy. During the 90-day trial period, three Civil Air Patrol bases were established along the eastern seaboard to conduct coastal patrols. The first base was in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Second base was in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and third base was in Lantana, Florida. These patrols generally lasted between two and four hours depending on the type of mission, whether escort or patrol. On escort missions, Civil Air Patrol aircraft would escort freighters and freighters for fifty miles until they had to return to base due to a lack of fuel. It was not until May 1942 that the Air Corp and government realized the need to arm CAP aircraft when a Civil Air Patrol plane spotted an enemy submarine off the coast of CAP ... middle of paper... .. they can and, if possible, find the plane. All cadets can be considered more responsible and reliable than most. They have little room for ruckus and no room for negligence or error. Every "real world" operation conducted by Civil Air Patrol can have a negative outcome if all parties do not put their full effort into it. Every operation performed by Civil Air Patrol, whether training or not, must be executed with discipline and ultimate control to achieve the best result available. https://suite.io/andrew-glikin-gusinsky/59s62m4Quote. http://www.gawg.cap.gov/sar.htmQuote. http://www.americainwwii.com/articles/guarding-the-home-skies/Quote. http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/about/history_of_civil_air_patrol/Quote. http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/about/from_the_national_commander/