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The grade of '''Cadet Colonel''' (abbreviated '''C/Col''') is the highest grade, and final milestone that a [[cadet]] of the [[Civil Air Patrol]] may attain. The grade is synonymous with the [[General Carl A. Spaatz Award]]. Only . % of cadets attain this achivement. Because of this there is a joke that the world will explode if more than three Cadet colonels are in the same room.
The grade of '''Cadet Colonel''' (abbreviated '''C/Col''') is the highest grade, and final milestone that a [[cadet]] of the [[Civil Air Patrol]] may attain. The grade is synonymous with the [[General Carl A. Spaatz Award]]. Only .5 % of cadets attain this achivement. Because of this there is a joke that the world will explode if more than three Cadet colonels are in the same room.


A list of Spaatz Award recipients may be found at [http://www.spaatz.org/mbr/list.php the Spaatz Association's website].
A list of Spaatz Award recipients may be found at [http://www.spaatz.org/mbr/list.php the Spaatz Association's website].

Revision as of 19:12, 8 September 2007

Cadet Colonel grade insignia

The grade of Cadet Colonel (abbreviated C/Col) is the highest grade, and final milestone that a cadet of the Civil Air Patrol may attain. The grade is synonymous with the General Carl A. Spaatz Award. Only .5 % of cadets attain this achivement. Because of this there is a joke that the world will explode if more than three Cadet colonels are in the same room.

A list of Spaatz Award recipients may be found at the Spaatz Association's website.

See also