CAP Chain of Command

[AirForceAlways]

Thank you DragunovSVD_Shooter for the idea!

If you find any of the information incorrect or outdated please let me know so I can change it, thanks.

CAP Chain of Command is as follows:

President of the United States
Honorable Barack H. Obama

Secretary of Defense
Honorable Robert M. Gates

Secretary of the Air Force
Mr. Michael B. Donley [ACTING]

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mike Mullen, Adm, USN

Air Force Chief of Staff
Gen. Norton A. Schwarz

Commander, Air Education and Training Command
Stephen R Lorenz, Gen, USAF

Commander, Air University
Allen G. Peck, Lt Gen, USAF

Commander, CAP-USAF
Russel Hodgkins, Col, USAF

End USAF/DoD Chain of Command
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CAP Chain of Command

National Commander, Civil Air Patrol
Maj Gen. Amy Courter, CAP

National Vice Commander, Civil Air Patrol
Brig Gen. Reggie Chitwood

Commanders, Regions (Note: All Region CCs hold equal status)
Southeast Region - Col James M. Rushing, CAP
Middle East Region - Col Joseph R. Vazquez
Northeast Region - Col. Robert Diduch, CAP
North Central Region - Col Steven W. Kuddes, CAP
Great Lakes Region - Col Charles L. Carr, Jr
Southwest Region - Col Joseph C. Jensen, CAP
Rocky Mountain Region - Col. Russell Chazell, CAP
Pacific Region - Col. Ernest Pearson, CAP

Commanders, Wings (Note: All Wing CCs hold equal status)
Southeast Region
Florida Wing - Col. Patrick O'Key, CAP
Georgia Wing - Col. James Hughes, CAP
Alabama Wing - Col. Michael Oakman, CAP
Mississippi Wing - Col. John Wilkes, CAP
Tennessee Wing - Col. James Rushing, CAP
Puerto Rico Wing - Col. Herman Liboy, CAP

Middle East Region
Delaware Wing - Col. Russell Opland, CAP
Maryland Wing - Col. Gerard Weiss, CAP
National Capitol (D.C.) Wing - Col. Jane Davies, CAP
North Carolina Wing - Col. Larry Ragland, CAP
South Carolina Wing - Col. Aurel Smith, CAP
Virginia Wing - Col. Eric Litt, CAP
West Virginia Wing - Col. Rodney Moore, CAP

Northeast Region
Connecticut Wing - Col. Peter Jensen, CAP
Maine Wing - Col. Christopher Hayden, CAP
Massachusetts Wing - Col. David Belcher, CAP
New Hampshire Wing - Col. Donald Davidson, CAP
New Jersey Wing - Col. Robert McCabe, CAP
New York Wing - Col. Kenneth Andreu, CAP
Pennsylvania Wing - Col. Allen Applebaum, CAP
Vermont Wing - Col. Thomas Benckert, CAP
Rhode Island Wing - Col. Augustine Comella, CAP

North Central Region
Iowa Wing - Col. Ralph Tomlinson, CAP
Kansas Wing - Col. Bernard King, CAP
Minnesota Wing - Col. Steven Miller, CAP
Missouri Wing - Col. John Mais, CAP
Nebraska Wing - Col. Robert Todd, CAP
North Dakota Wing - Col. Karl Altenburg, CAP
South Dakota Wing - Col. Michael Beason, CAP

Great Lakes Region
Illinois Wing - Col. Maurice Givens, CAP
Indiana Wing - Col. Gordon Larson, CAP
Kentucky Wing - Col. Henry Heaberlin, CAP
Michigan Wing (Acting) - Lt. Col Ronald Padavan, CAP
Ohio Wing - Col. Charles Carr, CAP
Wisconsin Wing - Col. Donald Haffner, CAP

Southwest Region
Arizona Wing - Col. William Lynch, CAP
Arkansas Wing - Col. Robert Britton, CAP
Louisiana Wing - Col. Rodney Ammons. CAP
New Mexico Wing - Col. Richard F. Himebrook, CAP
Oklahoma Wing - Col. Joe Smith, CAP
Texas Wing - Col. Robert Eldrige

Rocky Mountain Region
Colorado Wing - Col. Gregory Cortum, CAP
Idaho Wing - Col. James Fletcher, CAP
Montana Wing - Col. Robert Hoffman, CAP
Utah Wing - Col. Robert Bost, CAP
Wyoming Wing - Col. Robert Cook, CAP

Pacific Region
Alaska Wing - Col. Carl Brown, CAP
California Wing - Lt. Col. Jesus Muniz, CAP (Interim-Commander)
Hawaii Wing - Col. Jeffery Stickel, CAP
Nevada Wing - Col. Dion DeCamp, CAP
Oregon Wing - Col. Theodore Kyle, CAP
Washington Wing - Col. David Maxwell, CAP

Below Wing level it is as follows:

Commander, Group (Sometimes, some Wings do not have Groups)
Commander Squadron
Deputy Commander, Squadron (Cadet or Officer Squadrons)
Deputy Commander of Cadets and Deputy Commander for Officers (Composite Squadrons)
Officer Staff and Cadet Staff

(Original Post by Delta Charlie)

[C/ZOOMIE]

Correction: The New Mexico Wing Commander is now Col. Richard F. Himebrook.


http://www.nmcap.org/

[AirForceAlways]

Correction made, thank you C/ZOOMIE. Any other corrections are greatly appreciated.

[Jr.NekR]

Correction:Vermont Wing Commander is Col. Thomas Benckert

[AirForceAlways]

Correction made again...keep those corrections coming, I'd like to keep this list up-to-date!

[Billyd]

Folks, rather than adding to this thread, please PM AirForceAlways with future corrections. AirForceAlways, thank you for taking the time to compile and maintian this list.

[AirForceAlways]

You're very welcome sir, it's the least I could do. As Billyd said, please PM me with corrections, not only on this chain of command, but on the AFJROTC Chain of Command or anything else that needs to be done.