This month we'll continue our series on helping the new PDO get started, and how to get the new CAP officer motivated and trained for the job.

First on the agenda is getting all your officers signed up with e-Services at www.capnhq.gov

Show them how to enter the online test area, and make sure that each member completes the following tests

1. Operations Security Awareness Training (Also known as OPSEC)

2. CAPT 116 part 2 (ICS 100)

3. CAPT 117 parts 1, 2 & 3

Help the officer enroll in the AFIDAL Course 00013 "CAP Senior Officer Correspondence Course" (commonly called "ECI-13" because that was the number of the old pamphlet covering this course). See CAPR 50-17 for details on these requirements. Or look in the PDO support page for AFIDAL information

Next contact the Group PDO to set up a Squadron Leadership School for your unit.

Squadron Leadership School (SLS) provides CAP adult members with a basic understanding of CAP operations at the squadron level, and how those operations affect CAP's national missions. Additionally, members learn more about CAP customs, core values, and communications. Case studies, discussion, and group assignments are integral parts of the SLS.

Squadron Leadership Schools are administered at group or wing level, and last from 12 to 16 classroom hours. Students completing SLS are awarded a certificate of completion, and this training is noted on their permanent CAP personal record. For more information, please visit the online Group III PDO support page.