Each week, there is a limit to what and how many promotion activities can be honored. See table below:
PT Nights
ES Nights
AE Nights
CD Nights
5th Mondays
Drill Tests (8 max/meeting)
X
X
X
Milestone Tests (4 max/meeting)
X *
X
X
X
SDA Speeches (2 max/meeting)
X
X
Review Boards (4 max/meeting)
X
X
Promotions (6 max/meeting)
X
X
X
* PT night testing ONLY as Testing Officers are available.
Request must be made no later than Saturday, 8:59 PM, before the next meeting.
Cadets may request one (1) advancement/promotion action per meeting. (ex: Drill test or review board, not both.)
No ‘pending’ or ‘conditional’ requests will be honored.
(ex: Attempting a drill test to be eligible for a review board later in the meeting will not be honored.)
Nighthawk Composite Squadron requires Review Boards for every other promotion, starting with the promotion to Cadet Airman First Class (Achievement 2).
Ensure that all items except the categories labeled AP, Oath, Uni., and LE on the
cadet’s promotion track report are completed.
(See: eServices ⇉ Menu ⇉ Reports ⇉
Cadet Promotions Track Report)
SDA Instructions:
Service Learning: Also known as SDA Staff Service or Service Learning Experience,
"the cadet will serve for at least 8 weeks (56 days) in any support staff
position available to cadets, as approved by the unit commander." (d)
Refer to valid Officer Support positions vs. invalid Command Section positions below for more information.
There is one caveat to this: the DCC has also authorized most Grade appropriate Ops and OICs positions when staffed
outside of the squadron to honor the Cadet's time commitment in preparing for events such as ALSs, CTEPs, and Encampments.
Outside activities require a CAPF 60-96 or equivalent to be accepted.
Every Service Learning experience is handled on a case by case basis at the DCC's discretion.
If you are concerned of not having an applicable service assignment, one may be granted at the squadron
level to facilitate your promotion.
Oral Presentation: Cadets convert their service learning experience and technical document into an
oral presentation, and make themselves available for questions and answers before an audience designated by
the senior mentor. Per the DCC, all oral presentations are given before the Nighthawk Cadets.
Valid "Officer Support" Positions
Invalid "Command Section" Positions
How to Accept an Award:
Check out the video: Take, Shake, Salute, which shows the proper way to accept an award.
How to Get Your Ribbon Authorized:
After completing an activity such as Encampment, 60 hours of Community Service or recruiting a couple of your friends,
you are eligible to wear the appropriate ribbon, but it must first be authorized in
eServices before you can wear it. Here’s how:
Fill out a CAPF 2A as follows. If a section is not listed below, leave it blank.
I. PERSONAL DATA: fill in all fields.
III. AWARD OF ACTIVITY AND SERVICE RIBBONS:
Check the box labeled “AWARD ACTIVITY AND SERVICE RIBBON CHECKED BELOW”
Select the ribbon you are requesting.
IV. REMARKS: fill in the following fields:
Comment Box Recruiting Ribbon: put names and CAPIDs of members you recruited. Community Service: put short list of where you volunteered and the hours.
Unit Charter No. – SWR-TX-413
Signature of Requester.
Typed Name and Grade of Requester.
Obtain Commander’s Signature
Send the completed CAPF 2A to cp@dentoncap.org for the Commander’s signature.
Update eServices This is the most important part!
Wait for the CAPF 2A to be signed and returned.
Log into eServices.
Select the gear icon next to your name.
Select “Service Ribbons”
Select “Add Previously Authorized Ribbon”
In the “Date Earned” field, put the date you completed the activity and earned the ribbon. This is not the date that your CAPF2A was signed. For example, the date you completed Encampment would be the date to use.
Select Cadet for “Ribbon Type”
In the drop-down menu, select the ribbon that your signed CAPF 2A has authorized.
