DENTON, Texas – What is the purpose of the Cadet Advisory Council (CAC)? Can the CAC really be effective? These are common questions that the Group II CAC has effectively answered this year. CACs are charged with missions by their echelon of responsibility. The Group II CAC set specific goals last year, and has successfully reached most of them.

The Group II CAC is chaired by Cadet 1st Lt. Addison Jaynes, vice-chaired by Cadet 1st Lt. Anderson Frazier, and assisted by the recorder, Cadet 2nd Lt. Jonathan Novotny. Overall supervision falls upon the Group II Cadet Programs Officer, Capt. Fletcher Sharp.

At the beginning of the term, the council cadet officers met and deliberated on how the council should be run it order to be most effective. Most wings have issues with keeping their CAC active. In fact, surprisingly, few CACs are able to keep an active group – even a wing CAC – for more than a year because of poor participation and low motivation.

When the Group II CAC's term began, the council cadet officers and Captain Fletcher Sharp, worked on finding a solution to ensure that all squadrons would be represented regularly. Since the Group II Cadet Advisory Councils are widely spread out, it was a given that face-to-face meetings would be a challenge.

The council decided to host teleconferences on two out of three months, scheduling a face-to-face meeting once a quarter. This has worked well, and the Group II CAC is now on a straight path forward.

At this time, the Texas Wing Group II CAC plans on submitting a published report to TXWG on a quarterly basis. Because the Cadet Advisory Council represents every cadet in the command, it leadership firmly believes that communication to all echelons is important.

More information on the Group II CAC, as well as the Texas Wing CAC may be found at www.TexasCadet.org .

Cadet 1st Lt. Addison Jaynes, CAP, Chair, Group II CAC