Here we can all share our encampment experiences. Great training opportunities, fun times, friends made, lasting impression, anything.
My experience was amazing. NH wing encampment was held in Norwich University. The entire facility was open to us, pools, tracks, obstacle course. The nearby woods allowed for SAR training. Whatsmore, we got to use the weapons simulator, tour the nearby airbase, and ride on blackhawk helicopters over Lake Champlagne.
It was a great experience, and I learned a lot.

I missed staff training for the annual airshow, but definitely want to go next year, even if darksiders are delegated to support roles. Sounds like a lot of fun and a great opportunity to aid your Wing's cadet program.

Summer of 1988 at the now defunct McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento, CA.

Hot.

Miserable.

Worst days of my entire life.

Or so I thought. Looking back, it was great, and it sure gave me a different opinion of myself as I entered High School.

I also remember that day in Army Basic Training a few years later, when I thought to myself "that CAP encampment wasn't all that bad"...

Which day was that? Hmmmmmmmmm.

I think it was somewhere towards the end of DAY #1!!! (when I was also thinking "Gee, I shoulda joined the Air Force").

Glad I did it...all of it. If you are a young cadet and are thinking about it...just make the decision and get it done. You'll be glad you did when you are done with it.

(and for the record...although we did get to fly in CA Army Guard Hueys along the Sierra Nevada foothills of CA's Gold Country, it sounds like our encampment was nowhere near as cool as SgtParent's)