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The U.S. Civil Air Patrol’s Board of Governors voted in a teleconference the night of Oct. 2 to remove Maj. Gen. Antonio J. Pineda from his position as CAP national commander.

The board’s action comes two months after the chairman of the Board of Governors, Maj. Gen. Richard Bowling, announced the 11-member board had suspended the CAP national commander for a period of up to 180 days. The suspension occurred after the board convened a special Aug. 5 meeting to receive the initial CAP inspector general’s Report of Investigation concerning allegations that a Florida Wing member took U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College tests for Pineda in 2002 and 2003.

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Is the new U.S. Ranger Corps trying to steal CAP members away?

Sources tell News of the Force that former CAP national commander Tony Pineda, CAP Col. Eileen Parker, and former CAP Col. Bill Lynch - and a few others - have been making calls to CAP members across the country, and inviting people they think may be disgruntled to join Pineda's new "U.S. Ranger Corps."

"Join now, be in from the beginning!" their sales pitch says.

"Right now, there seems to be an insurrection brewing at the CAP's West Broward (Florida) squadron," a source said. "The unit has about 65-70 members, but less than 25 are cadets. They've gone through four commanders in less than a year, and the current one is a real turkey, an over-weight sloth that has a minimal grasp of CAP, other than the fact that his son is a cadet there," the source says. "The majority of the senior members there are prior service types (mostly Army and Marines) who work at SOUTHCOM in Miami, are more interested in the operations side of the house and are very unhappy with this guy. I'm wondering if Pineda is using West Broward as the breeding ground for the 'U.S. Ranger Corps' first 'battalion.'"

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Originally posted by ward2up:
If you're going to do something outrageous like promote yourself, why stop at 10th degree?

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Here is the official CAP version:

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Report: Pineda gave himself a third star

Sources told NOTF yesterday that ousted Civil Air Patrol national commander and former Maj. Gen. Tony Pineda had promoted himself to lieutenant general and had created his own "paramilitary organization" within the CAP.
Pineda, who liked to make up his own uniforms and was reportedly mistaken for a Mexican air force general during Hurricane Katrina recovery operations in New Orleans, was ousted, stripped of his rank and removed from the CAP by it's Board of Governors last year, apparently before he began wearing his self-awarded third star.

In response to an e-mail inquiry from NOTF, Civil Air Patrol Interim National Commander Brig. Gen. Amy S. Courter wrote, "I don't have anything to add. I had heard the same thing, but hadn't cared to check it out."

The Civil Air Patrol is the uniformed, civilian Auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.

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FLORIDA CIVIL AIR PATROL OFFICER, TWO CADET OFFICERS SUSPENDED FOR 'HAZING'

The Civil Air Patrol's Florida Wing has suspended CAP Maj. Randall Cason, who is in charge of the wing's Ranger School program; his son, Ryan; and Thomas Giles - both cadet officers - for the "hazing" of cadets at the Florida Wing's Ranger School.

Cadet Giles is the son of the Florida Wing's vice commander, CAP Lt. Col. Art Giles, who is himself a CAP "Ranger."
Although suspended, those involved are considered innocent pending the outcome of an investigation that was initiated after a formal complaint was filed against them.

As NOTF has previously reported, Maj. Cason, a former police officer, is a convicted felon, having been convicted of bribery in Florida. According to a City of Miami police report dated March 3, 1986, obtained exclusively by NOTF: "On Thursday, August 29, 1985, Ofc. Cason was observed driving a grey van northbound on 37th Avenue and was subsequently stopped. An investigation revealed that inside the van was a Browning 9-mm pistol, a badge case containing money ($1,000), and a receipt for the purchase of four (4) City of Miami police badges from Dade Police Products. An additional $1,000 was retrieved from Ofc. Cason's residence. The money retrieved from the van ($1,000) and the money ($1,000) retrieved from Ofc. Cason's residence was found to be in fact city funds that was given to Officer Clausell by a confidential informant for weapons conversions and the supplying of police badges."

Although the police report goes on for numerous pages and lists numerous charges against Cason - such as violations of state laws and police department regulations and policies - it is interesting to note that agents of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) were involved in the investigation, arrest and prosecution of Cason. Amzingly, Cason is a long-time friend of former FDLE special agent and ousted CAP national commander Tony Pineda, and has apparently joined Pineda's "U.S. Ranger Corps."