4 September 2008
DALLAS, Texas - The International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE) in a CAP cadet’s mind is usually associated with a visit to a new country, seeing new sights, and meeting new people. This is definitely one of my personal future goals in CAP, but this year my family had an interesting perspective on the IACE program.

From Friday, July 25^th until Sunday, July 27^th my family hosted two cadets from the United Kingdom’s Air Training Corps, the Civil Air Patrol equivalent to the Royal Air Force. Hosting the cadets was a very memorable experience, mostly talking with them about diversities between the UK and the US. It was also fun to do things such as exchange iPods to see what kind of music they listen to and visit a Wal-Mart where they had never seen a store so big.

We joined them in enjoyable activities like a Frisco Roughriders baseball game, and a tour of the city of Frisco’s fire department, police department, etc. We also attended an FC Dallas Soccer game (football to them) where the cadets from UK were excited to see David Beckham play.

Overall, having these cadets at our house for just three days was one of the highlights of my year. It was something I will always remember because I had no idea the UK was so unlike the US in some ways, but the same in other ways I had never thought of.

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Article and Photos submitted by C/MSgt James A. Gulliksen