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Cornelius Coffey Squadron Commander Capt. Levetta Parker would not answer questions about her former member. Although CAP members fly a variety of emergency and operational missions for the federal government including assisting the Air Force and Army National Guard, they aren’t even allowed to shop in basic exchange on an Air Force base. CAP is very protective of its integrity, Hutcheson said. The organization wants to know who’s misrepresenting themselves so they can take action. “Anyone who does that is not playing straight and we want to know who they are so they can straighten out their act,” he said. “You don’t borrow respect or steal it. You earn it.”
request show no one under any variation of that name ever served in the Air Force. In his interview with InMaricopa , he admitted he never served in the military. Willis was a longtime member of the Civil Air Patrol’s Cornelius Coffey Composite Squadron in South Holland, Ill., a volunteer service arm of the U.S. Air Force. The auxiliary awards rank titles mirroring the Air Force, explaining Willis’ title of major. CAP membership does not equate to membership in the military, however, according to the nonprofit humanitarian organization. “If you’ve only served in CAP, you are not a veteran,” David Hutcheson, spokesperson for the CAP in Danville, Va., told InMaricopa . “They have asked us to never identify ourselves as Air Force.” At the Larry Love University commencement ceremony in 2019, Willis is pictured wearing the standard senior CAP getup — a three-button uniform in Air Force blues with a Company Grande service cap. To the layperson, the uniform is indistinguishable from those worn by military service members.
“He cannot wear the uniform because it creates confusion that he was in the Air Force. And believe me, he knows that.” DAVID HUTCHENSON, CAP SPOKESMAN
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That’s why the rules around where and when CAP officers can display their uniforms are so stringent. When asked if it’s permissible to wear your CAP uniform to a college graduation, Hutcheson said: “That is forbidden.” “He cannot wear the uniform because it creates confusion that he was in the Air Force,” Hutcheson explained. “And believe me, he knows that. Our uniforms are very similar to the Air Force and our ranks are sometimes identical.”
Scamouflage – read about the disgraced Marine who used his fake war hero story to con his way to the top. Purple Heartbreak – read about the fake Purple Heart recipient who scammed an Arizona state agency.
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