CAP is like a splash from the last generation. To get some people to change is like pulling teeth out of a screaming cat.
I was on a steering committee that was dealing with the type "a" encampment in my wing. The first meeting I was told by a senior memeber that "You'r not needed here, you might just try and change things".
Even our vans are never replaced.
In 1995, one of our *radio vans* was set up in a 1945 Dodge Ambulance, the old Dodge *cracker box* ambulance seen in MASH TV reruns.
Since it had a 6-volt electrical system and top speed was limited to about 45 MPH, I suggested a swap with a museum that was offering to trade a 1955 post-Korean War M37 type, which at least had a 24-volt system suitable for military and aircraft radios.
Nope. When two F-16s crashed in Southern Indiana in May of 2004, CAP was nowhere to be seen. Since their radios weren't compatable with the county all-emergency freqs, they weren't needed.