BUILDING CAP’S TEAM
... FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW
Civil Air Patrol
Office of the Chief Historian
National Historical Staff
 Chief Historian………………….Col Frank
Blazich
 National Historical Editor……Lt Col
Richard Mulanax
CAP Monograph Editor…………Lt Col
James Scott
CAP Historical Journal Editor…Capt
Kurt Efinger
 Other National Historical Staff Officers
reporting to the Chief Historian
National Historical Editor
 Lt Col Richard Mulanax
 Also Southeast Region Historian
 Email: richmulanax@gmail.com
 Duties
 Edit and manage all CAP Historical
Publications
 Provide oversight for the CAP Historical
Monographs Program
 Provide oversight for the CAP Historical
Journal
 Perform other duties as assigned by the
Chief Historian (CAPP 223)
CAP References
 CAP REGULATION 210-1
 THE CIVIL AIR PATROL HISTORICAL PROGRAM
 CAPP 5
 WRITTEN HISTORIES
 Provides technical guidance on researching and
writing CAP historical documents
 including monographs and National
Historical Journal submissions
 Chapter 1-2, Monographs, explains the
purpose of monographs
 Atch 17 provides guidance on supporting
materials for monographs and the CAP
Historical Journal
Document Guidelines
 Research
 Evaluate the validity of your sources
 Original v. secondary sources
 Be thorough – get the good, the bad,
and the ugly
 Writing
 Just the facts, Ma'am
Let the facts, not your personal views
or prejudices, guide you
 Spelling and grammar count!
Turabian
 So does style…consult the most recent
edition of…
 A Manual for Writers of Research
Papers, Theses, and Dissertations,
Eighth Edition: Chicago Style for
Students and Researchers (Chicago
Guides to Writing, Editing, and
Publishing)
 Commonly called “Turabian” after its
author, Kate Turabian, of the University
of Chicago
CAP Monograph Program
 Editor – Lt Col James Scott
 Email: scottcop1@msn.com
 What is a monograph?
 A short (5-10 pages) historical document
on a specific topic in CAP history
 Consult CAPP 5 for guidance on how to
prepare a monograph
Historical Monographs
 Submit your first draft to the CAP Monograph
Editor
 The Monograph Editor will then coordinate
any changes required or recommendations
suggested with the author
 The Monograph Editor will then submit the
monograph to the National Historical Editor
for coordination with the National Editorial
Board
 The monograph will be published online
once the author, Editor and Editorial Board
members are in agreement on the final
version and the monograph is approved by
the Chief Historian
CAP Historical Journal
Editor: Capt Kurt Efinger
Also Deputy SER Historian
Email: kefinger@sercap.us
Capt Efinger will present on the
CAP Historical Journal
immediately following this
presentation
CAPP 223
 Historian Specialty Track Study Guide
 was reviewed by a committee composed of
members of the National Historical Staff
 Pamphlet Editor was Lt Col Richard
Mulanax
 Our goal was
 to provide appropriate historical training for
CAP historians
 so we can provide better historical
programs and historical documents for CAP
 and recruit more history professionals as
CAP historians
Questions & Comments
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And now…
The Civil Air Patrol National
Historical Journal
With Capt Kurt Efinger…
Civil Air Patrol
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