National Blue Beret (NBB) is a National Cadet Special Activity in the Civil Air Patrol. The event is two weeks long and is set up so that the second week will overlap with the annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh event. Participants are Civil Air Patrol cadet and senior members who must go through a competitive national selection process in order to attend the event. Participants help conduct event operations, including flight marshaling, crowd control, and emergency services. Contributions to EAA AirVenture The most important mission of the program is to assist the EAA with flight marshaling operations on the taxiways around runway 27. Cadets maintain constant posts along the taxiways near one runway during all operational hours of the air show. One group of 10-12 cadets, called a "flight," is stationed at various points on the taxiway and is responsible for directing pilots to their destinations. The second mission of the program is to provide the EAA with personnel to handle crowd control at the ultralight field and the warbirds parking area. Due to the cost of many of the warbirds, access to them is limited, and only viewing is permitted. One flight at a time maintains a perimeter to keep the crowds from approaching the aircraft. The third mission of the program is emergency services, which entails locating and silencing any Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) that are transmitting at any point during the event. Senior members handle the logistical and administrative components of emergency services at the air show. During operational hours, they staff the communication post and have several vehicles at their disposal for use in tracking down the ELTs. Cadets aid the senior members by taking control of the radio shack during their shifts and handling signaling hardware with the vehicles. Cadets also staff two stations to observe aircraft landing on each runway, in order to keep track of which aircraft are on the ground. Structure of the event All cadets are split up into flights for the event. Each flight consists of 10-12 cadets, a flight commander, and a flight leader, who is considered the civilian equivalent a flight sergeant (but is obviously not an NCO). Each flight is also assigned a senior member to serve as a Training Officer. The Training Officer accompanies the flight on all shifts and serves as a liaison between the flight and senior members of the chain of command. The program