Encampment News

The photo gallery for the 2026 NatCap Wing Cadet Encampment is online now.

Registration is now open for the 2026 National Capital Wing Cadet Encampment, which will be held July 26 to Aug. 2 at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation in Reisterstown, Maryland.

Factors beyond our control have necessitated the difficult decision to cancel the 2025 cadet encampment. However, there are many enriching encampment opportunities other CAP wings offer around the area and across the country to explore.

The graduation pass in review starts at 11:15 a.m. on June 30 at Camp Upshur, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.

Meet the commandant of cadets for the 2024 National Capital Wing Cadet Encampment, Lt. Col. CJ Wilkinson. He has been part of Civil Air Patrol for 25 years.

Information about arriving at Camp Upsure for the 2024 National Capital Wing Cadet Encampment and a link to photos has been updated.

Photos taken by the cadet encampment staff are uploaded to the link below.

https://photos.cap.gov/Mid-Atlantic-Region/National-Capital-Wing/2023-Cadet-Encampment/

If you are a parent of a CAP cadet planning to attend our summer cadet encampment, you should have received a letter and an online invoice.

• View the Letter (21 July 2023)

We have reached our maximum attendance for the 2023 summer encampment and must close acceptance of any more applications.  We are scrubbing the list of cadets who have partially completed the application process to determine whether they plan on attending or not and start working through the waitlist. If additional spaces become available, we will place a notification on this page.

A new Facebook Event has been created for the encampment. For those not attending and interested in getting updates, click "Interested" in the event here.