October Speaker: Major General Mark E. Smith, Civil Air Patrol’s 24th National Commander.

Major General Mark E. Smith leads CAP’s more than 63,000 members across the United States in fulfilling the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary’s congressionally chartered missions of Emergency Services, Cadet Programs and Aerospace Education, in addition to the organization’s steadily increasing role in America’s Homeland Security as the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force.