During disasters CAP members are often called out to provide communications or mission management support, establish shelters in heavily damaged areas, transport specialty teams or government officials to disaster sites, or take overhead photos of damage done by storms or other calamities.

The CAP also provides Humanitarian Services. Usually in support of the Red Cross, CAP air crews transport time-sensitive medical materials including blood and human tissue in situations where other means of transportation are not possible

The CAP also participates in the War on Drugs in the United States, through its Counterdrug program. Using the skills learned to support search and rescue and disaster relief operations, CAP aircrews routinely fly spotting missions to locate drug plots and clandestine airfields. CAP flight crews also provide transport for Drug Enforcement Agency and Customs agents, and other law enforcement personnel when requested.

The CAP does not actively participate in law enforcement matters like detention and surveillance. In fact, we don't do anything that normal citizens couldn't do, we're just organized