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In a cadet setting, who is typically the project sponsor?

The squadron commander or director of cadet programs.

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  1. The squadron commander or director of cadet programs ✔
  2. The cadet project manager
  3. The project's main customers

Why: The project sponsor is the senior leader who assigns or approves the project. The project manager, often a cadet commander, runs it day to day and answers to the sponsor.

Huh, didn't know that: A project is a set of coordinated activities with a start, a finish and limits on time, cost and resources.

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Why did the project sponsor bring a hard hat? Ready to back the project from the ground up.
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Answer: The squadron commander or director of cadet programs. The project sponsor is the senior leader who assigns or approves the project. The project manager, often a cadet commander, runs it day to day and answers to the sponsor.

  1. Learn to Lead, Volume 3: Indirect Leadership, chapter 10 (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/L2LVolume_3__LOW_FINAL_4_MAY_13CC68236BDFE.pdf
    In a cadet setting, the sponsor is typically the squadron commander or director of cadet programs.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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