Maj. Gen. Mark Smith, USAF Auxiliary, CEO and national commander of the Civil Air Patrol – US Air Force, and a retired USAF colonel, discusses CAP’s history, roles in supporting defense, disaster response and homeland security, recruitment challenges and more during a September 2017 interview at the Air Force Association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show in National Harbor, Maryland. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.