 Eligible senior member lieutenant colonels and above of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the civilian U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, are also entitled to enroll in the Air War College.Although they are precluded from attending in residence, CAP senior member officers may complete the AWC curriculum in a traditional classroom setting with U.S. military officers and senior DoD and DAF civilians as part of a year-long on-base seminar program at an active USAF installation, or through "distance learning," e.g., individually via the correspondence course/CD-ROM option.The AWC resident program at Maxwell AFB consists of ten (10) months of postgraduate level courses for a total of 36 semester credit hours.