Her primary duty as National Vice Commander is to help General Phelka lead CAP’s 56,000 volunteers in fulfillment of the nonprofit organization’s three primary programs of emergency services, aerospace education and cadet programs. In its role as the Air Force auxiliary, CAP is a member of the Total Force, filling a critical role in Defense Support of Civil Authorities that includes preserving life, relieving suffering, and providing training support. In addition to advising General Phelka and the Board of Governors on operational and policy issues, she will also be a member of both the Command Council and Senior Advisory Group.

A college teacher and mentor by trade, General Aye was the first CAP Chief of Education and Training, a national post she assumed in 2020 after leading the Leadership Development Working Group that, over a three-year period, revised CAP’s legacy professional development program and replaced it with the more flexible Education and Training program. The new program launched in 2020 includes Volunteer University, which provides on-site and online professional development experience for CAP’s nearly 34,000 adult members, and the Mentoring Program.

Prior to her appointment as Chief of Education and Training, General Aye served as Commander of CAP’s North Central Region from 2016-2020. She was responsible for leading the region’s seven wings, including her home state of Kansas. Before that, she served as Region Vice Commander (2013-2016) and Commander of the Kansas Wing (2008-2012).

General Aye has a CAP Senior Aircrew rating and is qualified as a Liaison Officer, Mission Staff Assistant, Public Information Officer and Mission Safety Officer. Outside CAP, she works as an online professor at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, where she teaches Instructional Design and Performance Technology (IDPT). She has served as the university’s IDPT doctorate program coordinator since 2019.

General Aye has three college degrees — a doctorate in educational leadership and a bachelor’s in history from Baker, where she graduated magna cum laude, and a master’s in history from Emporia State University.

On the 17th of August, 2004, Major Pulido hit an Improvised Explosive Device (I.E.D) or roadside bomb while serving with the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team under the command of General David Petraeus. Due to the extensive injuries to his left knee, doctors had to amputate his left leg on October 1, 2004. For his heroism and valor on that August day, the President of the United States along with General David Petraeus awarded him the Bronze Star with valor, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, and Joint Service Commendation and Achievement Medals.

Maj. Gen. King entered the Air Force in 1993 after receiving his commission as a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force ROTC program at Loyola Marymount University. He is a career aircraft maintenance officer with experience broadening through the Acquisitions and Logistics Experience Exchange Tour program. Maj. Gen. King has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels, and has served in a variety of maintenance, logistics, and acquisitions positions at the wing, center, major command and Headquarters Air Force levels. He has deployed in support of operations Southern Watch, Northern Watch and Iraqi/Enduring Freedom.