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I don't know about this; there is some truth here but some issues. Taking years to fix troop culture isn't really a thing; either a troop is open to improving or a troop is not. If you're traveling true you sometimes get knocked off course; however, the intent to be on course is there, and you have to want to be on course and stay on course. If troop leadership has no intent on staying on course (running the program), it's intervention time or find a new troop time. I think we all see this in our own little areas of the country, lots of packs and troops are failing and shutting down; the reason in my area is clear, when a post mortem is performed it always points to the unit was not running the program and eventually killed itself. -
By InquisitiveScouter · Posted
Thank you for your wisdom 😜 Berets are not practical for the field or training environments. Even the military recognizes this. Here's a blurb from an old Army regulation: "Soldiers will not wear the beret in field or training environments, or on deployments, unless authorized by the commander. Additionally, if the commander determines other environments are unsuitable for wear of the beret, such as on work details, the commander may direct soldiers to wear other appropriate headgear." Basically, berets are a decoration. In the immortal words of Sweet Brown, "Ain't nobody got time for that." https://youtu.be/6gLMSf4afzo -
I might add that our troop, being over 100 years old, has accumulated a great many older uniform parts, and we often have youth with variants of two or three, as our closet is the starting point. Most end up with a new one, but a few continue on with just what they can find to fit in the closet. Also, we have a large box of hats and service caps that get used for more formal events at times. When camp was still our thing, the hats went to camp, and flags in evening, and morning had them all wearing the hats or caps. I limited smokey hats to older scouts and adults. Even have one or two of the old green explorer caps. While we have some berets, I avoided them, as we did not have enough to go around. -
100% agree. Changing troop culture is nearly impossible as a new parent. It takes years. ... So for now, ask yourself ... can your son benefit, grow and enjoy the culture that currently exists. Will your scout have a positive scouting experience? Adventure? There is no perfect troop culture, but even a less than ideal scouting troop can be a big positive. Separately, to make change, plan that it takes years. Start by serving the troop that exists now. Build friendships and connections. Over time, other leaders will see your investment in the troop. Once you have positive credibility with the troop, then you can take on roles such as SM/ASM where you can influence the culture. This takes years though. If you push too hard too fast, you will alienate people. Be careful here too. Patrols are guide by the SPL and SM. You risk alienating yourself and causing issues if your words and actions are not aligned with the SM. My apologies if I'm nit picking here. I'm not trying to be a jerk. ... BUT, your son is crossing over. It's his scouting experience. His adventure. You can look for ways you can help the troop. AND, your son will definitely see you value scouting if you volunteer to help. ... "I will be crossing over" is a red flag that always makes me think about does the adult realize the youth scout is to have their own scouting experience. -
Interesting discussion, and it remeinded me of how my older youth stood up for Uniform at camp one year. We had problems with some scouts getting to classes late after morning flags, so the next year, I told them that morning flags could be attended without full uniform if they had some class issues especially in time frames. I thought they would find that agreeable. But my senior scoues informed me that they would go to morning flags in proper uniform and deal with other issues later. So then, I had to scramble to personally be prepared to also be in uniform, then return later for more comfortable and flexible dress in the heat and dust. And that was the rule for the rest of the camp, and for a number later. Sadly now we have no camp, and we struggle to find options while I too have age related issues and am limited. Still, we do try to assure that the youth are neat and proper for formal appearances.
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