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  1. In my Council, I am one of the few Scouters who is NOT a veteran. One of them is a former POW who served a tour of duty in the Hanoi Hilton with John McCain and received the Navy Cross. It was 10 years before I knew...seemed like a regular fella. Most vets I know are pretty low-key about it.
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  2. I agree. I'm not sure I'd wear the patch but it would be a nice option. My OA lodge as a youth was a spin-off of Mic-O-Say. We absolutely had the red, white, and blue beads for our claws. I still have mine with the beads. I normally don't salute while in civilian clothes. I suppose there might be times I'd consider it. I am fine with saluting in field or activity uniform however. It's taken a while to get used to the uncovered bit though. If I'm wearing a BSA cap (basically anything with a BSA fleur-de-lis), I roundly ignore this request. If my unit had a uniform cap an
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  3. Now that you all mention it, I'm pretty confused during most BSA flag ceremonies.
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  4. I follow the BSA guidelines and hold my hand over my heart if I'm out of uniform. As a veteran I could hand salute, but if I'm around scouts I follow the guideline. As a Marine, I find some scout flag ceremonies to be confusing. At summer camp one year we were asked to remove our head gear, outside, to salute the flag. I dunno. Mot scouts still recite the Pledge of Allegiance wrong. it's "One Nation Under God" not 'One Nation (pause) under God." It's peeve of mine. About indoor ceremonies... scouts pivoting as the flag goes by from the rear of an auditorium to the front is odd.
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  5. Good morning to you. As a current member of the Army and an active Scouter trying to maneuver his children through the great program that is Scouts, I would prefer to leave the achievements to the scouts. As an Eagle Scout I get to where my square knot, and there is already a Military Affinity for NESA Military members. I don't know. I just prefer the recognition go to the scouts. Great thought though. Id love to hear more input from the field. Rob
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  7. Back in the day, camporee Cracker Barrels were noted for poker and fellowship (I guess it is called networking today). Most were WW2 or Korea veterans who understood "we're in this together..." Problems were discussed , resources accessed, and cooperative solutions developed outside of the camporee schedule. The next day, scouts or scouters from another troop might magically appear bearing skills and knowledge we were lacking like patrol method, Morse code or lashing. Imagine the PL of the patrol who won the camporee competition stopping by to teach our scouts. My $0.02
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  8. Mine doesn't get a ton of use but it's been rattling around in a pocket or handbag for several years (at least 4 or 5) and hasn't broken yet. Probably if it was used heavily it wouldn't last a long time, but... it was under $5.
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  9. I just used mine a couple weeks ago when the can opener at the place we were staying broke. Be Prepared and all...... Separately, don't buy cheap knives, they are probably just as dangerous as dull knives. The tinker linked above is my everyday pocket knife.
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  10. Have not seen any confusion. One group sells cookies, the other does not. Hmmm maybe that is it - some rumor that Scouts BSA will sell Scout Cookies - Slim Mints, Do-or-Don't, Trailalongs, Gilwell Grins...
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  11. We had some success one year where the DL took out the calendar and figured out that there were 26 den meetings in a year and that there were 20 requirements that have to get done. She called a parents meeting on den meeting. At the meeting she had the Cubmaster spend an hour with the boys. While that was going on she brought the calendar and the list of requirements to the parents and told them "I need each of you to sign up to teach two activities." What I learned from that experience is that a being a den leader is not about the drudgery of planning field trips or coming up with cra
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