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Our council does course specific CSP's. I believe that practice started in 2007 for us. The only thing I've found odd with it is that our courses are done in a cluster with other councils so if you go out of council for your course you really don't get to wear the CSP outside the course. I have uniforms with both an 2007 and 2010 course CSP's since I attended and staffed when the course was in my home council.

Tacos are easy and generally popular. Precook and season the meat then all you need to do is rewarm it. When we've done this in the past the pack provides the meat and shells (assortment of hard and soft) and then all the families brought a couple of favorite toppings to share.

FWIW, the things on lanterns are called mantles, not manifolds. Sorry for the hijack.

Not sure what council you are in in SE Michigan but Camp Frontier (Pioneer Scout Reservation - gets called Camp Pioneer a lot) run by Erie Shores Council is a great camp. There are quite a few troops from Greak Sauk Trail Council that go to summer camp there. I don't have first hand experience with the provisional camper program, my son was too busy this summer to use his free SPL provisional week, but here is what I know. Provisional campers are handled it two ways, they either can join a troop there for their week, you can either set this up yourself or the camp can sometimes help to make

Although its not really important to the original question here is the AF usage of Hand Salute and Two: Hand Salute is a command used only in training. It is a two count movement. At the command Hand Salute count one is raising the hand to a salute then the second count is to immediately return to attention. It is just used to practice saluting, I doubt you would really ever see it outside of BMT/ROTC/et al and even then Present arms and order arms would probably be more practical. Ready, TWO: again, used only in training. In practicing a multiple count movement, i.e. facing move

FWIW, Ready is never an appropriate preparatory command for the AF as far as I can think of sitting here. The Air Force has both the commands Hand Salute and Present Arms / Order Arms, they both serve a seperate purpose. Also since all AF drill started as Army drill I would bet it used to be an Army command. But that really isn't all that important to the discussion. If someone dug out a drill and ceremonies manual for the US Army from 100 years ago and compared it to today they would be different. What we know to be correct in todays military has little bearing of saying Two as the secon

Yes its two, not to. No Hand Salute is not just a "jarhead" thing, it is a command in the Marines repertoire but also in the Air Forces although different in execution. Not sure about the Navy. It probably was an Army command at one time, D&C like other things changes over the years and it is no longer one of their commands. It really isn't any branches thing; it is a Boy Scout thing (tradition) that does originate with military drill and ceremonies. Also I will say that I know a whole lot of vets that did little to no D&C after basic, so all veterans are by no means experts on dril

Our Council is part of a cluster that rotates hosting Wood Badge courses. There are four councils on a three year rotation. Two years there is one course, the third the northernmost and southernmost councils host a course. All of the courses have staffers and participants from the other councils so we share in both resources and knowledge. My council hosted a course this year so the next course hosted by the council will be in 2013.

Based on your description I couldn't call this anything but Den camping. If you have BALOO trained leaders they should know this is not allowed. Agree with the rule on den camping or not or the rationale behind the decision, it's just the rule that we can't do it. If the Bears would like to organize a campout and invite the Tigers, Wolves, and Webelos Scouts with the blessing of the unit committee that would be a Pack Campout and okay. I'm not talking about a one of those invitations that has a disclaimer of we're inviting you because we have to so we can get a clear tour permit but

As others have stated get him his AoL Award presented at the very next pack meeting. Both Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting use immediate recognition and advancement is an individual process not one you stay lock stepped in with your den. The idea that everyone must earn an award at the same time is a PC manifestation to not make anyone "feel bad." When Cub Scout dens were based on age and not school year boys would earn things every month based on how long they had been in the den, of course the boy that just became a Webelos Scout wouldn't be earning his badge but the boy that had been there

Its always great how much misinformation goes around about training. Currently there are three distinct outdoor training syllabuses for Cub Scouters or Boy Scouters from National, Im not clear on what exists for Venturing leaders currently. The three courses are Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO), Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders (OLSWL, although councils across the country use about a half dozen or more different acronyms all for the same course, OWLS, WOLF, etc), and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS, I've seen some councils that use different names for t

We've always done our own roundup, Fall and Spring. The DE has attended some of the School nights but his part in them for the most part has been being introduced, he waves, thats about it then he takes the paperwork to council at the end, if hes not there we take it or drop it at his house. He's done a bit more in the boy talks hes attended but thats because he is very high energy and does a good job getting the boys excited but then he still doesn't come to all of those and only once, due to illness, has ever actually just done one for us. When I first started with Scouts I thought this w

Sounds like he's doing the right thing. As long as his Scoutmaster signs a blue card and there is a registered merit badge counselor for him to work with he is good. There aren't any stated age restrictions on merit badges that I know of, I dont know even near the requirements for every badge so I may be missing something, but I know for sure Archery does not. That said a Scoutmaster may counsel a youth that it might be better to wait on a specific merit badge until he matures more, finishes a bunch or partials, tries something else, whatever reason he sees in the boy that might make him mo

Almost forgot our other standard breakfast: Mountain man breakfast - hash brown potatoes, eggs, and chopped up sausage all mixed up together. Cheese and onions if you like. Some of the boys prefer the ingredients separate. If you really want heart burn, add leftover chili from the night before.

For our pack campouts we only camp Saturday AM to Sunday AM so we are only dealing with three meals. There have at times been suggestions to drop Sunday Breakfast, but many of us really enjoy it so we continue. Our standard lunch is hot dogs and hamburgers w/ assorted chips, fruits & veggies. For dinners we've done several things: Spaghetti dinners - speghetti and sauce, garlic bread, salad. Pack has done all the shopping for this, it has either been prepped and then reheated prior to the campout or actually brought in shortly before the meal then kept warm. (We've been ge