jaredthebear

First of all, I tip my hat to you for your willingness and commitment to get trained and prepare yourself to be a better servant leader for youth. Congrats on completing two goals toward your ticket - keep going. Now, as far as Jamboree selection let me try and give you a little more insight as to why tenure often beats training. Recruiting is the main focus of the SM and the ASMs leading up to the Jamboree. Tenure means more contacts to draw from, and more credibility with parents making that decision to send their son for a couple of weeks for a couple thousand dollars with virtual stra

This is from the Wood Badge Administrative Guide page 27: "All Wood Badge for the 21st Century courses utilize the traditional Wood Badge patrol names, which were selected from animals found in North America: Beaver, Bobwhite, Eagle, Fox, Owl, Bear, Buffalo, and Antelope. The order of patrol names may not be changed and other patrol names may not be substituted." The order is Beaver 1st, Bobwhite 2nd, etc, etc.

There was a time when courses were not limited to eight patrols, but today there is a limit of 48 participants per course making up eight patrols set forth by National. For past courses that had more than eight patrols it was up to the course director to choose patrol names. Tradition has the raven as a ninth patrol, but I personally know ravens, wolves, bobcats, cougars, and moose. Today there can only be eight patrols and they have to follow Gilwell order. If there are not enough participants for eight patrols then seven, and so forth, can work. I was on one course that only had five.

No, there are no official colors for patrols. Each area, council, and staff tends to promote traditions that are not official. The only thing in relation to patrols that is official is the eight critters and their Gilwell order, and that only applies to the BSA. JDL49- the colors listed in the first handbook have no bearing since they were abandoned long before the first U.S. Wood Badge was held in 1948, and then the patrols were different than today. Your friend in all things Scouting, Jared the Bear Wood Badge Course Director WE7-589-1-09

According to the Wood Badge Admin Guide the campaign hat should not be worn by staff because it is Boy Scout specific, and not a Cub Scout or Venturing hat. The brimmed hat (aka Expedition hat) is fine for Troops and Venturing Crews. Eagle92 - you can still have a Venture Patrol as part of a Troop, just like a New Scout Patrol (see page 37 of the Scout Handbook) They are registered Boy Scouts and are usually older and participate in high adventure activities. A Venturing Crew is registered with the Venturing program and not registered Boy Scouts. A crew can be all male, all female, or coe