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Mr WJ,
Send them to the Army website I posted above, or point them to the site below:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/bugle.htm
RANT mode ON:
Why cannot the Boy Scouts of America understand that Reveille is the beginning of the official duty day, and that the Colors are to go up as the Troop is formed at the Flagpole??? FIRST CALL is the wakeup, you stand Reveille.
RANT mode OFF
John
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LPC,
Step 3: Contact your District or Council Special Needs Chair/Coordinator.
John
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"I am just a simple Soldier..."
(when my Commanders said that, it was time to watch out!!, for the big rock was gonna fall on YOUR HEAD!...)
...But it seems to me that Olive Green is one of the LEAST desireable colors for a Camelback, perhaps second only to BLACK. Something about absorbing the heat, vice reflecting it.
I've found recently that I am seeking out tan field gear, from my boonie hat to my Camelback cover.
John
Eine Oberst-Leutnant
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Ahhhh... The joy of the Leaders' Guide and the Program Guide.
My Council camps have them; I hope yours do too.
These wonderful tomes generally list not only the MB offerings, but also if any pre-requisites are required.
It's worth a call from your SM to your DE to ask "Can ES requirements x, y, and z be done before we come down?" The DE can ask the Reservation Director, or call the camp Program Director.
PS: The long pole in the tent is the 400 yeard swim test for Lifesaving. Strongly recommend Mrs. Smith's son work on physical conditioning for that event, hard.
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A long time ago, in fact 29 years this fall, I was a sophomore in college and had just joined the Army, by accepting enlistment as a Cadet under an ROTC scholarship.
Our detachment had a great Sergeant Major that year. He took an active part in honing us scholarship students as a Color Guard.
Sergeant Major had something very specific to say about the destruction of a Color: "When you must destroy a Color, cut it in two pieces: The Field from the Stripes. You do this that you do not burn our Flag, as the draft dodgers and the desecrators do. Instead, you are simply destroying two pieces of cloth, each of which has meaning to a Soldier."
Should anyone ever need it, here is the current statute law for our Flag:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/4/ch1.html
Here is the American Legion website. They are an exceptional resource of Flag policy and precedent:
John
PS: I think this unit has a great service project ahead of it: A Flagpole sufficient to fly what I assume is a Garrison flag. Set the pole and give this flag a Guard of Honor enroute to being properly flown. Yet again I say: A flag folded in the tricorn is always appropriate for movement.
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A long time ago, in fact 29 years this fall, I was a sophomore in college and had just joined the Army, by accepting enlistment as a Cadet under an ROTC scholarship.
Our detachment had a great Sergeant Major that year. He took an active part in honing us scholarship students as a Color Guard.
Sergeant Major had something very specific to say about the destruction of a Color: "When you must destroy a Color, cut it in two pieces: The Field from the Stripes. You do this that you do not burn our Flag, as the draft dodgers and the desecrators do. Instead, you are simply destroying two pieces of cloth, each of which has meaning to a Soldier."
Should anyone ever need it, here is the current statute law for our Flag:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/4/ch1.html
Here is the American Legion website. They are an exceptional resource of Flag policy and precedent:
John
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I have to agree here.
For various reasons, my son didn't join his Pack until B&G of his Wolf year.
Some of the requirements happen literally in the context of the Cubs' daily life.
He finished on time and with arrow points to boot.
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Uhhh....
IIRC, Akela includes the parents!!! Most Wolf activities are within the capability of a parent/child partnership.
Is there some reason here the Den Leader is the only one signing off, OR am I mis-reading that part of things?
TIA, John
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Two weeks is if you are staff at the course.
One week is if you are student, since it dovetails with PTC sessions.
We have a young man in our Venture Crew going down for the August 1 start date. His dad is going to a workshop at PTC.
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Speaking as a Soldier, as a Veteran, as someone who did his ROTC scholarship as a member of my Detachment's Color Guard...
I would ask the Legion or the VFW to have their Color Guards march fore and aft of you.
You do have the legitimate option of carrying the Color in its Tricorn cockade folding. That is always proper and legitimate. Consider it
When you're batched with other patriotic groups, and they support what you're doing, the whiners can pound sand.
John
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Cubbing: Year round program; summer activities at the Pack Level.
June: District Day Camp, Council Bear Resident Camp.
July: 4th of July parade, family barbecue, raingutter regatta.
WEBELOS: Webelos resident camp (July and August)
August: Same as July, back to school,
Boy Scouts:
Camp prep and camp.
High Adventure ... including a final prep hike across a long weekend
NOAC
Selected individuals: Philmont Training Center
Just plain camping
Troop swims (check people before they get to camp; help them strengthen swimming muscles)
There's plenty to do the year round!!
John
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My name is John and I am a pack rat.
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KS,
He was less useful than those articles of nature which convert carbon dioxide into useful oxygen.
Let me put it this way: I've seen (within the Army) soldiers of the Adjutant's General Corps (Navy yeomen; AF human resources folx), who, when about to be given an "Other Than Honorable" administrative discharge, added more value to the human experience than this particular UC.
Clear within our mutual professional context?(This message has been edited by John-in-KC)
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My Suspicion:
If you don't know, there are provisions in Title 10 US Code which allow BSA a distinctive uniform AND proscribe ANY Armed Forces uniform from being used by BSA.
The US Army went away from the Army Tan summer uniform uniform beginning in the 50s to 70s. First went the woolen Tropical Worsted Class B uniform (shirt/pants/tie). Then went the Tropical worsted Class A uniform (business suit: trousers, shirt and blouse (aka coat). Finally, in the early 80s, the Army Tan summer uniform (cotton khakis and poly/cotton permanent press short sleeve shirt and trousers) went away.
IN FACT, Mother Army went to light green shirt with dark green trousers for our Class A and B uniforms.
Going from olive/olive to olive/tan makes sense in the context of having a BSA uniform that is different from the Armed Forces uniforms.
This is only a suspicion. Only someone who has access to the historical secret documents in Irving will be able to substantiate this as fact
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FWIW,
The most practical hat I've ever encountered is the Army tropical "boonie hat." Think of it as a crushable, ripstop, campaign hat.
I wear the black beret when I wear a Tree Suit (read Battle Dress Uniform) or Army Greens. Berets are impractical headgear professionally, and it's impractical headgear in the context of Scouting. Unfortunately, GEN Shinseki (an Armor Officer) had an ally in BG (Ret) and former SECARMY White (also an Armor Officer, who had worn the black beret in Viet Nam). The Army will be stuck with it a while. Good thing Scouts don't have to have it anymore.
(That said: For Army Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces troopers, it's a badge of honor, and denotes earning recognition)
John
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When I was a pack CC, we had some rough spots in the road. I was new, and didn't know BSA practices.
Called my DE for help ... he gave me the name of our UC.
Son of a gun never showed up except to eat our Blue and Gold. Our Packmaster guru coordinated our recharter; we never saw a packet!!!
AFAIAC, a Commissioner who is not out visiting his units, both at program delivery and committee meetings, who does not come when requested, is a thief of perfectly good oxygen.
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Please post details after the summer!!!
Godspeed.
John
Bugling and summer camp
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Let's see...
25 years of service, 12 active, 13 reserve...
0600 Reveille formation ... Listen for the 75mm pack howitzer to go off, present arms, listen to the call, order arms...
Battalion S-3 calls out...
"Battery Commanders, take charge of your batteries and conduct PT."
First call was played at 0550, at Riley, Sill, Babenhausen Kaserne (Darmstadt MILCOM), Abrams Compound (IG Farben Building in Frankfurt), and Yongsan Army Garrison, Seoul.
In Reserve service, no first call, but by golly, we stood Reveille... and went to work.
John