newman111

Consider: The time limit for the Eagle BOR was amended to give scouts a bit more time in case of scheduling conflicts with the adults to be present in the review. A question for those who don't think the regulations on patches should be changed: Do you also believe that anyone who had their BOR after their birthdays are not truly Eagle Scouts? If a rule like that could be changed, I don't see how anyone couldn't accept a change in something as sacred as patches on a uniform.

1. sure 2. June, 2009 Following a trend of many Eagle Scouts I've known, I earned my eagle rank only days before my 18th birthday. I have never worn my uniform with the patch, but I would love to. Maybe if I had earned it earlier in my scouting career and wore the patch with my friends (my patrol of four boys all earned eagle over the course of two years - I was the last) I would probably take up the knot as a less obtrusive, more reserved, adult symbol of the eagle, but I don't. And I don't regret the way in which I got my eagle either. Sure it was a rush at the end, things might have