roguedawg

Hey Scouts, I read the Royal Ranger thread. I thought you would like to hear about Royal Rangers from a Royal Ranger. I grew up in scouts all the way from Cubs, Webelos, Scouts, Law Enforcement Explorer Post, OA to Eagle Scout and left scouts after being engaged when I was 26. My dad was SM and my brother and I were heavly involved. I love scouts! My troop had great leadership and grew from 5 boys with 2 adults, to about 55 scouts and about 15 adults leaders. I went right up the leadership from PL, SPL, JAS, ASM, and SM. I help start another troop, and worked with other smaller troo

I read this thread and by the end of the thread my head was spinning. I grew up in scouts from cubs all the way to Eagle and stayed in until I was 24. Things changed both good and bad. Almost all good. Now, 16 years later, more has changed, good as well as bad. I am involved in Royal Rangers as well as getting back into scouts. Us Royal Rangers are seeing the same trends as the BSA is seeing. We are also having a lot of changes going on with the uniform and program changes. So I can relate. I ask a question for you. Why are you involved in scouting? I had to ask myself the same ques

When I was a scout, our troop used to love the polar bear camp outs. There a few moments that stood out. One year, there was a thaw just before the event. The snow had turned to rain which made Elk Lake at Camp Brule' smooth as glass. My buddy and myself got our sleeping bags and got out to the center of the lake to watch the meteor shower show on Saturday night. It was awesome! One time there was an ice fishing demo going on. One of the ASM's had an ice auger and made several fishing holes. They had some gear to show off and sitting behind them, they had a 5 foot salmon. So after

Pray is up from Sayre, PA. Jehova Rapha - the Lord is my healer.

SR540Beaver, Nobody stole my thunder since I didn't come up with the idea in the first place! HA! Thanks for the link. I will check it out later today. So where is the thread to the stoves on this forum? There is a vast knowledge base out there to draw from. I like this kind of DIY stuff. I was taught to improvise by my ASM. He said that, "Usually the answer to a problem is within 50 feet of you." It has been tested and usually is correct.

I ran across this alcohol stove while surfing on YouTube. I wrote up the instructions as a handout in my Outpost. I gave some to some local troops and they liked it. I hope you like it as well. I am new to this forum and I am not sure if I can post this .pdf in the thread. If I can't figure out how to post an image and the file, you can go to this website to download. I want to be a blessing to scouts as well as Royal Rangers. http://rangerforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=6275&highlight= The stove burner can be made using just a jack-knife. God bless and camp on! RD

Uniforms - "Does the clothes make the man, or does the man make the clothes?" I say both are true. First of all, the adult leaders are the standard that the boys look at every time there is a scout gathering. In my troop, us leaders lead the boys by example. We wore our uniforms for every scouting event. If there was a chance of getting it soiled, we covered it or changed our clothes. The uniform was properly patched, no threads hanging, and proper shoes being worn. Our behavior was likewise. Second, boy leaders need to be held to the same standard. The younger boys look up to

Hello all, After I earned my Eagle Scout, I was told that having this rank would be good on a resume'. All I knew was that I earned my Eagle Scout. Well about 10 years later I had a job interview at Cornell University. The first thing that my future boss said to me was, "You have on your resume' that you were an Eagle Scout." My reply was, "I earned my Eagle Scout 10 years ago and I'M STILL an Eagle Scout, not past tense." He liked my response and proceeded to give me a board of review. He even asked me what the two stars meant on the scout badge. He asked me if I was "Prepared". I

Hello All, You all have good comments on respectfully retiring our nations colors. When I was a scout our troop would have a Flag "cremation" ceremony with the local American Legion. I made a crematory out of a 275 gallon oil tank. It would open up and we would drop in the folded Flags. We did not like to use the word "burn" for Flag retirement. We felt that we were cremating a soldier, since blood has been lost to ensure our freedom. We probably cremated hundreds of Flags over the years. I remember one instance where I was folding a Flag and there were not any grommets on it. T

CampCrafter, My son Caleb is 5 right now. I am not sure what group he would fall into. I seem to remember Tiger Scouts being for pre-cub scouts age. A leader? I got scoutmaster training back years ago. I was Ast. SM. under my dad and took over the troop as SM. for about 2 years. I went back to college and edged out of scouting. Then I met my wife. I am currently the Senior Commander of a Royal Ranger Outpost. Bascially RR is the same as Scouts, but it is a ministry through the Assemblies of God Church. I want Caleb to do both Scouts and Rangers. It is common for RR to earn th

Hi Scouts!, My name is Roguedawg and I am new to this forum. I am not new to scouting though. I earned my Eagle Scout Rank back in 1986 in Troop 11 out of Waverly, NY in the 5 Rivers Council (old General Sullivan Council). I got into scouts back in 1975 with my mom being a den leader. Since then I went all the way up through Webalos, Scouts, Explorer Post, and as an adult leader. I like many of my other scouts got out of scouts due to a distraction of a woman.....which is natural. HUHM -- stay in scouts or get married? I took the marriage route for 10 years now. For everything there