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Glad your second weekend was great. I also felt like it was the best two weekends of my adult life in many many years. I have 4 new great friends. We have met a couple times since our course last year. The first member of our patrol is getting his beads next month and we all have agreed to be there. We struggled a little with our tickets but had a great TG.
I was amazed that the knowledge I learned at WB made it much easier to guide the boys in my troop this year as we started up our meetings again.
I have been asked (and agreed to) to staff the next course in 2009
"I used to be a BEAR!!!"
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Our troop just reserved tickets for the scout weekend West Point Football Game in September.
Anyone recommend where we might find camping in the area?
Scouts no longer wear the Scout Uniform!
in Uniforms
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My troop has been progressing towards ''proper'' uniforms. I right now have requested for the boys to get official BSA pants. I took over this troop a couple years ago, and most meetings no one was in a uniform shirt. They even, during saluting the flag would say "hand over heart" so at least they knew not to salute. I informed all the boys when I took over that they had to wear uniform shirts. We ordered class B only for basic meeting but the rule was , court of honors, having visitors or board of review & conferences... class A. I know my son was probably the worst offender as I sometimes didn''t want to put the uniform on after a day at work wearing a law enforcement uniform... but I got used to putting on the shirt and my son followed.. so did the rest of the troop. They tuck their shirts in at beginning of meeting. I have a new ASM who is strick about uniform protocol, so we informed the boys, this year to go get pants. We have about 1/2 complying with a promise of the other boys getting them soon. We have a state police camporee coming up next month and I explained we need to be in full uniform. I''ve requested a uniform ''shakedown'' at next meeting to see who needs what.
It is true.. scouts will follow what the leaders do. I''ve been wearing full uniform for about 6 months or so and more boys are showing up in uniform.