Col. Flagg

Then maybe the journalists should do their job and give full information? Regardless of that fact, any country can deny entry to anyone they like. Just because he's Muslim does not mean that's why he was turned back. We don't know why, so we could easily speculate it was because he was male, had black hair, had facial hair or maybe because he was British. We just don't know, so why speculate?

Our unit is fairly blessed with active adults who teach MBs and locations around where we live that do the same. That said, my job as SM is to make sure my guys are safe and that they have the resources they need. Here is what we do. Perhaps you can ask your SM to do the same. If a Scout wants to pursue a MB we do not teach, we first see if someone in the unit will act as counselor. If we cannot find someone in the unit, we look around for organizations we know who may offer the MB. If we cannot find anyone we know to offer the MB, we work with council and district to get a list of registere

Even I have been detained coming back from international travel. US Citizen and so white a snow man has a better chance of tanning than I do. Customs and Border Patrol has detained me on several occasions over the last 20 years. I have been asked to step out of line and go through enhanced security in Germany, UK, France, the Middle East, Asia, etc. Heck, when I was 8 I was strip searched leaving the Munich airport after the '72 Olympics. No parents allowed in. What's an 8 year old going to smuggle out of Germany? Kinder Ueberraschungs? I've had my passport checked sitting in a pub in Dubl

I suspect the tent you'd get for your troop would depend on what your troop already has. If it's a new unit I would advise against going with a big Taj Mahal tent for a few reasons. First, 2-4 man tents are easier for young Scouts to set up by themselves. Second, if you ever want to do camping other than car/plop camping, the 2-4 man tents are necessary. Lastly, having guys tent-up in 2s and 3s really does build more esprit de corps, in my opinion, than one big tent. Oh, and BSA does have a few issues with Scouts too far apart in age bunking together, in the event your troop uses mixed age pat

I could envision someone looking at Project #2 as not demonstrating enough leadership, equating hours spent to level of leadership. That's why I suggested using both projects. The GTA seems to back that up (see above).

Other than the presentation of ranks, MBs and special awards, we don't have a standard "script" per se. Each COH (3-4 per year) are done by the patrols on a rotating basis of responsibility.

I don't see anywhere where it says anything about one or two beneficiaries. If that's not specifically stated, why make it more difficult? Assume "Beneficiary" is the group or groups for which the work was done, be it Project #1 or Project #2. My fear is that if we do get too lost in the semantics of trying to read too much in to this, people might begin to question if the requirements was actually fulfilled. If he were my Scout I'd tell him to bundle the two together and discuss them as two separate parts of a project that ultimately fulfilled Requirement #5.

It's Boy Scouts. They assumed the helicopter parents would do that for the Scouts.

Oddly enough, no one seemed to complain too loudly with the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act which was passed by Congress and not vetoed by the last administration. It treated folks without previously granted waiver the exact same and the current restrictions.

Seems that BSA has tinkered with a few rank requirements and MBs for 2017. Nothing too big from what I see. http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2017/03/14/heres-a-complete-list-of-the-2017-boy-scout-requirement-changes/

Anyone who has issues with coming to the US should try to go visit countries in Asia, Africa, Southeast Asia, a few South American countries or just take a tour around Mexico. They have more of a chance of getting picked up THERE than anything that would happen to them here. This is a red herring made worse by people who are trying to create something out of nothing. How worried are they about how their girls would be treated in the Middle East? Seriously?

Well, if they visit some college campuses, and they are conservatives, they might not be afforded the acceptance of diversity that the law and society requires, so I see their point.

You honored his wishes, that's worth more to him than anything. He's humble. He did his brotherly duty. He KNOWS how you feel and that should be a great comfort to you. So pat yourself on the back. You raised an excellent son who is humble and a hero. Few can say that in this day and age. Well done!!!

Sorry to post again, but there are two issues that keep bugging me about this thread. First, is whether or not to count the hours spent on the first project. Second is this whole concept of "failing" a Scout in the BOR. On the first point (two projects for one requirement) I can't find anything in the materials that specifically address this issue, though I think I have found a possible smoking gun. Also, like @@fred johnson, I would have sworn that I read somewhere that the BOR could "unapprove" a project as meeting Requirement 5. In looking for proof one way or the other, I came acro

But the requirement is to give leadership to a project. The project can have two parts, the bridge (not completed for reasons out of his control) and the wall (which was completed). Not sure why he wouldn't include both. There's nothing in the workbook or other BSA docs that I can find that would preclude doing this, so why not include them?

I will differ from the previous comments. Looking at the GTA, I would read "Eagle Project" to be the PROCESS which results in the final sign off of the requirement, NOT just one single project. So, a Scout could work on, and get approval for, a project on which he works 50 hours. After that time, for reasons beyond his control, that project is abandoned and he must begin anew. He now has a second project that gets approved where he works another 50 hours. That, to me, is reported as 100 hours toward his Eagle Service Project; 50 hours each time.

The annual report has different numbers. They've averaged 3% losses prior to 2013. Since, it has been closer to 6%.

@@qwazse, if there's no charter then aren't the boys and adults not really considered members of BSA, so they cannot really work on any advancement? I would expect BSA to have some sort of provisional status, no?

If I am an Eagle Scout (note, not "was"), shouldn't I live by the standard they ask Scouts to follow? And if I run the website shouldn't I enforce that for the unit? Tons of space to drive a truck through. I think we all agree privacy is a good thing and we, as leaders, would hopefully NOT post last names, etc. I sent a note to the social media team to ask if there's a single doc that prohibits this practice. I will let you know if I hear anything.

If you CC won't sign and help, then I am not sure you have an option (other than forgery) with regard to district's help. The Key requires a signature of the CC and the district or council training chair. You could go to them. The Unit Leader award requires a statement from the CC and their signature. http://www.scouting.org/filestore/training/pdf/511-054_WB.pdf http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/512-003_WB.pdf

[picking up the mic] Isn't what constitutes high adventure relative? My brother lives in Montana. If he were to do deep sea fishing for a week on a boat his kids would consider that high adventure. My sister lives in Kiawah and they are always on the water. A week in the mountains hiking would be high adventure to them. To a kid living in the plains who has never seen mountains or the sea, either would be the trip of a life time. To a kid from Chicago's inner city, a week at the Summit in canvas tents would be high adventure. I would agree there are degrees of what constitutes high

I don't think your formula accounts for year-on-year decline based on a new reduced total. http://www.miniwebtool.com/percent-growth-rate-calculator/

Anyone who buys a new car at 31k is, well, unwise. Live within your means. Same with a "new" house? And college? Well, as Mike Rowe points out there's plenty of great paying jobs that don't require college. Lastly, the SSA has median income around 8k not 12k, so there's more parity there than this example shows. If one uses the inflation calculator from the BLS the comparison is much closer than in this example.

Who ever bought a new car during high school or college? Who pays in full for college? I know I didn't. Perhaps Herr Rucksack (that's Backpack for those non-Deutsch speakers) was referring to one's first car which was usually used back then? I can only speak from my experiences. In my area if you drive in to the high school parking lot you don't see beat-up, second or third-hand fixer-upper cars. You see a large number of recently used or new cars. Nice ones. Nicer than I ever had. That's the late Bloomer and Gen-Xers buying them for their kids. I highly doubt the kids are paying for thes

Nope. That's a still a requirement my Instructors sign off on. The Scout brings the plan he worked on with mom and dad, but parents NEVER sign off on any requirements after Scout #6.