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  1. No, he's from a pack in another town, based on his unit number.
  2. We're looking a similar thing. After Army moving season and the AOL crossover in Dec, our pack will have 6 Scouts and no CM, ACM, or Secretary. I mentioned recruiting in our last leader meeting and was met with silence. Frankly, there is another pack closer to us with more girls. My son is moving up to the troop closest to us rather than the one at our CO. They meet the same night as our pack. This isn't going to work for our schedule, so the current pack will have 5 Scouts and no CM, ACM, secretary, treasurer, or CC. Once the AOL crossover occurs, I will put it to the remaining parents
  3. Was at our District PWD yesterday. Saw an adult leader who had a Ukrainian flag in place of the US flag on his uniform. I've seen all sorts of oddities on uniforms, but I've never seen someone replace our flag with that of another nation.
  4. The 141 was before my time. We had the cramped C-130s and the luxurious C-17s. Those were nice. I grew up in the Air Force. Saw my stepdad wear a time to work everyday. Didn't want to do that. Joined the Army, then the AF decided that every day was combat uniform day across the board. Oh well, only a couple years left to go.
  5. You can tell who is who by how they refer to that place outside of official communications.
  6. That was going through my mind when I wrote that. I think we're both safe. He is one of my background check references.
  7. That right there is a shame. This is where the lawyers drive out potentially excellent volunteers. We probably were violating what passed for YPT when I was a senior in HS. I was an ASM but I was also on the school sports teams, so I was changing in the locker room with Scouts. I was even assigned to share a hotel room with a Scout on a school trip. He was a junior.
  8. For us, the government leaders are all around. We have military officers and NCOs in pretty much every unit around Ft. Bragg. May not be in the exact spirit of whoever wrote the requirement, but we get it done to the letter.
  9. We tried that. It didn't work. We're in an economically depressed area where there are lots of opportunities to do things but everyone is "too busy" to do anything else beyond bring their kid to a meeting. Some can't even do that and then get surprised that they didn't earn anything.
  10. Normally Americans stationed overseas don't wade into local politics or want to be seen doing so. It really wouldn't be a good look, no matter how noble the cause. I know when I was a kid in England, our parents weren't out talking to the politicians. There wasn't a requirement to talk to politicians for any of the merit badges. Seems like an odd requirement for cubs.
  11. We don't have enough parents interested in doing stuff like that. We can't get anyone to volunteer to run the PWD or B&G. It's been the same two families organizing everything for the past three years. Scouting For Food? That would require dedicating two weekends to Scouting in a row. That's too much for most of them.
  12. The SPL thing was what I thought of last night. Of course, how many SPLs know the method by which they were elected? Even the law research one seems a bit much for Cub Scouts and parents who can't figure out Scoutbook.
  13. I found it here: https://www.facebook.com/download/420104303799034/NEW Cub Scout Adventures and Requirements.xlsx?av=1265951650&eav=AfaVFqGFLPp1FlqxAiHQ-ZJe6oZ07HLbNXHvHpRLg9x7RxYlOvjCXPBtE74HIFKhcaw&paipv=0&hash=Acrb32VljgE1dz4_rP4&__cft__[0]=AZX52xvwZPEfzRoPqxqO_pOeUXRORQQEombH2Fo3b_QbKrlk8KHnL-ZNU0v_M58nJHwgNShDuOY0SfRjDTR2TclnksN7J0OhV4pGQejDBnFARXTHR6Th7XtB4whjBHecuRQ49kx8qIUTzCSgeSif3YMLksx9xjUNGbqsp7U_s44HFQ&__tn__=H-R
  14. I came across a posted xlsx document with what is purported to be the new CS program. Looking through it, I came across this extremely fun sounding requirement in several of the ranks: Review your BSA Annual Health and Medical record with your parent or guardian. Discuss your ability to participate in pack and den activities. Now if that doesn't sound like an amazingly fun time for a 3rd grader, I don't know what does. The Webelos have this required gem: Learn about majority and plurality types of voting. Speak with someone who is elected to their position.
  15. I'm seeing these changes as further evidence of the decline of the Scouting program. Parents are less and less inclined to get involved with their kids and their activities. If it's not easy, they don't want to do it. All of our den leaders are only in those positions because their kids won't have an activity if they don't do it. The complaint that the non-rank advancement awards were not in front of them and thus they didn't do them is telling. A 5 minute look through the tabs of Scoutbook will show you all of these awards that are apparently so hard to find. Only 4% of Scouts earn Eagl
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