countrymatt07

Hey guys thanks for replying. I have no problem with personal choices. In your example I have no problem with long hair, or heavy metal. I could care less if the some of the youths ideals in their everyday lives do not match mine perfectly. What I meant by military crisp would be more of a troop that moves as one unit. One that would have good turn out (Hard to do nowadays), when they march in parades or color gaurd situations would move in unison. I have seen too much of boys that treat the uniform with disrespect (Example slouching with shirt untucked). I want the boys to want to be scouts.

Hello everyone I recieved my Eagle rank this summer. I have had a very long scouting history so I'll keep it brief. I came from a small town troop in northern Minnesota. My troop was very inactive, our largest and usually only trip each year was to the region summer camp. Before I reached the rank of Eagle my troop fell apart. It was a moment that we all saw coming the national problem of little to no turnout takes a hard hit on a smalltime troop. The good news was I kept in touch with my National Jamboree scoutmaster and I quickly enrolled in his troop (3 hours away!) There were many troop