Army implements Pentagon decision

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Found this on another board, so I can't testify to it's accuracy, but thought it was interesting:

 

INFORMATION PAPER: Army Relations with Boy Scout Organizations

 

DAJA-SC

13 September 2004

 

 

 

SUBJECT: Army Relations with Boy Scout Organizations

 

1. PURPOSE. To provide information on official Army relations

with, and support to the Boy Scouts.

 

2. FACTS.

 

a. Prohibited Activities.

 

(1) Fundraising and Membership Drives. No official

endorsement or participation in Boy Scout fundraising or membership

drives is allowed. (Joint Ethics Regulation (JER), DOD 5500.7-R,

para. 3-210)

 

(2) Endorsement or Sanction. Official endorsement or sanction

may be neither stated nor implied, and Army officials may not give

preferential treatment to the Boy Scouts. (JER, para. 3-209).

However, as noted below, there are statutes authorizing specific

support to overseas scouting, and to Jamborees. Commanders may

support Boy Scout events (as opposed to fundraising) where there are

legitimate community relations, morale and welfare, or other DOD

interests.

 

(3) Official Participation in Management. Army personnel may

not participate in management of the Boy Scouts in their official

capacities. However, they may be appointed as official liaisons

when there is a continuing Army interest in discussion of matters of

mutual interest. (JER, para. 3-201; 3-202)

 

(4) Conflicts of Interest. Army personnel may not take

official actions that affect the financial interests of the Boy

Scouts if they are an officer, director, or employee of the

organization. (18 U.S.C. 208) Even if Army personnel are not

officers in the Boy Scouts, if they are "active participants" in

scouting, they should refrain from taking official actions which

affect the Boy Scouts interests in order to avoid the appearance of

favoritism. (5 C.F.R. 2635.502) An "active participant" is

someone, such as a Scoutmaster, who does not necessarily have input

to organization policy, but has a visible and significant role with

the Scouts.

 

(5) Gratuitous Membership. Army personnel may not accept an

office, directorship or similar leadership position in the Boy

Scouts offered because of their official duty position. (JER, para.

3-201)

 

 

 

 

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SUBJECT: Army Relations with Boy Scout Organizations

 

b. National and International Jamborees. The Army may provide

the following services to national and world Jamborees. Prior to

these types of support being provided, the Boy Scouts must provide a

bond to cover the items and the risk of loss or damage costs

associated with transportation. (10 U.S.C. 2554)

 

(1) Loan of cots, blankets, commissary equipment, flags,

refrigerators, and other equipment;

 

(2) Services and expendable medical supplies, as available,

without reimbursement;

 

(3) Transportation, as available, without expense to the U.S.

Government, and which does not interfere with military operations.

 

(4) In the case of a Jamboree held on a military installation,

DoD may provide personnel and logistic support at the military

installation, in addition to the areas of support listed in the

three paragraphs above. (10 U.S.C. 2554(g)).

 

c. Overseas Scouting. Subject to various levels of delegation

and authorization, the Army may provide overseas scouting

organizations transportation, office space, recreational space,

warehousing, utilities, and communications without seeking

reimbursement. (10 U.S.C. 2606). DOD Instruction 1015.9 should be

consulted before deciding what support to provide for overseas

scouting activities. Note that when overseas scouting activities

are organized as a Non-Appropriate Fund Instrumentality, it is a

government entity.

 

d. Use of DOD Property.

 

(1) On a limited basis, commanders may authorize the use of

DOD equipment (and manpower to operate the equipment) in support of

Boy Scout activities which are legitimate community relations events

or provide genuine benefit to the morale and welfare of the military

community. (JER, paragraph 3-211; see also, 10 U.S.C. 2012)

Commanders must determine that:

 

(a) there is no interference with unit readiness and

mission accomplishment;

 

(b) support serves a legitimate Army interest, such as

community relations; (AR 360-1, The Army Public Affairs Program)

 

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SUBJECT: Army Relations with Boy Scout Organizations

 

© the event is of interest and benefit to the local

civilian or military community as a whole;

 

(d) the command is willing and able to provide support to

other similar events and organizations (such as Girl Scouts);

 

(e) no admission fee beyond reasonable cost is charged

either for the whole event or for that part supported by DOD, or

that the DOD support is incidental to the event.

 

(2) Installation commanders may authorize use of space for Boy

Scout meetings and storage of equipment.

 

(3) Government equipment may be loaned or rented if there is

no interference with mission accomplishment. However, the Boy Scouts

may not use installation auditing, data processing, financial

management, legal, or purchasing services. (Special Authorization

and Procedures for Issues, Sales, and Loans, AR 725-1, Chap. 6)

 

(4) Army personnel who volunteer to participate may be given

uncharged leave (a "permissive TDY") to support Boy Scout events

that otherwise meet the requirements of a community relations event.

Leaves and Passes, AR 600-8-10, para. 5-32k.

 

 

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Thanks for posting this; I found one copy on a .mil site in MS Word that looks to be the same or similar, except the year on the date is 2002, not 2004:

 

http://www.80asg.army.mil/staff/Army%20Relations%20With%20Boy%20Scouts.doc

 

It's linked to from this page from the Northern Law Center of the 80th Area Support Group:

http://www.80asg.army.mil/staff/nlc.htm