I took my son to his first troop meeting as a scout.  It was a COH, so that was interesting to see I think.  I learned for sure that they will be forming a NSP with my son and his friend from our den + around 4-5 expected crossovers next month form my son's school.  Good thing I suppose that he knows most of them.   As I've read from some of you, these NSP's are often found in eagle mill troops.  I would say that it does look like we are advancement focused but they seem to be doing a fairly