WRW_57 24 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Greetings from Seattle. Just put the uniform on again after being away 40 years. It's now a four generation tradition, as my son begins as a Webelos scout. I'll be interested to see what has changed* since my time in the 1970's when the silly red beret was part of the uniform. Recently, I was looking through a collection of scout hat badges I traded for at the 1975 World Jamboree, and realized that Scouting has, now, probably vanished in several of the countries in my collection (Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran). Camping as a youth with my troop laid down the skill base and love for the outdoors which evolved into a13-year career at the National Outdoor Leadership School as an Instructor, trainer, and textbook author. Now I'm navigating the personalities of the Pack Committee and working on getting the scouts outside more as an assistant Den Leader. *This forum continues to help me see scouting through multiple perspectives. Cheers, Craig Eagle class of '77 Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3666 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 @WRW_57 welcome to scouter.com Link to post Share on other sites
qwazse 4343 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Welcome, and thanks for all you do for the boys. P.S. - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at where scouting has persisted, even flourished, around the world. Look up World Organization of Scouting Movements. Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3452 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Welcome to the forum, and if you think the red berets were silly, the collarless green shirts beat that hands down. Of course if that wasn't bad enough, the original wool shirts with a heavy wool tunic, heavy wool pants and gaiters wasn't a walk in the woods.... well, it was a walk in the woods. Link to post Share on other sites
TAHAWK 1420 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 http://www.egyptscouts.com/ https://www.google.com/search?q=google+translate&rlz=1C1GGGE___US527US527&oq=google+translate&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60j0l4.7919j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.facebook.com/pg/The.EFSGG/about/ Link to post Share on other sites
prof 58 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Welcome to the virtual campfire! Link to post Share on other sites
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