falcon93 10 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 If you had a chance to choose what your unit #'s could be..... would you opt for A) the first 3 digit # your council found that was free or B) a 2 digit # (such as 14 or even 3 or 5)? Of C) who cares, its just a number. Link to post Share on other sites
EagleInKY 14 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 C)... unless there is a history that makes you want a particular number. In our case, a troop had been in this area for over 30 years and folded a few years earlier. Coincidentally, it was the same as our pack #, even though the two were never associated with each other. It was an obvious choice. Link to post Share on other sites
le Voyageur 72 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 We chose are own numbers for our living history venture crews...1607 for the Jamestown date, and 1586 for the time of the Lost Colony.... Link to post Share on other sites
beasties mom 10 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Our pack #'s are 494 this was picked because the Pack was started in April of 1994.Atleast that is what i was told. Link to post Share on other sites
purcelce 11 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 My crew's number is 805 since our CO is VFW post 805. Our council has unique quasi numbering system that goes by what district your in. Of course I've seen a few new units that aren't going by the old numbering system. Link to post Share on other sites
hops_scout 9 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Ours is 323. I think I'll stick with it considering the troop is the second oldest in the council. One year without a charter ruined it. Otherwise we'd have it by like 10 years or more. Oh well, we still outdate the council by almost double. Link to post Share on other sites
fgoodwin 23 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 When I started a new pack at my son's school in 2003, I was faced with choosing a number. All the single and two-digit numbers were taken. There were too many three-digit numbers available to make a reasoned choice, so I asked for 2003 (based on the year the pack was formed) and Council agreed to give it to us! Link to post Share on other sites
KoreaScouter 13 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 It's just a number, unless it isn't. If there's some particular tie-in with a CO, for example, such as VFW post # or something, then it's not just a number. In Far East council, the unit numbers are allocated in blocks by District. That can get unwieldy in a large Council, or in those cases where councils consolidate...then whaddya do? Sometimes the number really means something. We have a Troop 1 here, chartered to a an historic private school. I'm told they were the very first BSA unit organized in Hawaii -- those guys wear 90-year tabs below their CSPs...if anyone deserves #1, it's them. Beyond that, I can't see the number having much significance, except to the members of that unit. KS Link to post Share on other sites
orennoah 11 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Our troop number (14) doesn't stand for anything. That is, other than US! Even though we're a young troop, we've grown accustomed to it and darned proud of it. In fact, we have a page of links to Troop 14s from around the world on our website. http://www.scouttroop14.org/T14others.html If anyone knows of any other Troop 14s with websites, please let me know via PM. - Oren Link to post Share on other sites
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