Boy Scouts and how it has Helped you in the military

[Santo Tomas]

Originally Posted by Pete

OK - who nevet got a Totin' Chip Card.

At least I still have a sharp ax and all my toes.

I have one. Smart instruction for a young scout.

[Sten]

Originally Posted by Pete

OK - who nevet got a Totin' Chip Card.

At least I still have a sharp ax and all my toes.

Who has one with all four corners?

[zauber1]

Still have mine - all four corners are there. Circa 1965.

Still have my original (unburned) draft board card.

[tim180a]

1. Yes.
2. No, I made it to Life Scout. I also was involved with the Order of the Arrow. One regret I have is that I didn't pursue Eagle Scout. I quit Scouting to join a band...
3. I spent a lot of time in Scouting. I started as a Cub Scout and progressed from there. I went to camp twice a year. Not only did we participate in summer camps, but we did week long winter camps called "Klondike Derby".
4. I don't think Scouting had anything to do with my decision to go SF. It did help with getting through the "Q" Course and several Mountain Schools.
5. Scouting can be nothing but positive for any military career. My son is now 3 and I hope to steer him in the direction of Scouting. I would of course do all I could to be a mentor to the Troop.

No, I don't still have my Totin' Chip Card...lol

[andwerise]

Originally Posted by Sten

Who has one with all four corners?

My first one from my first troop was missing one or two. I "lost it" when I joined my new troop and laminated that sucker. All 4 corners and always got my safety circle

[Dozer523]

Originally Posted by Pete

OK - who nevet got a Totin' Chip Card.

At least I still have a sharp ax and all my toes.

I had two of them. One lost all four corners, the next one was ripped to little tiny pieces. It was in a "let-this-be-a-lesson-to-all-of-you moment".
I loved to play mummbley-peg. (And the other boy needed 4 stiches.)

[PSM]

Originally Posted by Dozer523

I loved to play mummbley-peg. (And the other boy needed 4 stiches.)

I did too, with my Cub Scout knife. In the school yard! Imagine doing that today. We didn't have school nurses, either. How'd we ever survive?

Pat

Just found a re-visited copy of the original 1911 Boy Scout Manual at Borders Books.

I bought several copies.

[Badger52]

Awhile back there was an online books project sponsored by several universities who'd digitally archived alot of the older books & first-person accounts of battles, etc. During an all-too-brief free-for-all download period I happened to snag a copy of Gilbert Signal Engineering for Boys. There were several of these published at the time and, in the vein of "twas a different country then", they seem to reflect knowledge & skills thought to be important to boys at the time such as fieldcraft, principles involving engineering, electricity, knot tying, et al. It is entertaining to see the US military services at the time doing hands-on mentoring of Boy Scouts.

The attached thumbnails snagged from the book will give an idea as to the scope of the book.

If anyone would like a copy, just PM with your email address and I'd be happy to send it along. It's about a 20MB .pdf payload.

(And yes, Virginia, when you say you know Morse Code and someone asks you:
"International or American?" it's a valid question.)

[greenberetTFS]

Boy Scouts celebrate their origin 2-7-1910..........

Big Teddy

[JFoley]

1. I was in Boy Scouts for a while, learned a lot there.

2. I did Make Eagle, 08April200

3. The most obvious way that scout traing helped me in the military (Navy) was working with rope, and tying knots. I did a lot of rope work for people who didn't know how. In civilian life, the ability to deal with people I don't care for.

4. I am not SF. I'm contemplating heading in that direction, that's why I'm hanging around on this forum.

5. It seems like scouting skills could only be a good thing for a military member.

I never lost my Toten' Chit did lose a corner though. Knocked my attitude down a notch... for a while. I thought I was high and mighty as the Senior Patrol Leader.

[koz]

JFoley -
Thanks for filling out you profile as instructed, but you need to post an intro in the Introductions thread before posting again.

Thanks for your service and welcome to PS.com

[Dave Sterling]

1. Yes. From 1968 when I joined the Cub Scouts until I left for the army in 1977.
2. Eagle and Order of the Arrow (Brotherhood).
3. Field craft skills are an obvious answer but Scouting also gave me a moral code to live by. I may not have always followed it but at least I knew when I was straying from the path.
4. Scout training (amongst other things) guided me in my decision to go into the Army.
5. As important as the lessons in field craft and the other skills the BSA teaches it also provides young men with a much needed sense of structure and organization that serves a young soldier well as he becomes acquainted with the ways of the service.

[greenberetTFS]

In England they just completed their "hostage rescue training" by saving their future Queen!..............

Big Teddy

[Chris O`Crooh]

Best wishes on the World Thinking Day, brothers scouts!