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Fiercely Loyal · 04-12-2009, 11:45

1. Were you ever in the Boy Scouts
Yes. Started out in Cub Scouts, active in boy scouts up until I was 17, and I even was a Counselor for Cub Scout summer camp one summer.
2. Did you obtain Eagle or what was your highest rank. (I am sure that there are several other Eagles on the board)
I only made it to Star. When I was 16 I went to a Military Youth Academy and turned 17 just two weeks after 9/11. I joined the military and had a lot less time for scouting.
3. How did your Scout training help you in your military life or your Civilian life.
I think that not having a father in my case it helped immeasurably provide me with a good moral foundation. It also taught me field craft that I put to use professionally and personally all the time. Being prepared!! I always have the gear I need and then some.
4. Did your Scout training guide you toward your decision to go SF.
Actually the training influences my decisions greatly pertaining to this. After my return from this deployment I'd like to attend selection. If I could get paid to camp and teach other people how to survive and fight, it wouldn't get much better.
5.... Any other comments about Scouts and the Military.
etc etc etc
GET INVOLVED!! If I didn't have scout leaders I have no idea how I'd be today.

04-12-2009, 11:45	#14
Fiercely Loyal Guerrilla Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 165	1. Were you ever in the Boy Scouts Yes. Started out in Cub Scouts, active in boy scouts up until I was 17, and I even was a Counselor for Cub Scout summer camp one summer. 2. Did you obtain Eagle or what was your highest rank. (I am sure that there are several other Eagles on the board) I only made it to Star. When I was 16 I went to a Military Youth Academy and turned 17 just two weeks after 9/11. I joined the military and had a lot less time for scouting. 3. How did your Scout training help you in your military life or your Civilian life. I think that not having a father in my case it helped immeasurably provide me with a good moral foundation. It also taught me field craft that I put to use professionally and personally all the time. Being prepared!! I always have the gear I need and then some. 4. Did your Scout training guide you toward your decision to go SF. Actually the training influences my decisions greatly pertaining to this. After my return from this deployment I'd like to attend selection. If I could get paid to camp and teach other people how to survive and fight, it wouldn't get much better. 5.... Any other comments about Scouts and the Military. etc etc etc GET INVOLVED!! If I didn't have scout leaders I have no idea how I'd be today. __________________ It's not who I am, but what I do, that defines me. Last edited by Fiercely Loyal; 04-12-2009 at 11:51. Reason: text color
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