re: How Many Of You Baws Were Boy Scouts?

Were Boy Scouts for the kids who didn’t play sports? Between BREC football starting in 3rd grade and tee ball/American Legion baseball starting in 1st grade...who had time for Boy Scouts. Tended to be the non-athletes from what I recall.

I was, didn't make it to Eagle. I think I was a Star Scout before the troop folded for what was about the 5th time.

The more you accomplish before you get to high school the easier it is to finish.

Scouts is a time commitment but it is still possible to finish even if you play sports. Band kids in high school are just as busy as most sports. Band is year round, from summer practice, to fall football performances, to Christmas concerts to showcases to spring concerts. It never ends.

Same here. I stopped at Life scout like an idiot. I could have probably gotten some good scholarship money for being an Eagle.

Anyone else go to Camp Salmen? I think they call it Camp V-Bar now. It is in Mississippi. I remember having a blast out there for summer camp. They had Black Hawks land in the field one time and that was awesome.

The national organization itself is what it is. Decide what you want to be and stop catering to every societal norm out there.

It is still a troop based program and if you have good troop leadership it can be very rewarding and it gives you great organizational skills.

The problem with Swamp Base is the heat and mosquitos and terrible summertime weather. Plus, I wouldn't want to be out there with pop up summertime storms rolling through with lightning.


It might be better for a spring time or fall trek.

I think I read something recently about them getting additional funding for Swamp Base

No, I was playing sports.

I'm an Eagle Scout. It's amazing to me how many men that are successful in business and in life are Eagles.

Got to go to a national jamboree, camped all over LA and MS, two trips to the Smokies, whitewater rafting in Texas and in NC/TN.

Learned a ton about leadership. Was a Senior Patrol Leader.

Philmont. My troop only went once during my time. Our slot would have required me to miss all of two-a-days my junior year. That wasn't happening. So I never made it to Philmont, and for years all I heard from my troop mates was how awesome it is. To make matters worse, the fourth day of said two-a-days, I tore my ACL.

I was a cub scout, but for only one year I think. The one of the few things I remember doing is going to a USL football game, but it rained so much that the game was canceled because the field flooded. We instead went to the Lafayette Children's Museum and Chuckie Cheese Pizza. There might have been other activities, but that one stands out the most.

I was a cub scout. Boy scouts was for nerds though