Boy Scouts (Eagle Scouts)

[copertop80]

Ok so I'm new to the forum and was making my introductions in the intro forum and mentioned that I was a boy scout and had attained the rank of eagle, a respondant commented that there were alot of Eagle Scouts on the forum.

Well "SOUND OFF suckers" lets hear the troops, ranks, special places you went to(philmont, jamboree, ect. ect.)

I'll start

I made Eagle outta troop 75 in west tulsa they are (no longer chartered) didn't hit philmont or jamboree but we did hit summer camps outta stae a time or two,

 

[bsdubois00]

Troop 12 - Alexandria, LA
Eagle Scout - 1998
National Jamboree - 1997
Philmont - 1998
Order of the Arrow - Brotherhood

 

[Robusto]

Copertop80- Welcome aboard. We are glad to have you. I got O.A in '76, National Jamboree in '77 and Eagle in '79 in Kaneohe HI then took up surfing. I was constantly out shined by little 12yr old punks, who had been surfing all their lives. There is no surfing merit badge.

 

[Dieseltech09]

Troop 324 - Arkansas City, KS
Life
Order of the Arrow - Brotherhood
Northern Tier, Atikokan Ontario, Canada - 1996
Philmont - 2000 (P2K)
Quivira Scout Ranch, Sedan KS - Camp Staff - 1997 - 2004

 

[dennishoddy]

Well, I made life scout with Troop 5 in Ponca, but never got to go to any special jamborees. We had awesome campouts, and the scout leaders were first class

 

[copertop80]

Huhhhh aint ponca where boy scouts of america started

 

[dennishoddy]

Huhhhh aint ponca where boy scouts of america started

I'm pretty sure it didn't.

 

[steak]

Troop 352 Okarche, OK (it is 352 degrees from true north)
Eagle December 9, 1997 (15 years old)
Brotherhood OA member
Philmont IDK when
Northern Tier Boundary Waters Ely Minnesota IDK when
And a special troop award for the most consecutive made camping trips in a row. 72 camp-outs out of 72. That was 6 years going every month and never missing a single one. I truly owe my parents for that one, they were the ones who really suffered.

 

[copertop80]

Oh I remembler those EVERY month camp outs the bitter cold in the winter the sweltering heat of the summer great times, and the food oh how the food sucked untill we all learned how to cook,

 

[jtischauser]

I was in boy scouts from age 11-14ish. My dad wasn't wasn't into helping me climb the ranks so instead I stole a bottle of his Canadian whiskey and Camel no filters and taught my troop how to pour whiskey and smoke cigs at one if our large multiple troup campouts. At that point I got out and started getting into real trouble. There are three memorable experiences from my time in the scouts.
1st was my first Klondike camporee in January. Temps where way below zero and we froze our asses off but it was fun hauling our bobsled with gear all in the woods completing all the tasks along side our scout Luke who would eventually make Eagle. We won the Klondike two years in a row with Lukes help.
The 2nd Klondike we built an igloo with some snow blowers and creative roofing. Lit a few candles and stayed a balmy 45 or so degree inside. That was pretty cool.
The last fond memory was of my friend Luke, his brother Matt and I saving a tired swimmer from drowning at our local swimming hole. Luke being the eldest by about 3 years he must have been 15-16 at the time. Two old boys from out of town thought they would take a dip at our little swimming hole on the upstream side of the city dam. They also thought they would try to make the long 50 yard swim out to the raft. Unfortunately one of the two swimmers wasn't a strong swimmer and he got about 3/4 of the way to the raft and ran out of steam. His buddy made it to the raft but almost drown hinself trying to help his friend who had already started to panic. Lucky for them we happened to show up for a swim at just the right time. Luke dove in and swam like a shark to the victim. Luke had just completed his summer scout camp and took life saving classes so he knew exactly what to do without a secone thought. He put his arns around the drowning swimmer and made his way to the edge of the raft. The swimmer was so tired he could even get himself onto the raft with the ladder. My self and lukes brother matt swam ahead to the raft and had to pull the victim up onto the raft. We them swam back to shore and found a neighbors canoe. We paddled out to the raft and picked up the two swimmers that had zero chance of swimming back to shore that day. We never saw the guys again but the local newspaper wrote a big story about it and we got accolades from our scout council. I don't remember the name of the award but Luke received one of or even the highest possible award that is given for valor and bravery for saving those guys lives that day. It was really cool to know you made a difference. That story is probably why I spent those 9 years in the Army. It is so rewarding when you can make a difference in other people's life's.