What was the Highest Rank in the Boy Scouts

**morrison** · 15th April 07, 07:46 PM

I soon became less interested in Scouting because of the militaristic attitude of a couple of the other Scouts. I could have had a lot of fun, but those two guys were not fun. I left. What a lame excuse for quitting. Shame on me.

Curiously, in the Cub Scout I quickly earned my Wolf, Bear and Lion Badges with a long strings of arrowheads- Gold and Silver down the front of my Scout uniform. I earned the WeBeLoS Rank and graduated up and out.

**Joe Gondek** · 15th April 07, 08:02 PM

I never did much in scouting
but I was a scout Master for ten years
both of my sons earned the rank of Eagle

**LordKiltClad** · 15th April 07, 09:16 PM

Tidbit about me: My birthday is February 8th. The same day the Boy Scouts of America was Chartered by the United States Congress.

So.....

Cub Scout Pack 845, Carrollton, Texas. Made Bobcat, Bear, Weblos, and Arrow of Light.
Boy Scout Troop 845, Carrollton, Texas. Troop fell apart.
Boy Scout Troop 714, Plano, Texas.
Ordeal Member Mikanakawa Lodge 101, Dallas, Texas. I need to work on my brotherhood sometime soon.

BSA Eagle Scout 01-21-1997 Circle Ten Council, Dallas, Texas.
Notice no Troop Association on my Eagle. Big fiasco with my Eagle. Basically failed my Eagle Board of Review after answering a couple questions wrong concerning homosexuals in Scouting. Don't know why I was asked about that in the first place, but that's a topic for a different forum. I didn't know the national policy at the time. I was 17. I didn't care.
Note: Please no comments on this, as this is not a political statement, and doesn't belong on the forums. Just what happened. That topic belongs not on XMTS
Anyways, I was given a New Board of Review with the entire Council Executive Committee, and District Commissioners from 8 of 11 districts in the Council. Apparently I made quite a stir. Talk about intimidating. Room FULL of people all there for me. So yeah I passed that one.

Have been to the 1993, 1997, & 2005 National Scout Jamborees.
1993 as a Scout & Patrol Leader in my Troop.
1997 & 2005 both on National Staff in the Scout Shop.
Already have my letter to be on National Staff again for the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. Shift Manager in the Scout Shop.
2010 - Celebrating 100 years of the Boy Scouts of America.

As an Adult Scouter I'm Currently....
Unit Commissioner, North District, Circle Ten Council
Venturing Training Chair, North District
Assistant Venturing Roundtable Commissioner, North District
and
Associate Program Advisor, Crew 1298, Bluebonnet District

Yeah I'm into it, and Giving Back to it.

Please remember your Eagle Pledge, which you repeated at your Eagle Court of Honor (if you had one). You pledged to give back to Scouting, an equal amount of what it gave to you.

I've still got a lot to give back!

**Fearnest** · 16th April 07, 02:45 AM

Originally Posted by LordKiltClad

Please remember your Eagle Pledge, which you repeated at your Eagle Court of Honor (if you had one). You pledged to give back to Scouting, an equal amount of what it gave to you.

I've still got a lot to give back!

Well said! (And thanks for delivering the promise.)

Now, get thee to Wood Badge!

**way2fractious** · 16th April 07, 08:10 AM

I only made it to Star because of silly, juvenile short-sightedness and rebellion regarding "requirements" - but I loved the outdoor activities. That was cemented by the backpacking trips in the high Sierra Nevadas every summer, from age 12 on, with my dad and brothers.

Learning from my regrettable experience, as a Scoutmaster I vowed to do it right and signed up for Wood Badge (two words, kinda like Black Watch

) I used to be a Beaver...

For a couple years it was my burden to help (or, enforce) adults to sustain a program where the boys planned and executed the activities. Training the boys to take charge of their own advancement and help their friends (patrol method) was a continuous struggle. A few years later it was joyous payback to participate in a half-dozen Eagle Courts of Honor for "my boys."

Added a third bead when I served on a Wood Badge staff (where I used to be an honorary Antelope...) Another great honor when all five adult Antelopes completed their "tickets" and returned a finished traveling trophy medallion to me in thanks for my service.

Scouting, when done right, is the best thing ever for boys - and a huge reward for the adults who help them. Even those who don't make it to Eagle, or Queen's Scout or whatever, come away with life skills that will serve them well.

w2f

**An t-Ileach** · 16th April 07, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by Shawnesse

The Eagle Scout rank is the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. The Palm are five merit badges and three months of service per palm after Eagle.

I hope that helps you out.

Thanks, but not really. As a Queen's Scout where would I fit into the American scheme of things?

**starbkjrus** · 16th April 07, 10:27 AM

I did Cub ccouts and Webolos and reallly enjoyed it. When I turned 11 I went into the Boy Scouts. Our Scoutmaster was a Jr. High school gym teacher "coach" and was the stereotypical kind of guy who would pick on smaller kids who were less good at team sports. A real A$$.

I quit and have never had much respect for the BSA since then. Only my opinion.

**Kilted Taper** · 16th April 07, 01:20 PM

Eagle scout here with I believe a Gold Palm. My father is an Eagle Scout as well and it was always my goal to beat him on the merit badges and I did! I attended the '89 Jamboree in VA as well as attended two NOAC's (Indiana and Tennessee). Was on the dance team in the OA as a Brotherhood memeber. Haven't been active at all since high school but have always thought about getting back into it as an adult leader.

**Mountainman** · 16th April 07, 02:14 PM

Made tenderfoot. then quit. Scout master was a HS spanish teacher. and the troup was through a church, and was not my religion. We did very little outside, our most exciting thing i can remember was playing croquet, which i do not enjoy.
Scouting is a good organization and would like to get into it as an adult, being that i love hiking, camping, and mountaineering. can you do that if you did not make eagle?

**way2fractious** · 16th April 07, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by Mountainman

Made tenderfoot. then quit... would like to get into it as an adult... can you do that if you did not make eagle?

One-word answer: Yes.

Longer answer: Go to the district office or "shop" for a troop, offer to volunteer, and be prepared - by taking BSA training for whatever position you find yourself in as a registered adult scouter.