Scoutings "Order of the Arrow".

I've posted before about Philmont and Scouting.

After my "Tap Out" in '64 I spent a night on a hillside tied to a tree so I wouldn't slide down that steep embankment. Had a knife and a canteen.

Doubt many 14 yo's would want to do that today.

Still say Scouting prepared me for survival in Scenic South East Asia and life.

I was OA in 1970, Troop 109 New York. Camped at ten mile river scout camp two summers, always wanted to go to philmont...

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I used to be disgusted..

OA in the early 70's, Brotherhood in the early 80's as an adult. Shawnee Lodge 51.
Wood Badge NC546-312-43 (Sept '93)

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James L. "Jim" Rhiner

I must have been in 62 or so. I was on a hillside also, by the river, with lots of mosquitoes for company. My dad was our Scout Master. He and all of his assistants were WWII vets and could be tough. One guy came back from basic training and told my dad he had taught him more about the Army. All of my dad's scouts, including myself, survived SE Asia.

1971, Troop 424, Last Frontier Council, Oklahoma.

1960, I think, very good experience for a young man, but so were all of my Scout times.
Thanks for bringing up some good memories.
TB

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frontsightnsqueaz

OA (Brotherhood) & Eagle Scout....Troop 25 in Tennessee in 1966 IIRC.

Went to Philmont that same year...had a great time. Scouting was one of the best experiences I had in my early teen years.

Don

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Laus Deo! <><

OA (Brotherhood) & Eagle Scout while living in Alabama in 1955. Good times !!

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CSM, U S Army(Ret) 1963-1990

Order of the Arrow - Brotherhood (1955) - Eagle Scout - Philmont - National Jamboree at Valley Forge in 1957. That's when scouting was SCOUTING. I fear that it is a bit watered down now - but still a wonderful organization.

rolomac

order of the arrow 1963, eagle scout nov 1964, troop 180 scouting changed my direction as a young man

1968 in Albuquerque...went to Philmont.

Cherokee 50 lodge. Brotherhood. Never was in scouths until I was 30.
Larry

Order of the Arrow in early 60s. District Representative, & Eagle. Troop 85.

Tom

Order of the Arrow as an adult and Wood Badge.
Butch

OA in 1979, Troop 19. Atta Kulla Kulla lodge

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Its just a 22

Eagle 1964, Vigil Order of the Arrow 1966. I had a great time as a scout , learned many lessons and skills that helped through life. Later became scoutmaster which has it's rewards by passing on those skills.

Bob

OA, Eagle, Philmont & 73 Jambo in PA. Didn't do the adult thing, but my Dad was a 4 beader, was staff in 30-40 Woods Badge courses and was Scout Master in 10 or times. I've got boxes of coffeee cups of all the WB courses he was involved in.

OA, Eagle, and Philmont in the 60's and asst. scoutmaster as an adult. My sons also OA and Eagles. Great times and great training to be responsible adults.

Thanks for all the great reply's!
Nice to have a common bond!

i was a scout as a youngster....in the 80's asst.scoutmaster and later scoutmaster of troop 923...OA as well as brotherhood....i have been inactive in scouting for some years now...i need to reactivate my membership in OA

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KK4EMO

Yup! Another OA member here - Troop 225 Queens NY. Still have my sash too.

Chief38

Been there, done that! The diving was great, too!

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James L. "Jim" Rhiner

Boy Scout 1967 to 1974; Eagle 1973; OA Vigil 1972; Philmont 1971; Jamboree 1973; council camp staff 1974 and 1976; patch trader back in the day! Second generation Eagle scout and my son is third generation. Participated in many Ordeal cermonies as the medicine man and can still recite the story of how the Order came to be....

Those were the days when "WWW" didn't mean "WorldWideWeb"!

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Ukraine -- now more than ever