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Order of the Arrow

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Ask the Expert: Are OA life memberships a thing?

May 18, 2015 24

When inducted into the OA (Scouting’s honor society) you get a sense of brotherhood that stays with you for life. But can you be a life member of the OA?

Order of the Arrow

A clarification on the wood being used in the OA Centennial Fire at NOAC

May 7, 2015 9

At the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference, a Centennial Fire will burn with wood from every OA lodge. But what type of wood will be used?

Awards

About the Arrowman Service Award, an OA patch you can wear on your sash

February 9, 2015 22

Youth and adult members of the Order of the Arrow are eligible to earn the Arrowman Service Award, a special patch authorized for wear on your OA sash.

History of Scouting

OA Lodge History Initiative makes sure no story is forgotten

August 22, 2014 7

The OA Lodge History Initiative, timed in the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the OA in 2015, aims to preserve each lodge’s unique story.

Ask the Expert

Yes, female youth are allowed in the Order of the Arrow

July 18, 2014 304

Adult women may be inducted into the Order of the Arrow, but women under 21 aren’t allowed in the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts.

Ask the Expert

What’s the scoop on a white-on-red Order of the Arrow sash?

June 16, 2014 22

NOAC 2015 participants will get a special-edition OA sash. That’s a sash with a white arrow on a red band— or the reverse of what Arrowmen typically wear.

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Ask the Expert: When should Scouts and Scouters wear their OA sash?

January 27, 2014 105

Updated Jan. 29 That bright red arrow atop a crisp white band is an unmistakeable symbol that the wearer is one of Scouting’s best. The sash is an outward sign that the man or woman

Order of the Arrow

Tuesday Talkback: Getting more Scouts to attend Order of the Arrow events

December 17, 2013 93

The Order of the Arrow is not a secret society, but in some troops it might as well be. These troops go through the first steps of getting Scouts elected into Scouting’s national honor society and

Eagle Scout

Pat Gillick is the Baseball Hall of Fame’s first Eagle Scout

August 24, 2011 10

Long before he won three World Series titles, Pat Gillick received another hard-earned prize: Eagle Scout. Now, 60 years after joining the elite few who earn Scouting’s highest honor, Gillick enters another exclusive club: the

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