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Order of the Arrow

Ask the Expert

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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Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Aaron on Scouting and Scout Life magazine, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.


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Michael Freeman, an Eagle Scout, is an associate editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines.


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Bryan Wendell, an Eagle Scout, is the founder of Bryan on Scouting (now Aaron on Scouting).

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