RE: [Philmont]: Camo

Note that not all camp is military. There's a lot of high quality
outdoor gear made for the hunting market that uses camo patterns. I'm
not going to chastise a boy wearing his expensive camo rain suit he
bought at Bass Pro or other hunting gear store and tell him he needs to
buy a second set for Scouting only.

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-philmont@troop47.com
>>[mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of Dr. Bob Klein
>>Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 7:23 PM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
>>Subject: [Philmont]: Camo
>>
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>>SIHIWI@aol.com wrote:
>><SNIP>
>>> BTW...what was the comment about wearing camo? I wore camo
>>pants last
>>> summer without a word being said. Great pants.
>>>
>>> Steve Unger
>>
>>
>>In short: Boy Scouts and Scouters are not supposed to wear military
>>garb for any Scouting activity. This may be another "Boy Scout Urban
>>Legend", but I have seen it specified in enough places that I
>>believe it
>>is correct. It is also a very commonly violated rule, though
>>not in my
>>Troop. I will note that in my personal observations over the
>>decades,
>>Scouts dressed in military garb tend to act like undisciplined
>>paramilitaries with attitudes to match, especially when the
>>whole Troop
>>has gone over. That is not universal, so don't villify me with
>>exceptions, but there's no question its a problem - though as
>>I told a
>>high ranking gold-tabber one time, if the BSA had a uniform that was
>>worth a damn in the outdoors, and priced so it was only a moderate
>>rip-off, they wouldn't have to rule-monger about military garb. That
>>went over just about as well as you might expect.
>>
>>- Dr. Bob
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Received on Mon Mar 20 08:02:20 2006