[ghostcat]

The Order of the Arrow is Scoutings National Honor Society!! So these aren’t ordinary Scouts, these are the Best of the Best!!!!!

[rawhide]

I was an 'Order of the Arrow' receipient. I remember my time in scouting. It kept me on the straight and narrow. I made Eagle Scout, which to this day, years later, still brings back many fond memories.

In fact, scouting helped me to get my first real job after high school. Our troop met in a local volunteer firehouse. When I was sixteen, I asked the volunteers if I could join as a volunteer fireman, and after my dad approved, I joined. Being a volunteer fireman for two years became my Eagle Scout project. When I was nineteen years old the fire dept decided to hire some volunteer firemen full-time and I became one of the new hires. Thanks Scouting for all you did for me.

[Tolkien]

Time to gloat.

My son is both Order of the Arrow and an Eagle Scout.

I'm very proud of him of course.

He has a Black Belt in Okinawan Karate as well.

/gloat off