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The Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation, located in northern New Jersey, was a major Boy Scout training facility for almost 50 years.It was named after Mortimer L. Schiff, the father of John M. Schiff; both of whom were World Scout Committee members and notable early Boy Scouts of America (BSA) leaders.
The old training facility. Edith Macy Conference Center consists of 265 acres (1.07 km 2) of woodlands and meadows with a variety of terrain.Girl Scout leaders have identified 51 kinds of trees, 15 kinds of ferns, 87 bird species, and over 200 varieties of flowers in the area.
Scouting portal. The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, often shortened as Summit Bechtel Reserve (SBR), located in Fayette and Raleigh counties, near Beckley, West Virginia, is one of four facilities managed by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The others are Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Northern Tier ...
Alamo Scouts Training Center. Guard Booth, Finschafen Area, New Guinea (Signal Corps Photo) Training camp and headquarters of the U.S. Sixth Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts. They served in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II . Formed as a top secret ad hoc unit by the lieutenant general commanding Sixth ...
This was a major Boy Scout training facility for almost 50 years. It was closed in 1979. It was the location of the first Wood Badge courses held in the United States. Winnebago Scout Reservation: Patriots' Path Council: Rockaway, NJ: Active: Richard Mager served for 60 years on the Summer camp staff mostly as the Aquatics Director (1968–2012 ...
The Land Between the Lakes National Outdoor Adventure Center was a regional high adventure base in Kentucky on the shores of Kentucky Lake near Aurora. It opened in 1973 as a cooperative effort between the BSA and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The base offered sailing trips on the 160,000-acre (650 km 2) Kentucky Lake.
Wood Badge. Wood Badge in the United States is an advanced level leadership training available to adult Scout leaders. The first Wood Badge course was presented in England by the founder of Scouting, Baden-Powell, and he introduced the program into the United States during a visit in 1936.
Alamo Scouts. The Alamo Scouts (U.S. 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit) was a reconnaissance unit of the Sixth United States Army in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. The unit is best known for its role in liberating American prisoners of war (POWs) from the Japanese Cabanatuan POW camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija ...