CAN A BOY SCOUT TROOP AND A SEA SCOUT SHIP SUPPORT EACH OTHER?
Absolutely. When properly configured, a Sea Scout Ship is a great morale and program boost to any Troop. Because Sea Scouting largely focuses on a different group of young people than a Boy Scout Troop does, the potential to have many more people involved in the programs exist. The goal is to be able to offer the Scouting program to more young people and not to take members from one group or another. When a Ship is properly established, young men and women organize themselves with the help of adults and design a program that interests them and will keep them involved. It is simple reality that a student who is a junior or senior will be more comfortable at a meeting where the youngest members are in ninth grade rather than sixth. Clearly he or she does not consider sixth graders his peers nor should he be expected to. The foundations of Sea Scouting are adventure, to hold the interest of young adults, and service, to develop leadership skills, teaching ability, and citizenship. Sea Sco
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