Can our female Venturers who have earned the Girl Scout Silver and Gold Awards wear them on their Venturing green shirt?
This is kind of a gray area. The Girl Scout Silver and Gold Awards would fall under the heading of ‘awards from other scout associations’. There is no proper placement for them per say, as the Insignia Guide deals more with knots or knot-like awards from other associations. Most likely the best place to wear them would be the left pocket flap (same as the Ranger bar) or left pocket itself. Have your Crew decide what will be the standard for them. One person has created a knot for the GS Gold Award, and someone has claimed that BSA National has ‘approved’ this knot (no idea who/what group at National did so). That is another alternative. • Can I wear my OA flap on my Venturing uniform (i.e. green shirt)? My crew wants to say I can’t, since our female Venturers can’t join the OA. Regardless of the fact that Venturers cannot be elected into the OA as Venturers (they can be elected in as Boy Scouts or Varsity Scouts, or as adult leaders of Boy Scout Troops or Varsity Scout Teams if they me
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