Can Venturers choose to wear the tan shirt with green loops?
No. The literature clearly states that Venturers (i.e. the youth) cannot wear the tan BSA uniform. This is stated both in the Venturing Reference Guide (see above for the quote) AND the Insignia Guide. Again, I understand that if you have Venturers who are former Boy Scouts that they would want to reuse their tan uniforms with the green loops. But National does not want that. In fact, this policy was actually started under Explorers back in 1995 when they brought back the green shirt for the second time. That said, I don’t get too upset about it, as I understand the economic reasons to reuse the shirts, but would NOT recommend crews or Venturers purchasing new tan shirts to wear.
