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2015 National Committee Meeting

The National Sea Scout Support Committee Meeting kicks off. Photo by J. Gilliland Scout Volunteers from all over the nation representing each region and many of our partnering organizations gathered for their annual National Sea Scout Committee Meeting last weekend. The Big Ideas that guided the meeting were Membership Growth, New Units, Fun Monthly Maritime Activities, and Inspiring Annual…

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Sea Scout Ship takes STEM to a new level, Needs your help

If you look at educational trends right now you might notice a large emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Students are studying it in the classroom, in labs, and in extracurricular activities. In Scouting, youth can earn the NOVA and Supper NOVA awards for learning about STEM ideas, and Scouts learn about STEM through rank advancement. That’s a whole lot of STEM…

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#Ship 41 #STEM

Build an Adventure: New Marketing Resources Available

Build an Adventure marketing resources are now available for Sea Scouting! That’s right, the BSA’s Build an Adventure Marketing Campaign has expanded its reach from Venturing to Sea Scouting. Sea Scouts or Volunteers can go to scouting.org/marketing and select “National Recruiting Campaign” or simply click here. The new recruiting resources include: Fliers, Posters, Web Banners, Eblasts, Print…

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#Marketing #Recruiting

2015 National Meeting and National Boatswain Change of Watch

It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as your National Boatswain for the past year. I have had the opportunity to travel to every region in the country and meet Sea Scouts from all over the world. I worked tirelessly over the last year to make sure that the voice of the Sea Scout is heard and that every youth in our program has the chance to make change in their program. I also have…

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#Featured #National Meeting #VLA

Sea Scouters Honored for Contributions to Program

The BSA’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia this week was a special one for one Sea Scout and three Sea Scouters. National Boatswain Peter Schmidt and National Director Keith Christopher receive the the National Venturing Leadership Award. On May 20th, at the Venturing and Sea Scouting Reception both National Boatswain, Peter Schmidt, and National Director, Keith Christopher, were presented the…

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#Silver Atelope #Silver Buffalo #VLA

2015 Seabadge Underway Michigan

This August, National Commodore Charles Wurster will be directing the first ever freshwater Seabadge Underway Course in Mackinaw City Michigan aboard a 52′ Ketch, the Retriever, from August 15- 23. Seabadge Underway (SBU) provides basic vessel operation training to Sea Scout and other adult Scout leaders, with little vessel experience, to help prepare these leaders to operate a Sea Scout vessel…

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#Seabadge Underway

New Badges of Office Unveiled

Live from the BSA National Meeting

From L-R National Director Keith Christopher, Incoming National Boatswain Edward Campbell, Outgoing National Boatswain Peter Schmidt, and National Commodore Charles Wurster unveil the new insignia.

National Supply has been working hard to make Sea Scout Uniform items readily accessible to our members! As part of this initiative, 16 new round badges-of-office for…

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#Featured #New Century Uniform #Uniforms

2015 National Flagship Named Ship 1000, the “Enterprise” Honored With BoatU.S. and the Sea Scouts, BSA 2015 National Flagship Award…

#BoatUS National Flagship #Ship 1000

Social Media Team Launched

Over the last week you may have noticed some changes to our Social Media presence. Changes to our Social media strategy are well underway. For the last year we have built up our Social Media profiles to meet our four primary social media goals, to spread the word about Sea Scouts, to engage our Sea Scouts through online interactions, to share the experiences of our Sea Scouts, and to get…

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#National Boatswain #Social Media

Introducing the Northeast Region Leadership

NER Boatswain’s Mate Matlock, NER Boatswian Goodman, Past NER Boatswain DeNeeza, and Commodore Guzman (from L-R) during the installation.

This March, the Northeast Region Commodore swore in Sam Goodman as the Northeast Region Boatswain and Mercedes Matlock as the Northeast Regions Boatswain’s Mate at the Northeast Region Bridge of Honor.

Sam Goodman is a sophomore at Baruch College where he is…

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Southern Region Leadership Opportunities

The applications for the 2015-2016 Southern Region Boatswain and the Southern Region Area Vice Presidents of Sea Scouting are now available. Scouts will serve from June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016.

Qualifications:

Be a registered Sea Scout in a council within the Southern Region

Be approved to serve by his or her council

Be less than 20 years of age on May 31, 2015

Scan & email completed…

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#Southern Region Boatswain #Youth Opportunities

Sea Scouts in Action

When you opened up an April 2015 Boy’s Life you may have been as surprised as me to see the Scouts in Action cartoon. If you haven’t seen it, I’ve included it below! The two cartoons tell the story of three Sea Scouts upholding the Sea Promise. The first tells the story of Mary Silliman and Riley Downs, Ordinary Sea Scouts of North Carolina saving a fellow Sea Scout from frigid waters. The second…

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#Heroism #Lifesaving #Scouts in Action

Now Online: Sea Scout Adult Leader Basic Training!

The National Sea Scout Service Committee is happy to announce that a newly revamped Sea Scout Adult Leader Basic Training will now be available online in 6 modules.SSALBT will continue to be offered by trainers around the country, but the online course gives flexibility to our leaders to get trained on their time. Keith Christoper, National Director said “We wanted to offer leaders who might have…

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#Online Training #SSALBT

Opportunity to Sail Aboard the Odessey SSS Odyssey has an opening aboard the 90' yawl Odyssey this summer for any Sea Scout Ship, Venturing Crew or Boy Scout Troop with 10 youth + 2 adults.

#Odyssey #Summer Cruise

Announcement 2015-2016 National Sea Scout Boatswain

The National Sea Scout Support Committee announces the selection of Edward Campbell of Albion, Indiana as the 2015-2016 National Sea Scout Boatswain. His term of office is June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016. He is a member of Ship 5111, Patriotic Pearl, of the Anthony Wayne Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Edward will represent Sea Scouts from across the United States as the youth…

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#Featured #National Boatswain

2015 Northeast Region Bridge of Honor

Over the weekend of March 20-22, 2015 I had the privilege of attending the Northeast Region Bridge of Honor and Ball in Swedesboro , NJ. 240 Sea Scouts and Scouters from 10 states came together for the weekend to celebrate the many accomplishments of the distinguished youth and adults in our program. I was able to make new friends and reconnect with old ones who staffed and sailed in the 2014…

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#Bridge of Honor

We Survived Sextants and Snowball Fights: Catoctin Winter Training 2015

Reuben L. from Sea Scout Ship 212 and the National Capital Area Council Yeoman, attended the 2015 Chesapeake Flotilla Winter Training at Catoctin Mountain National Park, just a few hundred meters from the Presidential Retreat: Camp David. Despite 5-degree temperatures and the biggest winter storm of the year (which dumped 12″ of snow on New England the night before the event) Sea Scouts from…

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#Catoctin #Featured #Northeast Region #Winter Training

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