Excerpts from: MY ADVENTURES AS A SPY BY LIEUT.-GEN. SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, K.C.B., Illustrated by the Author’s Own Sketches, LONDON, C. ARTHUR PEARSON, LTD, HENRIETTA STREET, W.C., 1915.

Tactical Agents
In addition to finding out military details about a country, such as its preparedness in men, supplies, efficiency, and so on, these agents have to study the [...]

“Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I’ll show you a poorly uniformed leader.” - Sir Robert S.S. Baden Powell. Ladies and Gentlemen I give you the methods of Scouting… and the Uniform of the Boy Scouts of (Insert Country here). In the Boy Scouts of America we have 1 uniform. We have many variations [...]

Here is a great tip how to keep your heavy stuff in the top section of your pack. Pin a stuff bag inside the pack to stop dense items from gravitating downward. Murphy’s Law of the Inconvenient Migration of Stuff means that dense items (especially water bottles, hydration systems, large cameras, and fuel) tend to [...]

A Scout’s motto is “Be Prepared” and that was definitely put to the test after last Thursday’s bus crash in Norland. A group of 100 Scouts from the United Kingdom had just left the Haliburton Scout Reserve where they had spent almost a week exploring the reserve’s 5,000 acres of lakes and forests. Their two [...]

Everyone knows the Boy Scouts’ motto: Be prepared. And whether or not you’ve ever actually been a Boy Scout, I’m sure there’s been a point in your life where someone wagged their finger at you and reminded you that “being prepared” is the most important thing you should worry about.

Well, cycling should be no different.
It [...]

One of the most famous mottos in this country comes from the Boy Scouts: Be Prepared. The Boy Scouts knew the value of preparation whether it be preparing for a camping trip or planning for the Pinewood Derby. Any respectable Pinewood Derby competitor would go online to make sure he knew the weight rules, the [...]

We’ve all heard of the recent tragedy and flooding in Iowa, the hurricane season has officially begun (June 1 here in the east) and each regions of the country have a chance for their own types of disaster man-made or natural.
While we can not prepare for all types of disaster, it is probably worth spending [...]

The Patrol method is at the foundation of Scouting. It is through the Patrol method that execute everything else in attaining the three Aims of Scouting; Character Development, Citizenship, and Physical fitness.

The Patrol method is practiced in the outdoors and the best opportunity for success can be found at Summer Camp. Camp offers the structure [...]

Scouting and guiding adopt marching as a regime inherited from its military roots that was still put in practice in many scouting movements around the world. Marching require discipline and instills discipline among its group. Marching was defined in Wikipedia as;
“Organized, uniformed, steady and rhythmic walking forward, usually associated with military troops. Marching is often [...]