2016 Winter Eagles' Call by Scouting Alumni and Friends

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™ THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE FOR EAGLE SCOUTS WINTER 2016

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LEADER Eagle Scout Creek Stewart shows you how to survive and thrive.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: Welcoming the BSA’s New Chief An Eagle’s Mission for Accessibility New Interactive Merit Badge Pamphlets Guarding the Unknown Soldiers

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On the Cover

Eagle Scout Creek Stewart teaches average men extraordinary survival skills in Fat Guys in the Woods, a show that aired on The Weather Channel. Read more about Stewart on page 10. Cover photograph by Chaz W. Howard.

NATIONAL EAGLE SCOUT ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT Glenn A. Adams DIRECTOR Dustin Farris

NESA COMMITTEE Rick Bragga, Dr. David Briscoe, Howard Bulloch, Alex Call, Clark W. Fetridge, Marshall Hollis, Dr. Ken King, Dr. Michael Manyak, Lou Paulson, Rich Pfaltzgraff, Todd R. Plotner, Congressman Pete Sessions, Frank Tsuru, Joe Weingarten

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Regents consist of more than 600 life members of NESA who are recipients of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. MAGAZINE DEPARTMENT EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Michael Goldman DESIGN DIRECTOR Eric Ottinger PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR W. Garth Dowling MANAGING EDITOR Paula Murphey SENIOR EDITOR Bryan Wendell SENIOR WRITER Aaron Derr ASSOCIATE EDITORS Gretchen Sparling Clay Swartz SENIOR DIGITAL EDITOR Bryan Wursten DIGITAL EDITOR Keith Faber COPY EDITOR Ray Rose EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Adryn Shackelford

FROM TOP: BILL RUSH/THE WEATHER CHANNEL; COURTESY OF THE HADLEY FAMILY; COURTESY OF IAN NAPOLEON; SPC. KLINTON SMITH, U.S. ARMY

PRODUCTION MANAGER Lenore Bonno IMAGING ARTIST Marcie Rodriguez MEDIA SALES MANAGERS Patricia Santangelo (East) Myla Johnson (Midwest) Reva Stark (West) Brian Cabanban (Classified & Strategic Accounts) PRINT AD PRODUCTION MANAGER Lisa Hott MARKETING SPECIALIST Jillian Foley STRATEGIC PLANNING & RESEARCH Jennifer Chan CIRCULATION MANAGER Judy Bramlett CIRCULATION ASSISTANT Judy Pritchard HONORARY PRESIDENT, BSA PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Barack Obama PRESIDENT, BSA Robert M. Gates CHIEF SCOUT EXECUTIVE Michael Surbaugh MAGAZINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE David Talbot, Chairman

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Wilderness Survivor By Mark Ray

Eagle of Honor By Chris McKenna

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS Lois Albertus, Johnny D. Boggs, Keith Courson, Brittany Hale, Ryan Larson, Jeff Laughlin, Mark Ray ART DIRECTORS Elizabeth Hardaway Morgan Kevin Hurley PHOTO EDITOR Edna J. Lemons

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Eagle Scout Creek Stewart has built a career on the wilderness survival skills he first learned in Scouting. This author, educator and TV personality shares his thoughts on staying prepared for whatever might come your way.

At one of our nation’s most honored shrines, the Tomb of the Unknowns, Eagle Scout Sgt. Thomas J. Ozio completed a 2½-year tour of duty as a Tomb sentinel.

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News From the Trailhead

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This year, following NESA@NOAC in 2012 — at which NESA celebrated 100 years of Eagle Scouts at the National Order of the Arrow Conference — NESA partnered with the OA to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Order of the Arrow at the 2015 NOAC held at Michigan State University in East Lansing. In addition to wonderful events focusing on the anniversary of the OA, the conference launched #DareToDo, a service initiative that challenges Arrowmen, Scouts and Scouters to do a daily Good Turn and share it on social media using the hashtag #DareToDo. (Learn more at dareto.do.) NESA sponsored what we believe to be the largest gathering of Eagle Scouts ever held under one roof, with more than 4,600 Eagle Scouts in attendance. The Eagles heard speeches by astronaut Mike Fossum, ExxonMobil CEO and former president of the BSA Rex Tillerson, and me. Every attendee received a NESA Future Eagle Challenge Coin, along with a challenge to present the coin to a young Scout and inspire him to continue on the trail to Eagle. Eagles were also asked to help mentor the Scouts. If you would like coins for yourself or to pass out to Eagles in your troop, they are available for purchase at NESAstore.org in a variety of styles and prices. Speaking of which, NESAstore.org carries limited-edition patches, belt buckles and other items produced for NOAC, jamborees, and Life and regular members of NESA. The site also boasts hand-signed Joseph Csatari Eagle Scout pencil drawings with the red OA 100th anniversary sash. Only 25 of these limited-edition glicée prints are available in three different sizes. Plus, new and very exciting items will be coming soon, so check back frequently. W. GARTH DOWLING; BACKGROUND BY DAN BRYANT

From the Eagle Trail,

From the Director

In 2009, the National Eagle Scout Association established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award to recognize valuable service of an exceptional nature by a Scout to a religious institution, school, community or other entity. The award recognizes the Scout for his Eagle Scout leadership service project, which is part of the requirements for earning the Eagle Scout Award. Every year, local councils select a council-level winner, and from that pool each region selects a region-level winner. A national winner is then selected from the four regional finalists. The three regional winners who do not win the national award receive $500 to be used for future educational expenses or to attend a national or international Scouting event or facility. The local councils of those three regional winners also receive a $500 award. All regional winners are also rewarded with a certificate and a gold device for the Eagle Scout embroidered knot. The national winner is selected by April 8, just in time to be announced at the BSA’s National Annual Meeting in May. This Eagle Scout and his local council receive a certificate, a silver device for the Eagle embroidered knot and $2,500 that can be used for educational or Scouting expenses. The national award winner’s local council also receives $2,500. Submit an application to your local council for a 2015 project to be considered for the Adams award. Visit NESA.org to find more information and a nomination form. You can also find there a list of the 2014 Adams award winners. The deadline to nominate a 2015 service project is Jan. 21, 2016. Once an Eagle, always an Eagle.

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New BSA Leader // MEMBERS

Hail to the Chief Welcoming the BSA’s New Top Scout

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hen 8-year-old Mike Surbaugh acted up in class one day, he didn’t get sent to the principal’s office; he got sent to the library. His punishment: Write a book report on the book of his choice. He could have picked anything, but a copy of the Boy Scout Handbook caught his eye. “I just became enamored of all the things you do in Scouting,” Surbaugh says, including camping, tracking and wilderness survival. Although he was too young to become a Boy Scout, he joined a Cub Scout pack with a neighbor and never looked back. He earned the Eagle Scout Award in 1976 and last fall became the Boy Scouts of America’s 13th Chief Scout Executive. A graduate of Salem College in Salem, W.Va., Surbaugh began his career in 1984 as a district executive in Jacksonville, Fla. He later served as a senior district executive and program director in Syracuse, N.Y.; director of field services, director of development, field director and development director in Minneapolis; and Scout executive in Sioux Falls, S.D., Appleton, Wis., and Pittsburgh. He joined the national staff in 2014 as the group director in charge of human relations, innovation, Exploring and Learning for Life. While Surbaugh came to Scouting for the fun, he stayed for the values and leadership skills the program taught him. “I started noticing a difference between the guys who were with me on summer-camp staff and our peers who were not in Scouting,” he says. “Those who were really involved in sports and were star athletes were good kids, but they weren’t learning those leadership techniques.” Selling Scouting’s value to parents — explaining that all youth programs are not created equal — is one of Surbaugh’s goals in his new position. “If we can create that strong value proposition with parents, then, when it gets to the point of an either/or choice, they won’t drop

Scouting in lieu of sports,” he says. Surbaugh also thinks the BSA must speak differently to millennials and minority families who might not have a heritage of Scouting participation. That could mean marketing the core programs of Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Venturing differently, but it could also mean creating different programs — like the STEM Scouts program now being piloted in 13 local councils — that teach Scouting values and competencies in a new way. While that might seem revolutionary, Surbaugh says the BSA has been doing that from the very beginning. For example, Sea Scouts, created just two years after Boy Scouting, offers an aquatic alternative to the camping-centered Boy Scout program. In fact, Surbaugh’s father was a Sea Scout growing up, and his partici-

pation — along with Surbaugh’s chance discovery of that Boy Scout Handbook — eventually led to his participation in Boy Scouting. “It enhanced our core a generation later,” Surbaugh says. With controversies over membership standards in the rearview mirror, Surbaugh thinks Scouting is ready to grow again. He says the Scouts he encountered at last summer’s National Order of the Arrow Conference were “loud and proud” and ready to share Scouting with their friends. So what’s his message for his fellow Eagle Scouts? “Whatever your skill sets are, get involved, because there’s never been a time in our history when we have needed Eagle Scouts more,” he says. “The next five years will absolutely determine our future.”

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MEMBERS // New Boy Scout Handbook / Digital Merit Badge Pamphlets

A New Year, a New Boy Scout Handbook

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Introducing the 13th edition of a classic Besides reflecting changes to the program, the new edition boasts a clean new look, abandoning the multilayered approach of 2009’s centennial edition, which married modern photos with illustrations from previous editions. The new handbook also includes dozens of sidebars throughout that explore the intersection between STEM and Scouting activities. For example, readers will learn about the science of photosynthesis; the technology used to determine a sleeping bag’s temperature rating (spoiler alert: it involves mannequins with built-in heaters); the engineering principle shared by pioneering projects and structures like the Golden Gate Bridge; and the math that helps wildlife biologists determine bird population counts. Like previous editions, the new handbook will be available in English and Spanish versions. The 13th edition will be available in print and as an e-book.

4,600 — And Counting At last summer’s National Order of the Arrow Conference, more than 4,600 Eagle Scouts streamed into Munn Ice Arena for what was probably the largest gathering of Eagle Scouts in history. Keynote speaker Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, was pleased — but not satisfied. He called on each Eagle Scout to invite two non-Scouting friends to his next unit meeting. “See if they’re interested in joining this adventure that you and I enjoy so much,” he said. In keeping with that theme, organizers distributed two commemorative coins to all attendees, challenging them to give one to a future Eagle Scout they promised to mentor. If they succeed, the Eagle Scout gathering at the next NOAC will need a larger facility!

Merit Badge Books Go Digital Videos and more enhance learning

or generations, merit badge pamphlets have made topics come to life for Scouts. Now, the pamphlets themselves are coming to life. During the past year, the Boy Scouts of America has launched a suite of interactive digital merit badge pamphlets, electronic alternatives to the familiar print versions (which remain available, as do Kindle versions of some pamphlets). The goal, according to Distinguished Eagle Scout Scott Berger, the lead volunteer for the interactive digital team, is to enhance learning and offer additional resources to Scouts and merit badge counselors alike. “The printed merit badge pamphlets are restricted to 96 pages, but in the digital world, it’s unlimited,” he says. The digital merit badge pamphlets cost the same as their print counterparts ($4.99 each), but include the following special features: A search function Videos, simulations, animations, photo slideshows and graphics Interactive Q&A’s These pamphlets are among the first available in digital versions: Animation, Camping, Citizenship in the Community,

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n a 2014 New York Times essay, famed biologist (and Distinguished Eagle Scout) E.O. Wilson acknowledged that he read just two books cover to cover during high school: Owen Wister’s The Virginian and the fourth edition of the Handbook for Boys. Speaking of the latter, he wrote, “To this classic of literature … I give credit for my secondary education.” Of course, words like “classic” and “literature” don’t appeal to many adolescent boys, nor do the black-and-white drawings that illustrated Wilson’s 1942 manual. That’s part of the reason the Boy Scouts of America regularly issues new editions of the Boy Scout Handbook. The latest — the 13th edition — is out this January. “Over the six years since the last edition came out, there have been a number of changes in our program, including the introduction of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and some requirement changes that are being rolled out Jan. 1, 2016,” says Eagle Scout John Duncan, who chairs the national Boy Scout Committee. “It’s important that we update the Boy Scout Handbook to reflect all of those changes.”

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NESA Committee Spotlight / NESA Legacy Society // MEMBERS

Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communications, Cooking, Cycling, Digital Technology, Emergency Preparedness, Environmental Science, Family Life, First Aid, Hiking, Lifesaving, Personal Fitness, Personal Management, Photography, Robotics, Sustainability and Swimming. (As you can see, the list skews heavily toward Eagle-required badges and those elective badges that focus on technology.) “I think the ultimate goal is to have them all available digitally, but there’s no real rush unless we have assets to put in,” Berger says. The digital merit badge pamphlets are built on the Inkling platform, which is also used for e-books from popular book series

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such as the Lonely Planet guides and the For Dummies lineup. They can be accessed on iOS and Android mobile devices and Mac and Windows PCs using free software. Future updates to the pamphlets will be automatically downloaded to purchasers. To learn more about digital merit badge pamphlets, visit go.boyslife.org/meritbadge. There, you can read — or rather, interact with — a sample chapter from the Cooking pamphlet. Features include videos on backcountry cooking and bear procedures from Philmont, a slideshow with tips for shopping for fresh produce and a link to a food-allergy website. Berger says the new interactive pamphlets offer one more benefit: showing Scouts and the general public that Scouting is modern and relevant. “I’m really looking forward to the next few years,” he says. “I can only see greater things on the horizon, and I just can’t wait to get there.”

NESA Committee Spotlight: Daniel Webster Council Manchester, N.H.

People attending meetings at the Daniel Webster Council service center walk past a model campsite, recent photos from Scout camp and a mural of the Scout Law. But of particular interest is a row of dramatically lit plaques listing recipients of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA), the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA), the Adams Award for the top local Eagle project and the council’s Eagle Scout of the Year Award. The goal, Scout Executive (and Eagle Scout) Don Shepard says, is not just to highlight the awards but also to spur further achievement. “Those plaques are designed to bolster participation within our youth and also to encourage our district leadership to look for folks in their recruiting process who are Eagle Scouts,” he says. Scouts are motivated to undertake more challenging Eagle projects or to become more well-rounded. District and council leaders are reminded that Eagle Scouts make great volunteers. That’s certainly been the case with the NOESA, which the council presented to three men last year. “It’s produced some very, very strong district committee candidates and board members,” Shepard says. Last year, the council also presented its first DESA since 2002, honoring Father Leo LeBlanc, a Catholic priest from Plymouth, N.H., who has served as a Scouting chaplain at the council, regional, national and international levels. Next up, the council plans to present its first Scouting Alumni of the Year Award, recognizing a former Scout who didn’t reach the rank of Eagle Scout.

$1,000 FOR YOUR NESA COMMITTEE? A key role for NESA at the national level is to support local council NESA committees. In 2015, for the second consecutive year, NESA awarded six $1,000 grants to help NESA committees accomplish their goals. The grants were awarded to the San Diego-Imperial Council, Cornhusker Council, Pathway to Adventure Council, Three Harbors Council, Alamo Area Council and Rip Van Winkle Council. The $1,000 grant will be awarded again in 2016 to at least one NESA committee in each BSA region. To apply, your committee must complete the form at nesa.org/committeegrants starting this month. Special consideration is given to innovative and creative ways to help Scouts achieve the Eagle rank. The deadline: Feb. 28, 2016.

NESA LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS Travis Alyn Aitken, Pacific Harbors Council Ronald Gordon Aldridge, Longhorn Council Ralph E. Belter, South Texas Council Steven D. Bradley, Orange County Council Monte S. Fronk, Central Minnesota Council K. William Hayes, Central Florida Council Stan Hoff, South Florida Council Scott Kautzman, Northern Lights Council Marshall J. Levit, Sam Houston Area Council William D. Perry, Catalina Council Ernesto M. Soler, Pathway to Adventure Council James Spoo, National Capital Area Council Dr. Steven Zachow, Andrew Jackson Council

JOIN THE NESA LEGACY SOCIETY By making a contribution to the national NESA endowment, you will help fund Eagle Scout scholarships, NESA committee service grants, career networking opportunities and more. (Note: You must first become a James E. West Fellow in your local council.) Visit nesa.org/PDF/542-121.pdf to make a contribution. All NESA LEGACY SOCIETY FELLOWS will be recognized with a unique certificate, a pin to wear on the James E. West knot and name recognition in the pages of Eagles’ Call magazine.

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COMMUNITY // Eagle Scout Projects

Preventing Mosquito Bites and Stopping Malaria

The 2015 Northeast Region Adams Award Winner

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ites from mosquitoes in the United States rarely cause more than itching and minor infections. But that’s not the case in Africa, where mosquito-borne malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, most of them children. In fact, the World Health Organization says an African child dies every 60 seconds from the disease. Since the mosquitoes that cause malaria are mostly active from dusk to dawn, one of the best solutions is to sleep under an insecticide-treated net, or ITN, which can cost as little as $10. For his Eagle project, Ian Napoleon of Silver Spring, Md., developed a plan to distribute ITNs to clinics and orphanages in Nigeria. The project, sponsored by the global nonprofit FHI 360, earned him the 2015 Adams Award for the Northeast Region. PICKING A PROJECT: When Ian began thinking about Eagle projects, things like planting trees or collecting books for a school were suggested. Not surprisingly, it took some salesmanship to convince his troop leaders that he could pull off a much bigger project. “They’d never seen a project of that magnitude before,” he says. “It was a big project for a 16-year-old to take on.” Ian put together a solid project plan, which convinced the leaders to give him the go-ahead.

know his age. He was an orphan, but he wanted to become a pilot. I thought it was incredible that with the conditions he was coming from, he wanted to do something with his life like being a pilot,” Ian says.

first time having candy. When they tasted the candy, I think they were very happy and very surprised,” he says. “It was special for me to make an impact like that, to give someone something for the first time.”

THE CANDY MAN CAN: Ian distributed more than mosquito nets. Whenever he met a group of children, he handed out candy that had been donated by Costco. “Most of them were very excited because it was their

INSPIRING OTHERS: Ian hopes his project inspires other Scouts to think big when they choose service projects. “I think as time goes on, we’ll see more international projects,” he says.

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TEACHING AND LEARNING: Ian spent a week in Nigeria, where he visited schools, orphanages and health clinics to distribute ITNs and discuss their proper use. But he learned a lot as well. “We met a boy who didn’t Ian completed a research paper on malaria in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries and, with the help of a church member, he presented his findings to FHI 360, a non-profit that sponsored his trip to Nigeria.

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RAISING MONEY: Most of the $4,000 Ian collected came from family, friends and other supporters, but he also raised hundreds of dollars by shoveling snow after a big winter storm — a seemingly odd way to raise money for a project in an equatorial country that never sees snow.

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Eagle Scout Projects // COMMUNITY

Hawk Patrol Preventing bird strikes at LAX

For his project, Spencer worked with Todd Pitlik, a Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist who manages wildlife at the airport. Pitlik provided plans for the traps, although Spencer made several modifications. Pitlik also connected him with the maintenance division at American Airlines, which eventually underwrote the cost of materials.

jetliner can cost $300 million, weigh 300,000 pounds and fly at 600 mph. It can also be seriously damaged or destroyed by birds. Each year, bird strikes cause almost $1 billion in damage to planes in the United States, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Seven years ago this January, a flock of Canada geese led to the downing of US Airways Flight 1549 in New York’s Hudson River. Across the continent from New York, Spencer Gates’ Eagle project is making aviation a bit safer at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the country’s second-busiest airport. Spencer built two bird traps that help prevent bird strikes while saving the lives of countless red-tailed hawks. The baited traps humanely capture the birds, which are then cared for by South EaglesCallNavyArms_EaglesCall 11/10/2015 1:03 PM Page 1 Bay Wildlife Rehab before being relocated far from LAX.

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LIFESTYLE // Breaking Down Barriers / First Responders

When One Door Opens Increasing Accessibility and Awareness in Austin

hen is a door not a door? When it’s a barrier. That was the situation Eagle Scout Archer Hadley faced for three years at Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas. Archer, who uses a power wheelchair because of cerebral palsy, had to rely on other people to open the school’s manual doors for him. One day last spring, he got caught in the rain while waiting for help and said to himself, “I am going to do something about this. I am not going to rely on anyone else to assist me with getting into the building any longer.” Doing something became his senior capstone project in the school’s Academy for Global Studies program. After getting approval from his school principal, Archer worked with Austin Independent School District officials to develop a plan to retrofit five entrances. The projected cost was $40,000, all of which he would have to raise. In October 2014, Archer launched the Mr. Maroo Wheelchair Challenge (named after the school’s mascot). For several weeks, students and teachers paid $20 to challenge each other to spend a day in a wheelchair — or $20 to “buy out” a challenge. That effort raised about $3,000 and earned Archer plenty of media attention. Thanks to his media appearances and a letter-writing campaign, Archer raised $87,000, more than double his original

goal, by the end of the semester. “Before you knew it, we had more money than we knew what to do with,” he says. With the surplus of money, Archer put a roof over the area where he got drenched by the rain, as well as a wheelchair ramp. And he’s not done yet. A Wheelchair Challenge last spring led to the installation of four accessible doors at Austin’s Crockett High School, and six challenges are planned for other district schools this year. Archer credits his Eagle Scout project — harvesting 60,000 Texas elm seeds for three global seed banks — for preparing him for success. “The key to a good service project, in my opinion, is having the leadership skills to disseminate the path to people that are on

your team and people in the community to help you so you’re not physically doing the project alone,” he says. “That was really key with this project, too.” Besides exceeding his original target, Archer also achieved another important goal. “I’ve learned that the main purpose was to create an authentic experience for the participants of the Wheelchair Challenge so they can take on a new perspective of life and understand the world in a different way,” he says. Now a freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, he’s already planning to replicate the Wheelchair Challenge on campus. He’s also looking forward to raising more money for worthy causes — and perhaps following his grandfather, Bill Archer, into the U.S. House of Representatives. Archer’s project at Austin High School was dedicated on Jan. 5, 2015, just in time for the spring semester to start. Among the VIPs in attendance was Gov. Greg Abbott, himself a wheelchair user. Abbott spoke for many when he said, “Anyone with heart, anyone with determination, anyone with a focus on achieving anything can achieve things beyond their wildest dreams,” he said. “Archer is an inspiration … an inspiration for me, an inspiration for so many others.” When is a door not a door? When it’s a portal to a better future for all.

First-Class First Responders

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math of the explosion, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from across the region were mobilized for emergency services. Over the next few days, they delivered telegrams, administered first aid, hauled rubble, typed death records and marked the locations of corpses. Their story is told in Eagle Scout Frank Urbanic’s new book, We Were Prepared, which he based on his interviews with

dozens of the participants — and his own experience as a Scout from nearby Galveston. Shortly after the explosion, Urbanic helped staff a quickly reopened Army hospital at Fort Crockett. “They sent Army troops which eventually arrived; however, Scouts were the first ones to respond,” he says. “I carried bedpans, blankets and dead bodies as a 13-year-old.” For more information on the book, visit wewereprepared.com.

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Scouts in the Texas City Disaster

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Protecting Your Digital Reputation / Freedom Cards // LIFESTYLE

Troll Fighting Made Easy Tips From a Top Reputation Manager

everal months ago, Eagle Scout Richard Torrenzano, an expert on crisis reputation, brands and social media, spoke to a group of attorneys in Florida, including a man who said he relies on his granddaughter for technology help. As the man was explaining that he’s not on the Internet, Torrenzano did a quick Google search on his name and said, “Sir, I see you just bought a house in the Hamptons, and I see you took out a $2 million loan. Should I continue?” Torrenzano’s point, of course, was that we’re all on the Internet, whether we realize it or not. And that means we are all potential targets for attack. As he and co-author Mark Davis explain in Digital Assassination: Protecting Your Reputation, Brand or Business Against Online Attacks, “In the future, which

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is now, everyone will have 15 minutes of shame.” You can, however, minimize, neutralize or even defeat Internet trolls, Torrenzano and Davis say. Here are four ways:

If you aren’t tech savvy, educate yourself on how social media works, through self-instruction on the Internet or local classes. If you are savvy, learn how to use social media wisely — by not posting questionable photos of yourself or others on your Facebook, Instagram and other platforms. “Youth needs to approach technology with greater wisdom, while age needs to approach technology with greater skill,” Torrenzano says. Use Google Alerts (google.com/alerts). This free service lets you track any Internet posting about you, your company, your products and other topics of your choosing. “I wouldn’t

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sign up for 40 topics, but I would add five to 12 and manage those alerts on a regular basis,” he says. “You’ll be very surprised at what automatically is sent to you on a regular basis.” Fight back — but in a Scout-like way. If someone posts something patently untrue about you or your business on Yelp, work to have the post removed. If a review of your company is negative but true, apologize and make amends. “If they’re making a legitimate complaint about your restaurant, thank them for their comments and ask them to come in again for a complimentary drink or meal,” Torrenzano says. Be proactive. If you’re an accountant, offer free tax tips; if you’re a baker, share favorite recipes. “The most important thing to understand today is that content is king,” Torrenzano says. “The more good content you have, the better a profile you will have and the higher you will be listed in the Google ratings.”

reedom, wrote Kris Kristofferson in “Me and Bobby McGee,” is “just another word for nothing left to lose.” But Eagle Scout Alex Robson knows that’s just one way to define the word. In fact, since 2005, the Atlanta resident has gathered some 650 definitions of freedom, each written or typed on a 3" x 5" index card by an actor or an activist, a preacher or a politician, a musician or a military veteran, a celebrity or a Scout. Participants in the project have included presidents, Supreme Court justices, Nobel laureates, Medal of Honor recipients and veterans from every major conflict since World War I. Robson, who teaches at GIVE Center West, a Norcross, Ga., alternative school that is a part of Gwinnett County (Ga.) Public Schools, started The Freedom Cards project

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when he was in high school. “The project began as an effort to draw together people who were very different,” he says. Early on, that meant contacting people from opposite ends of the political spectrum, but over the years Robson has reached out to very

disparate groups: Tuskegee Airmen and Confederate-flag supporters, Gold Star mothers and peace activists, Syrian refugees and Islamist terrorists. He has received cards from WikiLeaks figure Chelsea Manning, shoe bomber Richard Reid and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou. And then there are individuals like Texas death-row inmate Willie Trottie, who wrote that freedom in part meant knowing what drugs would be used to end his life. Robson received a letter from Trottie explaining his thoughts on freedom two weeks after Trottie’s 2014 execution. Not all the cards Robson has received bear such heavy messages, however. Joyce Carol Oates described freedom as “the very oxygen of the human spirit.” Billy Crystal said freedom is “America — our most precious gift.” To view all 650 cards — and to learn how to contribute your own — visit freedomcards. tumblr.com.

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WILDERN SUR No matter the challenge, Eagle Scout Creek Stewart will find a way to prevail. By Mark Ray

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atch an ad for The Weather Channel’s reality show Fat Guys in the Woods, starring Eagle Scout Creek Stewart, and you can easily imagine the scenario: Three men with above-average waistlines and below-average survival skills head for the woods, where they’re laughed at by the audience, humiliated by their host and voted off the proverbial island by their peers. Watch the show itself, though, and you’ll quickly discover something totally different. Stewart is a teacher, not a taunter. While he might critique, he never criticizes. And rather than pit the participants against each other, as most reality shows do, he unites them against their common foe: Mother Nature. “It’s definitely not train-wreck TV,” Stewart says. “I’ve had plenty of (other) reality-television show offers, and I’ve turned all those down because ultimately this is my reputation. I think the show reflects who I am and how I view survival.”

SURVIVE TO THRIVE

A big part of Stewart’s vision is that survival skills can both save a life as well as change it in profound ways: “As people

push through difficult situations, as they make fire by friction and build shelters and conquer the woods, they develop mental skills that are really important in life — things like not giving up and perseverance and teamwork and flexibility and adaptation,” he says. And that — more than teaching primitive skills — is the real lesson of Fat Guys, which finished its second season in 2015. (The Weather Channel did not renew the show for a third season, but you can view archived clips from episodes at weather.com/tv/shows/ fat-guys-in-the-woods.) Each episode features several men who, as Stewart puts it, need a kick in the pants and know it. Some have let themselves go physically, some are coming off relationship breakups, some are contemplating a career change, some are just sick and tired of being sick and tired. During a week in the wilderness with Stewart, they develop the skills they need to survive in the wilderness and in real life. Many are changed forever, such as an Eagle Scout named Opie who appeared during the show’s first season. “That week changed that guy,” Stewart says. “He hit the gym. He looks so good. He has done a complete 180.” CONTINUED >>>

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THE END IS (NOT) NEAR

For some people, survival is a matter of life and death. For others, it’s more serious. They fear anarchy or war or meteors or zombie invasions. Stewart takes a more practical approach to survival training. “My philosophy is that real disasters happen to real people on a regular basis,” he says. “There’s enough real survival scenarios to worry about without having to manufacture them.” In fact, he says, you can find survival headlines in the news every day, whether they involve natural disasters, disabled cruise ships or chemical spills that affect water supplies. The key, as Scouting teaches, is to be prepared — both physically and mentally. “If you have everything you need, it’s not really a survival scenario,” Stewart says. “It’s just an inconvenience.” 12

To film Fat Guys, Stewart has traveled across the country, including spots in the Great Smoky Mountains, the Sonoran Desert and the swamps of Florida. But his first survival experience occurred in a more sedate setting: Maumee Scout Reservation just south of Bloomington, Ind., where he earned the Wilderness Survival merit badge. “It was the first time I ever spent the night alone in the woods and certainly in a shelter that I had built with my own hands,” he says. “There was something that I really connected with in that experience, and I’ve never forgotten it.” (In fact, he carries the merit badge in his wallet to this day.) Despite his fascination with survival,

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“It “ was the first time I ever spent the night alone in the woods and certainly in a shelter that I had built with my own hands.” Stewart went to Butler University in Indianapolis to pursue a pharmacy degree. But he quickly realized his home was in the wild, not behind a pharmacy counter. Stewart called his parents and told them he had decided to become a wilderness-survival instructor. Though initially perplexed, they eventually came around and now help run his business. Stewart, who earned a degree in business, spent most of his sophomore year writing a 90-page survival manual, which he had printed and spiral-bound at Kinko’s. To promote the book, he offered free survival demonstrations to local Boy Scout troops and sent out news releases to area newspapers. Then, he says, “I did what any self-respecting Boy Scout would do: I took out an ad in the back of Boys’ Life.” His ad, which appeared in the February 1998 issue, offered a free survival booklet to anyone who asked.

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Among his most popular products is the APOCABOX, a service that sends subscribers a curated collection of survival tools and gear every two months. And, although The Weather Channel and Stewart parted ways for now, the Eagle Scout says he is only getting started. In addition to his thriving business, Stewart will help launch “Escape the Woods” events, a

two-person survival challenge designed to test survival skills in the wild. (Find an event near you at escapethewoods.com.) “I was a survival instructor long before I was a television host,” he writes on his website, creekstewart.com. “I will [continue to] teach, write and train just as I always have because I believe these skills matter and that the wilderness can change people.”

‘PRI-MODERN SURVIVAL’

Most survival instructors teach skills a caveman might recognize; Stewart has brought those skills up to date for the modern world. In what he calls “pri-modern survival,” the flip tab on a soda can becomes a fishhook and greasy corn chips become fire starters. He has even figured out how to make a compass, cutting tool, signal mirror and fire-starter from the parts of a broken cell phone. Figuring out novel uses for ordinary items is an evening activity at Stewart’s weekend survival courses, where he’ll set a random item on the table and give participants one minute to think up creative uses. “It always amazes me,” he says. “We have 10, 15, 20 people there generating hundreds of creative ideas to use a pair of eyeglasses or a pop can.”

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agle Scout Thomas Ozio knows what it means to dedicate himself to an ideal. He served as a Tomb Guard at Arlington National Cemetery, and his standard is perfection. As one of our nation’s most honored shrines, the Tomb of the Unknowns is the final resting place of three unknown soldiers, one each from World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Even though it is the actual grave of three soldiers, the tomb represents all unknown American service members who have died in any of the country’s military conflicts. Sitting on a panoramic hill overlooking Washington, D.C., the white marble sarcophagus is inscribed with the words “Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God.”

THE OLD GUARD

This sacred gravesite is guarded 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, in all weather conditions, by the Honor Guard of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, better known as “The Old Guard.” Tomb sentinels are the elite guards of the U.S. Army. A 100 percent volunteer unit, only soldiers in superb physical condi-

tion with an unblemished military record are considered for duty in the Tomb Guard Platoon. A volunteer must be between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet 4 inches with proportionate weight and build. Once accepted for training, he must pass a battery of tests in marching, manual of arms, uniform perfection and historical knowledge. At a certain point, he will be

deemed to have “earned a walk” and be given the honor of guarding the tomb. Only an elite few of those who begin the process become fully qualified Tomb sentinels and earn the right to wear the silver Tomb Guard badge. It typically takes six to 12 months of hard work and stellar performance to earn the badge. Since its introduction in 1958, there have been fewer

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In 1984, the remains of an unknown soldier from the Vietnam War were interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns. Due to improvements in DNA testing, however, the remains were identified in 1998 and removed for family burial. Because identification of soldiers from more recent wars is more likely with scientific advancements, the Tomb will continue to contain only the current Unknowns. However, the Tomb represents all others, as the Vietnam War crypt was changed to read: “Honoring and Keeping Faith with America’s Missing Servicemen 1958–1975.” than 700 awarded, making it one of the least-awarded military designations in any branch of service.

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Sgt. Thomas Ozio, an Eagle Scout from Troop 425 in Centerville, Ohio, proudly wears the Tomb Guard badge. He completed 571 walks and 950 guard changes during his 2½-year tour of duty as a Tomb sentinel. “I thought of the Tomb Badge a lot like I thought of Eagle,” he says. “It’s a goal. It’s going to take a long time and a lot of work. But if you keep working hard, you will accomplish the goal. … I had made it to Eagle Scout and that was tough, so why couldn’t I do this?” 16

Tomb sentinels work a nine-day cycle. Each soldier has a 24-hours-on, 24-hoursoff schedule for five days and then has four days off. The mission is physically and mentally grueling, so the soldiers of The Old Guard place a premium on physical fitness. “You try to grab an hour or maybe two hours of sleep max during your duty,” Ozio says, “just so you can survive that 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. posting. We guard the tomb in all kinds of crazy weather. I worked Hurricane Sandy, and then last winter there was a ton of snow here, but we are working no matter what. “But it’s not about us,” he is quick to stress. “Everything we do here is about the Unknowns. It’s all about honoring them … and guarding them.”

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“We honor and respect the Unknowns, so everything we do is based on 21,” Ozio says, referring to the number that is sacred in military tradition. “Like the 21-gun salute, it is the highest honor our government gives to fallen soldiers. We try to maintain that standard of perfection — or at least as close as we can get to it. We call it ceremonial composure. It’s hard work, but we do it for the Unknowns.” The sentinel marches 21 paces past the white marble tomb, halts and executes a precise facing movement to the east. After 21 seconds, he executes another facing movement and snaps his M14 rifle with glittering bayonet to his outside shoulder. After 21 more seconds of reverent silence, he marches 21 paces in the opposite direction.

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My dedication to this sacred duty is total and whole-hearted. In the responsibility bestowed on me, never will I falter. And with dignity and perseverance, my standard will remain perfection. Through the years of diligence and praise and the discomfort of the elements, I will walk my tour in humble reverence to the best of my ability. It is he who commands the respect I protect, his bravery that made us so proud. Surrounded by well-meaning crowds by day, alone in the thoughtful peace of night, this soldier will in honored glory rest under my eternal vigilance. He repeats the process exactly, over and over, until relieved in an elaborate changing of the guard ceremony. Tomb sentinels wear no rank insignia

Ozio — who completed 950 guard changes during his tour of duty as a Tomb sentinel — places a rose at each of the crypts of the Unknowns during his final changing of the guard ceremony.

or nametags on their ceremonial dress blue uniforms. “The guard should never outrank the unknowns,” Ozio explains. “We don’t know their ranks — we don’t know anything about them — so we do that out of respect.” Thousands of visitors to Arlington National Cemetery witness these sentinels of honor every day and marvel at the changing of the guard, which is a spectacle

of military precision. But it’s when the ceremony is over and the crowd has dispersed that you truly see what the Sentinel’s Creed means to these soldiers. That is when a lone sentinel walks his tour in humble reverence, with respect and perseverance, repeating this time-honored ritual of 21 until properly relieved. Even when no one is watching, a Tomb Guard’s standard truly is perfection.

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Regardless of what New Horizons learns from 2014 MU69, the mission has already been an unparalleled success. The fastest spacecraft ever launched, it was the first to reach the so-called “third zone” of the solar system, the first to explore a double planet — Pluto and its moon Charon orbit around their common center of gravity — and the first to study Kuiper Belt objects. In fact,

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*Alice, LORRI and SWAP are three of the spacecraft’s seven scientific instruments.

Three Eagle Scouts joined New Horizons team members at the Pluto flyby in July, including Chris Hersman (left), Eric Melin (fifth from right), Glen Fountain (third from right), Brian Bauer (second from right) and Alan Stern (right).

New Horizons has collected so much data, it will take until late 2016 to download its complete dataset. (And you thought your Internet connection was slow!) Stern, who has overseen the work of up to 2,500 people on the New Horizons mission, credits Scouting with giving him his first leadership experience. “Being a patrol leader and then assistant patrol leader — in projects like this, I’m sure that was helpful,” he says. Also helpful was the ninth point of the Scout Law: A Scout is thrifty. New Horizons cost just one-fifth as much as Voyager, thanks to automation, long hibernation periods for the spacecraft and a small core team that ran what Stern calls a nine-year sprint. “I think we made it look easy, but it was not easy,” he says. “It was a great deal of work.” But that, too, is something Eagle Scouts excel at.

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lan Stern, principal investigator for NASA’s New Horizons mission, knew his spacecraft would make countless discoveries as it approached Pluto last summer. But he never imagined discovering that many of his team members — like himself — are Eagle Scouts. Stern contacted Glen Fountain, project manager of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Fountain surveyed more than 100 team members and discovered 10 Eagle Scouts (plus one recipient of the Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting). To Fountain, an Eagle Scout himself and the mission’s top engineer, it only makes sense that Eagle Scouts would gravitate toward a project like New Horizons. “They’re willing to set goals and stick to them,” he says. “There’s a persistence and perseverance when other people would get either distracted or decide it’s not worth the effort.” Those are important characteristics considering that the mission began in 2001, launched in 2006 and is still ongoing. Although New Horizons flew past Pluto on July 14, Stern and his team are already planning a January 2019 flyby of a small Kuiper Belt object known as 2014 MU69, subject to NASA approval. That object is a billion miles beyond Pluto, which is 3 billion miles away from Earth.

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ith their uniforms crowded with badges and patches, most Scouts give little thought to the small purple World Crest emblem above their left pocket. First cousins Christopher Palm and Kyle Davidson are not like most Scouts. Although they haven’t (yet) participated in a world Scout jamboree, they know firsthand the worldwide impact of Scouting. Christopher, a 2012 Eagle Scout who lives in St. Francisville, La., and Kyle, a 2014 Eagle Scout who lives in Thomasville, Ala., represent the third generation of their family to earn a different Scout association’s highest award. Their grandfather Charlie Baty became a Queen’s Scout in Scotland in 1958 before moving to South Africa. Baty’s son, Alistair — uncle to Christopher and Kyle — became a Springbok Scout in South Africa in 1989. And Christopher’s other grandfather, Charles Palm, received the predecessor of the Springbok Scout award in 1960. “It’s just really cool that we’re from different countries but have all the highest ranks in Scouting,” Kyle says. Charlie Baty, who died in 2010, was a lifelong Scouter who helped organize Cub Scout packs in black townships. “Scouting has very strong tradition in the Baty family,” says Alistair Baty. “I think my father’s conviction of how Scouting changes boys’ lives made a significant impact on us all.” At the first world Scout jamboree, held just two years after the end of World War I, Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell challenged the assembled Scouts to model brotherhood in a divided world. “If it be your will, let us go forth fully determined that we will develop among ourselves and our boys that comradeship, through the worldwide spirit of the Scout brotherhood, so that we may help to develop peace and happiness in the world and goodwill among men.” Kyle agrees: “A lot of things pull the world together and different cultures together. I think that’s one of them because Scouting is worldwide.”

Achieving the top rank in Scouting runs in the family for Eagle Scouts Kyle Davidson and Christopher Palm (center, from left). The cousins follow in the footsteps of their Scottish grandfather, Charles Baty (top, center), who earned his Queen’s Scout award, and uncle Alistair Baty (bottom, at center), who achieved Springbok Scout status in South Africa.

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2015 NESA Scholarship Winners

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He has even traveled to Nepal to help rehabilitate homes. The son of Hongming Li and Xiaomin Zhang, Danny is studying government and international relations at Dartmouth College.

$50,000 NESA STEM SCHOLARSHIP TREVOR CASE, PALM HARBOR, FLA.

Other Top Winners

Late in his Boy Scout career, Trevor Case earned all four Nova and two Supernova awards available to Boy Scouts — an appropriate achievement for someone fascinated with STEM. But he hasn’t just focused on STEM education. As a highschooler, he returned to his middle school to tutor in math and science and to start a robotics team. He has also led in lower-tech pursuits, serving as an Order of the Arrow vice chief, a junior assistant Scoutmaster and the chairman of his troop’s Northern Tier High Adventure Program committee. The son of Richard and Pamela Case, Trevor is studying mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida. $48,000 MABEL AND LAWRENCE S. COOKE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP DANNY LI, ARCADIA, CALIF.

For Danny Li, “to help other people at all times” is not just a phrase from the Scout Oath; it’s a way of life. When a soccer teammate’s father passed away, he raised money for the funeral. When his troop lost its chartered organization, he rebuilt the troop at a new location. When budget cuts affected his school district’s maintenance budget, he organized fellow Scouts to complete projects at his high school and seven other schools. 20

$25,000 MABEL AND LAWRENCE S. COOKE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP Jonathan Louis Donato Brown, Prospect, Ky. Roderick Cochran, Albuquerque, N.M. Trevor Kieras, Grand Rapids, Mich. Benjamin Bastow Weimer, Manassas, Va. $25,000 UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Frank Gale Nash III, Ironton, Mo.

America’s Oldest Eagle Scout

The BSA doesn’t keep records of Eagle Scouts’ ages, but few people would argue that 104-year-old Lamar Wallace ranks as America’s oldest Eagle Scout. Wallace, who lives in Tyrone, Ga., was a special guest of NESA at last spring’s Americanism Breakfast in Atlanta, where he received a rousing standing ovation from his fellow Eagle Scouts, some of whom were young enough to be his great-great-grandchildren. Wallace became an Eagle Scout in 1927 and still remembers his elation at receiving the badge, which he keeps in his desk drawer. “That was it; that was the ultimate,” he told Atlanta WSB-TV. Or maybe not. While becoming an Eagle Scout is impressive, being an Eagle Scout for 88 years — and counting — is simply amazing.

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Maj. Gen. Robert L. Smolen, 62 U.S. Air Force (Ret.) Washington, D.C. Eagle: 1966 Passed: May 2014 Shelly Weil, 81 Brooklyn, N.Y. Eagle: 1951 Passed: October 2014 Robert Wrigley, 61 Mesa, Ariz. Eagle: 1963 Passed: December 2009

Living Memorials Mark Nicholson, 32 Fayetteville, N.Y. Eagle: 1995 Passed: June 11, 2009 Remembered with love by parents Donald and Joan Nicholson and family.

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Col. Stuart N. Burruss Louisiana Army National Guard

Capt. Gerald (Jerry) Nauert U.S. Coast Guard

Seaman Alexander J. Swan U.S. Navy

Graduated from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., earning a master’s degree in strategic studies.

Was promoted to the rank of captain in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. On active duty in San Antonio, Texas, with the Department of Homeland Security’s Southern Border and Approaches Campaign.

Graduated from Navy Basic Training RTC Great Lakes on March 20, 2015. Reported to Pensacola Naval Air Station for training as a cryptologic technician.

2nd Lt. Stephen L. Conley Virginia Air National Guard

1st Lt. David Nesseth Elm Grove, Wis.

Was recently promoted from the rank of master sergeant to second lieutenant in the Virginia Air National Guard and completed Reserve Commissioned Officer Training at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala. His younger brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Lt. Cmdr. Brian T. Conley of the U.S. Coast Guard, was on hand for his graduation ceremony.

Spc. Charles Dzuranin U.S. Army

Justin Torres Illinois National Guard Torres completed Basic and Cavalry Scout (19D OUST) Training in March 2015 at Fort Benning, Ga. Assigned to 106th Cavalry based out of Pontiac, Ill., and will be attending Northern Illinois University in fall 2015 and participating in the ROTC program.

Awarded a Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge in 2012.

Louis Anthony Pesce U.S. Marine Corps

Spc. Aaron Trochlell U.S. Army

Graduated from basic training in March 2015.

After becoming an Eagle Scout in 2002 and earning a master’s degree in art education, Trochlell graduated from basic training in March 2014 at Fort Benning, Ga. Was awarded the Distinguished Honor Graduate of his AIT class at Fort Eustis, Va. He serves as a 15T helicopter mechanic in West Bend, Wis.

Completed infantry basic training in 2013 and is stationed in Fort Drum, N.Y., as an M240L gunner.

Lt. Brian J. Robinson U.S. Navy

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Many young men exchange their Scout uniforms for fatigues, dress blues or battle dress uniforms. NESA salutes the Eagle Scouts shown below who are serving our nation in all branches of the armed forces. Recognize another Eagle by completing the form found at nesa.org/eaglegodandcountry.

Cadet Daniel F. Houle U.S. Coast Guard Received an appointment to the Class of 2018 at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. A 2014 graduate of the International Baccalaureate Program at Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake, Va., he received his Eagle Scout rank while a member of Troop 48.

Col. John M. Knowles U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Was selected to command the Civil Air Patrol’s Middle East Region, which includes the states of Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and the District of Columbia. He took command on Oct. 1, 2014. His command includes 63 aircraft and 7,000 members.

Graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with a Global Executive Master of Business Administration in July 2014. Has been awarded a Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit. Stationed at the Pentagon.

Lt. j.g. Tyler Vitti U.S. Navy Eagle Scout from Troop 193 in Cameron Park, Calif. Graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering. Entered Navy OCS and Flight School upon graduation. Serving as an EA-18G pilot assigned to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Wash.

2nd Lt. Richard Stone III U.S. Army Graduated from Monmouth University in New Jersey with a degree in criminal justice. Was promoted to second lieutenant. Completed boot camp at Fort Knox, Ky. Earned the Commandant’s List Award while at the Ordnance Basic Officer Leader Course in Fort Lee, Va., after which he was trained to be an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist/Officer and promoted to first lieutenant. Stationed in Fort Campbell, Ky., as an ordnance officer assigned to the 52nd Ordnance Group, 184th Battalion.

Midshipman Cameron Young U.S. Navy An Eagle Scout from Troop 38 in Concord, N.C., was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in 2014. Served as a midshipman guide at Northern Tier High Adventure Base in summer 2015.

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ACHIEVEMENTS // Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition

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Eagle Scouts shine, even after reaching the top honor in Scouting. NESA celebrates the achievements of the Eagle Scouts shown below. Recognize the success of an Eagle by completing the form found at nesa.org/eaglemagawards.

Ap Paul D. Bailey III Naperville, Ill. Received his medical doctorate from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He was also the recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented to a graduate who best demonstrates the ideals of outstanding compassion in the delivery of care; respect for patients, their families and healthcare colleagues; and clinical excellence. He is a resident in general surgery at Drexel Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Fr. Ross Chamberland Nashua, N.H. Fr. Chamberland, O.F.M., is a Franciscan friar of 10 years. On Jan. 3, 2015, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood by Cardinal Sean O’Malley at St. Anthony Shrine in Boston. Fr. Chamberland earned his Eagle Scout award in 1998. Is a life member of NESA and the national training advisor for the BSA’s National Catholic Committee on Scouting.

John P. Childress Biscayne Park, Fla. The police officer with the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., was awarded the Medal of Valor and the Police Officer of the Year 2014 for Miami-Dade County at the annual Miami Dade Association of Chiefs of Police dinner held on March 7, 2015. Became the first police officer for the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department to receive the award and the youngest to receive it in Miami-Dade County, at the age of 23. After less than one year of service on the police force, Childress was awarded Officer of the Month in Miami-Dade County for lifesaving.

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Pitman, N.J. Graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florida with a degree in materials science and engineering. Was a 2010 NESA Mabel and Lawrence S. Cooke Scholarship recipient, was selected as the 2013-2014 Gator Engineer for Professional Excellence, and won the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Award and Army Research Office Undergraduate Apprenticeship Award. Was also a 2014 summer graduate researcher at Sandia National Labs in New Mexico. Is a first-year doctorate student at the University of California–Santa Barbara as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.

Dr. Trey B. Creech Morehead City, N.C. Received his medical doctorate from Wake Forest School of Medicine in May 2015.

John M. Daly Scott Depot, W.Va. Graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terra Haute, Ind., in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering.

Richard B. Durham Braintree, Mass. Completed two years of service in the Peace Corps as a computer science teacher at a high school in Cuamba, Mozambique. Also volunteered for a nongovernmental agency supporting local agricultural improvements. Works as a management trainee at McMaster-Carr in New Jersey.

Logan Echard Lebanon, Pa. Selected as communications director of the Executive Committee of the 2016 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON). THON is one of the largest student-run philanthropies in the world, which works to help conquer childhood cancer. Echard, Class of 2016, is a security and risk analysis major and is also seeking a minor in homeland security.

Daniel Gasperini Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine with his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. Was also inducted into the National Dental Honor Society, Omicron Kappa Upsilon. Will begin as a resident dentist at the veterans hospital in Castle Point, N.Y.

Jason C. Jay San Francisco, Calif. Graduated in May from the International Culinary Center, where he studied professional culinary arts and was awarded the Outstanding Creative Culinary Project award. Earned his Bachelor of Arts in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University in 2014 and a Bachelor of Arts from Korea University in 2011.

Samuel King Pascagoula, Miss. King and his partner, Fabian Sepulveda, won first place in the National History Day contest in Mississippi with their group exhibit, “The New York Cosmos: Bringing Soccer to America.” King will now join the team representing Mississippi at the national competition.

John May Valdez, Alaska Awarded the Grand Lodge of Alaska’s Mason of the Year Award for 2014.

Nathan P. Miller Clinton Township, Mich. Graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in clinical laboratory science. Recognized for the highest GPA in his program and inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Miller will attend Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is also the recipient of a full scholarship for medical school, sponsored by the U.S. Navy’s Health Profession Scholarship Program.

Neil G. Morioka Kahului, Hawaii Graduated with a double major with bachelor’s degrees in business management and international business from the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii Manoa. Also received an associate degree in liberal arts from Maui College.

Stephen J. Schuetrumpf Brighton, Tenn. Schuetrumpf graduated from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn., with a Bachelor of Science in computer science. He is employed as a software engineer in Franklin, Tenn.

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James E. Suridis Jr. Seaford, N.Y. Graduated with a Master of Science in occupational therapy from Boston University. Awarded the occupational therapy program’s graduate student leadership award. He is a certified and licensed occupational therapist in New York, where he works with youth who have developmental disabilities.

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Arthur L. Thrower Charlotte, N.C. Graduated with honors from Clemson University in May 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in financial management. Was hired as a project analyst at Google.

Evan D. Valardi Fort Mill, S.C. Graduated from the University of South Carolina in Columbia with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. Employed by Sealed Air in northern New Jersey in their Technical Leadership Program.

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Conner Warren Poulsbo, Wash. Graduated cum laude from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz., with a Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering. Will be working with NAVAIR in China Lake, Calif.

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Family Affair // ACHIEVEMENTS

Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair

Scoutingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest honor is best shared with other generations of family members. Join NESA in celebrating the families of Eagle Scouts shown below. Recognize the Eagles in your own family by completing the form found at nesa.org/eaglefamilyaffair.

Applegate Family Joliet, Ill.

Beyt Family Crowley, Texas

George Family South Riding, Va.

Jared B. Applegate (2013) and Kenneth Applegate (1974)

Stephen Beyt (1981) and Benjamin Beyt (2014)

Baier Family Milwaukee, Wis.

Bonnstetter Family St. Charles, Ill.

Emmett Robert George (2010), Kiernan Brent George (2013) and Brennan Kelly George (2013)

Jonathan M. Baier (2012) and Jeffrey R. Baier (2012)

Grant Bonnstetter (2011), Zachary Bonnstetter (2013) and Evan Bonnstetter (2008)

Edward Kevin Gilmore (1988) and Matthew Gilmore (2013)

Cannata-Kjellstrom Family Notre Dame, Ind.

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George W. Baker (1959), Jason D. Baker (1987), Caleb Baker (2014) and Connor Baker (2014)

Balkovec Family Pittsburgh, Pa.

Johns Family Golden, Colo.

Gene Cannata (1978), Maj. Richard E. Kjellstrom (1964), Joseph Cannata, Lt. Col. Gregory A. Cannata II (1987), Col. Gregory A. Cannata (1965), Gregory R. Cannata (2014), Lt. Gen. John A. Kjellstrom (1938) and Justin Cannata

Dubill Family Overland Park, Kan.

John N. Balkovec (1987), Nicolas J. Balkovec (2014) and Jeffery P. Balkovec (1990)

Aristotle Johns (2013), Chris Johns (1972) and Constantine Johns (2008)

Beare Family Clayton, N.C.

Kershner Family Collegeville, Pa.

Andy Dubill (1962), Sue Dubill, Erika Dubill Hile (Gold Award, 1987), Daniel Dubill (1995) and David Dubill (1992)

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Sean M. Hartman (2013) and C. Thomas Hartman Jr. (1960)

Edley Family Lutz, Fla.

Richard A. Beare (1994), Robert Beare (2011) and Richard R. Beare (1974)

Timothy Kershner (1980), Nevin Kershner (1952), Benjamin Kershner (2011), Daniel Kershner (2014), Thomas Kershner (1981), David Kershner (1979), Mark Daniel (2005) and Christopher Daniel (not pictured; 2008)

Calif. Kevin Edley (2012) and Sam Edley (2010)

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Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair

Kezer Family Santa Rosa, Calif.

Mims-Pesce Family Herndon, Va.

Pulter Family Monroe, Mich.

Loren Kezer (2009) and Quinn Kezer (2014)

Douglas K. Mims Jr. (1946), Philip Pesce (2002), James Pesce (2013) and Frank Pesce (2004)

Matthew Pulter (2009), Jeff Pulter (1980), Elizabeth Pulter (Gold Award, 2011), Adam Pulter (1975), Dan Pulter (1975) and Daniel Pulter (not pictured; 2007)

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Loper Family Enon, Ohio

Mohler Family St. Louis, Mo.

Recio Family Premont, Texas

Jacob Loper (2014) and Kyle Loper (2012)

May Family Bay City, Mich.

David Mohler (1978), Benjamin Mohler (2014) and Merrick Mohler

Nicolas G. Recio (2012) and Vito G. Recio (2013)

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Mol Family Elkhorn, Wis.

Ricciarelli Family North Scituate, R.I.

Henry R. Mol (1941), John H. Mol (1972), Alyssa Mol Carlin, Michael E. Mol (1978), Matthew J. Mol (2009), Evan J. Mol (2011) and Benjamin M. Mol (2013)

Brent M. Ricciarelli (2014) and Glenn M. Ricciarelli (1979)

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Hayden J. Miller-May (2013), Jeffery A. Foley-May (2013) and Hunter D. Miller-May (2013)

Maynard Family Herndon, Va.

Schroeder Family Bridgeport, Wash.

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Parisi Family Northford, Conn.

Alex Maynard (2008), Perry Maynard (2014), Rory Maynard (1976) and Kendra Maynard (Gold Award, 2014)

McCarthy Family Sharpsburg, Ga.

Lawrence J. Schroeder (1950), Michael A. Schroeder (1975) and James E. Schroeder (2009) Joseph Parisi (2010), Michael Parisi Jr. (1999) and Michael P. Parisi Sr. (1970)

Schultz Family Holtsville, N.Y.

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Penegar Family Monroe, N.C.

Sean McCarthy (2010) and Jim McCarthy (1969) Thomas Schultz (2010) and Gregory Shultz (2014)

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Jacob Penegar (2014) and Mike Penegar (1970)

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Family Affair // ACHIEVEMENTS

Sharpless Family Gonzalez, Fla.

Thomas Family Hebron, Ky.

Woloshyn Family Des Plaines, Ill.

Samuel L. Sharpless (1981), Carlson W. Sharpless (2014) and Osmond C. Sharpless (1948)

Justin Michael Thomas (2002), Jonathan Derek Thomas (2004), Monseque Jacob Thomas (2008), Joseph Michael Thomas (2010), Jordan Matthew Thomas (2014), Joshua Derek Thomas (2013), Jared Monseque Thomas (2014) and Jackson Wendell Thomas (2014)

Jeffrey Woloshyn (1969), Jay Woloshyn (1973), James Woloshyn (1976), John Woloshyn (1979), Stephan Woloshyn (2011), Christopher Woloshyn (2014) and Derek Woloshyn (not pictured; 2000)

Skubal Family De Pere, Wis.

Treadaway Family Wadesboro, N.C.

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Aaron Skubal (2014), Ted Skubal (1981) and Colin Skubal (2014)

Spieker Family Findlay, Ohio

Joseph Martin Treadaway (1980), Jonathan Thomas Treadaway (2014) and Willis Taylor Treadaway (1955)

Tucci-Berube Family Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Kevin Spieker (1994), Nicolas Spieker (2014) and Craig Spieker (1990)

Stein Family Winter Park, Fla.

Anthony C. Tucci-Berube (2013) and Giancarlo P. TucciBerube (2014)

Underwood Family Woodstock, Conn.

Donald Stein (1955), Andrew Stein (2014) and Todd Stein (1983)

Strunk Family Ridge, N.Y.

Calvin T.M. Underwood (2006), Carl J.O. Underwood (2009) and John P.B. Underwood (2014)

Vine Family Temple City, Calif.

Christopher Strunk (2005), Joshua Strunk (2007), Justin Strunk (2013) and Dr. Robert Strunk (1974) Jason Christopher Slattery Vine (2002), Kevin Patrick Kehoe Vine (2014) and Bryan Alexander Devio Vine (1999)

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