Monday, August 15, 2005

Scouts In Iraq

I wonder how long it will be before the ACLU goes after this Scout group that is being supported by the military?


Scouting Program Grows in Iraqi Community
The three co-ed scouting groups meet weekly and have 110-120 regular participants.
By U.S. Army 116th Brigade Combat Team
Public Affairs

FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARRIOR, Iraq, Aug. 15, 2005 — A group of over 100 scouts and adult leaders met in Hasar, Iraq, Aug. 4 to learn cooking, teamwork and other skills from the community’s growing co-ed International Scouting Program.
“Local educators coordinated with us to start a scouting program in order to provide the youth in their village with a more creative and engaging outlet.” U.S. Army Capt. Lane Packwood
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The fledgling program, known as Kashafa, began July 7 when U.S. soldiers of the 116th Brigade Combat Team’s Task Force 1-148 Field Artillery and leaders from the community of Hasar, Iraq, celebrated a ribbon cutting and inauguration of the program.


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