• Einskjaldi@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      If you get eagle scout you get a small raise when you join the military, same as if you had an associates degree.

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        You recieve the same bonus for a few different things. I think the girl scouts gold award and sea scouts quartermaster award give the same enlistment rank bonus.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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      Scouts does do a really good job of preparing kids for the military if they so choose. Many of the hard and soft skills it teaches are very military-esque. Or put another way, I was chatting with another parent who’s oldest just joined the military at 18 and they said the training is just like scouts and credited scouts with preparing them well for the military

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      It’s not really teaching Boys to Scout, it’s a program that is Scouting for Boys who are likely to do well in situations similar to the military, albeit a less modern one than exists today.

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        If deployed in significant numbers those skills are almost as useful in a modern military as a century or two before. An Ukrainian or the Russian soldier didn’t need those skills in the barracks or having guard shifts, but it is sure nice to know now.