I have more visits per day about the new Scout uniform than any other post. Apparently allot of people are wondering which uniform to wear after August, and families in our troop seem in a panic. The new centennial uniform is to celebrate 100 years of Scouting. I’ll most likely get one to wear for outdoor use. The current one has been very uncomfortable for outdoor activities. I have seen other troops go climbing in them, that is their choice.
What allot of Scouters may not know is that any uniform from the early 1900’s to the current one coming soon, can be worn at any time at any scouting event. For example if you happen to have a uniform from, lets say 1957, it can be worn at any Scouting event, meeting, camp, COH, etc.
I have talked to my local scout store and they tell me that the new uniforms may not be in until around December any way. It’s defiantly a time for a change in uniforms, but it is not time to panic about buying the new one and mothballing the old one. The change is for Boy Scouts only at this time and not for the Cubs, Webelo, Venture or Sea Scouts.
That’s my opinion. What’s yours?
That’s not just an opinion, it’s the way things are.
I welcome the new uniform with open arms looking forward to being able to actually wear it when we are camping - what a concept!
I also anticipate a raft-sized load of ‘urban legends’ about when where and how the changes will take effect. The policy that any official uniform remains an official uniform in perpetuity is a stroke of genius on the part of the BSA.