Do you know what all those Letters mean that you hear people say or read in emails?
Here is a List of Scouting Acronyms that have been collected so far:
- APL
- Assistant Patrol Leader (The Scouts are grouped into Patrols & elect a member to be their Leader -- they also elect an Assistant Leader to fill-in when the Patrol Leader is unavailable for an Outing or Meeting)
- ASM
- Assistant Scoutmaster (Adult Leader that assists the Scoutmaster in the Training/Coaching of the Youth in the Troop)
- ASPL
- Assistant Senior Patrol Leader (The 2 ASPL's help the SPL to lead the Troop - with 1 of them being the SPL-in-Training)
- BOR
- Board of Review (Scouts are required to have a Board of Review as part of their Rank advancements)
- BSA
- Boy Scouts of America (The National organization that our Troop is registered with for Scouting recognition)
- CC
- Committee Chair (In charge of the 'business' responsibilities of the Troop)
- COH
- Court of Honor (Whole Troop celebration with recognition for all of the Advancements that our Scouts have earned over the past 6 months)
- COR
- Charter Organization Representative (The liaison between the Chartering Organization & the Troop)
- CPC
- Cascade Pacific Council (The BSA Council for our part of the USA - Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington)
- CSP
- Council Shoulder Patch (The patch with the Council name on it that goes on the shoulder of the Class A uniform)
- DD
- District Director (Council staff position working with the District Executives to oversee Scout Units for the Council)
- DE
- District Executive (Council staff position that oversees the Scout Units in their District)
- EBOR
- Eagle Board of Review (The Board of Review for the 'highest' Rank advancement in Boy Scouts)
- FOS
- Friends of Scouting (The Council's annual Fundraiser to help provide Camp Scholarships to Scouts)
- JTE
- Journey to Excellence (The new Quality Unit Award that our Troop can earn annually - 3 levels of achievement: Bronze, Silver, & Gold)
- MB
- Merit Badge (Each Scout is required to earn a minimum of 21 Merit Badges for their Eagle Rank - 13 are Eagle-required & 8 are Electives)
- MBU
- Merit Badge University (A District event for Scouts where they can earn 1-2 Merit Badges in a day)
- MPC
- Milwaukie Presbyterian Church (Our Chartering Organization that sponsors our Troop)
- NYLT
- National Youth Leadership Training (It is advanced Youth Leader Training)
- OA
- Order of the Arrow (The Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America -- Scouts must be elected into the OA by their Troop)
- PL
- Patrol Leader (The Scouts are grouped into Patrols then elect a member to be their Leader)
- PLC
- Patrol Leaders' Council (All of the Youth Leaders of the Troop - SPL, ASPL's, PL's, Scribe, Historian, as well as a few other Troop Leaders)
- SM
- Scoutmaster (Adult Leader in charge of Training/Coaching the Youth Leaders in the Troop)
- SPL
- Senior Patrol Leader (The Scout that is elected by the Troop to be their Leader)
- TTFC
- Trail to First Class (All of the requirements that are needed for the beginning Ranks of Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, & First Class)
(Use the 'Contact' page to send any missing Acronyms to the Committee Chair so they can be added to this List.)