{"id":300,"date":"2008-07-08T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2010-02-21T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T00:14:10","slug":"the-new-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"The New Uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/melrosetroop68.org\/uploaded_images\/newuniform-747923.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/melrosetroop68.org\/uploaded_images\/newuniform-747803.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Boy Scouts of America<\/span> is coming with with a new uniform in August! Oh, you have heard about that already? I thought you might have. I am probably the last Scouting blogger to write about the new uniform. I was not sure what to think about it so I did not really want to write about&#8230; Until now.<\/p>\n<p>I have read a few things about the new uniform. I have seen the BSA&#8217;s information about it. I have seen the pictures of it. But only recently have I made up my mind about it. And that is only after talking to Jerry at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thescoutmasterminute.com\/\">The Scoutmaster Minute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To tell the truth, I think it is time for the uniform to change. I did not have a problem with the current shirt, but even this 48 year old thought the current uniform pants and socks were dorky looking. Plus, the shorts were designed horribly, in my opinion. I have not worn the official shorts or pants since the 2001 National Jamboree. The new uniform looks like it should be a lot more comfortable and that it will wear better on troop functions. The right sleeve pocket looks like an interesting idea, but I wonder how many times it will get sown shut. The new cap will not look like a target sitting on a Scout&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Goodwin has found an article in the Dallas Morning News that talks well of the new uniform, and also quotes a couple Scouts on how they feel about it. You can check it out at <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5lm7pz\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5lm7pz<\/a> .<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Subscribe to &#8220;A Scoutmaster&#8217;s Blog&#8221; at<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/28330606\/posts\/default<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boy Scouts of America is coming with with a new uniform in August! Oh, you have heard about that already? I thought you might have. I am probably the last Scouting blogger to write about the new uniform. I was not sure what to think about it so I did not really want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[408],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uniform","tag-uniform"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":610,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}