Weather Merit Badge Update
Congratulations to David Paciorkowski and Matt Phizacklea
for completing the
Weather Merit Badge.
On Thursday, January, 16, ten Scouts and four adults toured
the Weather
Office at MCAF Quantico. GYSGT Hubler and his duty
section gave the tour and
explained the functions of the weather office and to whom
they provide
weather information. The office provides the weather
briefings to the pilots
of HMX-1, who are most known for flying the President to and
from the White
House. In addition they provide the weather forecasts
to the various
commands at Quantico. Gunny Hubler said that the
primary harmful weather for
Quantico is thunderstorms. The only bad part was that
the Marine forecasters
(and the merit badge counselor) blew the forecast for how
much snow Prince
William County was to get the next day.
The formal Weather merit badge classes are finished.
Scouts who still have
presentations and handouts to turn in will need to contact
Mr. Markley at the
scout meetings. Scouts who did not go on the Quantico
Weather Office tour
will need to construct a weather instrument and keep a
forecast log. Scouts
who have the Weather merit badge partially completed should contact Mr.
Markley to make arrangements to finish up the merit badge.
Soil Conservation Merit Badge Update
Those who have the Soil Conservation merit badge partially completed should contact Mrs.
Paciorkowski to make arrangements to finish up the merit badge.
Electricty Merit Badge is being taught by Ben Kidd, an Eagle Scout of our Troop who will be a 4th year student at UVA in the fall and is majoring in Engineering.
If you need to finish this Merit Badge contact Ben at bwk7j@virginia.edu
Electronics Merit Badge is being taught by Brian Myhre, an Eagle Scout of our Troop who will be a Sophomore at MIT in the fall.
If you need to finish this Merit Badge contact Brian at Myhre@mit.edu, Mr. Stierwalt can also help you finish this if you ask him!
God and Country Program is being taught by Mrs. Melson