Troop Positions

National Jamboree - July 13th to 24th, 2013

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Senior Patrol Leader
• Leads the patrol leader’s council.
• Serves as the top boy leader of his troop.
• Maintains information on the whereabouts of troop members.
• Works directly with the Scoutmaster in administering troop operations.
• Through the patrol leaders, is responsible for the appearance of Scouts with regard to cleanliness and proper uniforming.
• Maintains schedules within the troop camp covering reveille, meal hours, and other special
assignments received from subcamp directors.
• Organizes all formations of the troop.
• Makes bed check at taps each evening and reports and accounts for all members of the troop to the Scoutmaster.

Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
• Acts in the absence of the senior patrol leader and assists the senior patrol leader as directed.
• Works with the first assistant Scoutmaster in administering troop activities and participation in camp-wide events.

Quartermaster
• Is responsible for troop equipment and supplies.
• Works with the second assistant Scoutmaster for physical arrangements in controlling the storage and issuance of all equipment and supplies belonging to the troop or issued to it at the
jamboree.
• Maintains an inventory of all equipment and supplies and is responsible through the second
assistant Scoumaster for the return in good repair of all equipment to the subcamp equipment
and maintenance officer and to the local council.

Scribe
• Is the custodian of all troop records.
• Works directly with the third assistant Scoutmaster in handling registration procedures and in
keeping such records as required.
• Keeps the log of the troop and carries out other duties as may be assigned to him by the
Scoutmaster.
• Assists the third assistant Scoutmaster in registering and helping Scout news correspondents.

Chaplain Aide
• Helps with troop program planning, considering religious holidays and including religious
observances during troop activities such as the jamboree troop campout and traveling to and
from the jamboree.
• Assists in planning and carrying out troop religious activities.
• Tells troop members about the religious participation emblem they can earn at the jamboree.
• Tells troop members about the religious emblem program of their faith and how to earn one.
• Encourages troop members to live up to the ideals of the Scout Oath and Law, and the Scout
slogan. A manual for chaplain aides and chaplains with a description of the duties may be found
at: http://www.scouting.org/Media/Relationships/ ManualforChaplainsandAides.aspx

Historian
• Takes care of troop trophies and keepsakes.
• Keeps a logbook about the troop’s meetings and activities.
• Keeps a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and other items about the troop’s activities.
• Collects digital photographs from other troop members to make a digital photo album of the
troop’s activities.

Patrol Leaders
• Represents his patrol as a member of the patrol leaders’ council.
• Receives assignments for patrol members from his troop leaders.
• Informs members of his patrol of assignments, and sees that they are carried out.
• Sees that patrol tents, equipment, and tent areas are kept neat, clean, and orderly.
• Knows the whereabouts of every member of his patrol.
• Gets his patrol to the point where the troop is forming and—when called upon by the senior
patrol leader—reports and accounts for his full membership.

Assistant Patrol Leaders
• Acts in the absence of the patrol leader. • Assists the patrol leader as directed.

OA Troop Representative
• Serves as liaison for Order of the Arrow activities at the jamboree.
• Helps the troop’s members understand the importance of the OA troop representative in their home troop.

Hometown News Correspondents
• Will have the opportunity to share their jamboree experiences with their local media.  Works with professional newspaper, radio, and television professionals who will guide the
correspondents in creating professional news stories.
• Selected by their Jamboree troop adult leaders in conjunction with their local councils.
• The number of correspondents selected is based on the number of willing media outlets in the troop’s local area. Troops are encouraged to have more than one correspondent.