Troop 150 welcomes new members into our Troop whether they come from another local Troop, transfer in from another Boy Scout Council, cross-over from Webelos, or join without any prior experience with Scouting. While reaching the rank of Eagle seems to be the ultimate goal in the program, the actual target is that we prepare the Scouts to be productive members of society capable of making logical and moral decisions. Self-sufficiency is another goal as the program prepares boys to become young men ready to step up to be the leaders of the future.

Troop 150 is a diverse Troop with members from all walks of life, religious affiliations, ethnicity, nationalities. We welcome everyone with one of our goals teaching about the diversity found in America. Our members are from the Enterprsie, AL, area, including Scouts whose families are in the military and live off of Fort Rucker.

Troop 150 is focused on the quality of the Scouting experience for all of its members. We respect that each member is an individual, thus we tailor the Scouting experience to the needs or each of our Scouts. We encourage advancement without putting pressure on the Scouts.

Statistics bear out that if a Scout advances to the rank of First Class within the first 12 to 16 months, he is more likely to advance to the rank of Eagle. Not all Scouts make it to the rank of Eagle; in fact less than 2% of all Scouts achieve that coveted rank. Each Scout is encouraged to set his own goals and then has the support of the entire Troop and the parents to assist him in attaining those goals.

Anyone wishing to join a Boy Scout Troop is invited to join us on Monday evenings from 6:30 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. You may visit with our Troop and the other Troops in the area to make sure that you find the Troop best suited to you. We believe that Troop 150 offers a dynamic program with an abundance of activities to challenge the youth members –as well as the adult members. Each Troop in the area has common goals and ideals, but each Troop has various means and methods of achieving those goals and meeting those ideals. Our main focus is on getting the youth in the community into the Boy Scouts of America and into a Troop that best suits his needs.

For Webelos crossing over into Troop 150, several members of the Troop will attend the cross-over ceremony and welcome you into the Troop. We provide the new members of the Troop with a Troop 150 neckerchief (which the Scoutmaster claims to be one of the best looking troop neckerchiefs he has seen through his many years of Scouting), a Boy Scout Handbook, and if the Webelos earned the Arrow of Light, he is presented with the Scout badge for his uniform. For those Webelos that do not earn the Arrow of Light, they will need to earn the patch. The Scout patch is not technically a rank, but recognition that the Scout understands the Scout Law, the Scout Oath, the Scout Motto, and the Scout Slogan. It also signifies the commitment made by that Scout to live his life in a way to uphold the ideals of Scouting.

For Scouts transferring into Troop 150, we will welcome them as if they had always been members of the Troop. We will make a special effort to obtain the official records from your previous Troop. Since our Troop is located in a military town, with a significant number of our members having one or more parents assigned to Fort Rucker, AL, we make every effort to ensure that the frequent transfers in a military brat’s life do not hinder his advancement opportunities.

For boys new to Scouting, our Troop makes a concerted effort to make the Scout comfortable and teach him the customs of the Boys Scouts of America and our Troop. We try to have Troop members of a similar age to “buddy-up” with new members to make sure that they have someone to whom they may address any questions.

While we have a policy in keeping with the policies of the Boy Scouts of America as it regards to assigning new members to a Patrol, we prefer to let the new Scouts gravitate towards other members with whom they become friends during the first two or three meetings. Again, we make every attempt to ensure that each new member is in a comfortable and welcoming environment. When entire Webelos Dens cross-over into our Troop, we give them the opportunity to stay together as a new Patrol in the Troop. We offer the same opportunity to groups that join from one school following our yearly School-Night-for-Scouting recruiting efforts. If a Scout finds out that he is not comfortable in a particular Patrol, the Scoutmaster will meet with him to determine the specific reasons and if warranted, offer the Scout an opportunity to move into another Patrol. If a problem is identified, we take steps to correct it so that future new members do not have the same experience.

William Drummond, our Scoutmaster, and the Troop Committee agreed that his primary focus is on the boys of the Troop. This means that on Monday nights, his time is spent with the Troop and not interacting with parents or Committee Members during the meeting times. He does meet with the Troop Committee during the formal Committee Meeting on the last Monday of each month. Generally his attendance at the meeting is brief, during which time he updates the Troop Committee on the progress of the Troop, or relays requests for support for planned activities. You may find more information on how the Troop Committee supports the Troop, the extraordinary support of the parents, and the roles of our adult leaders by visiting Our Leadership page.