U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets teach Boy Scouts

Photo By Staff Sgt. Rachelle Blake | Air Force Academy Cadet Second Class Lawrence William, member of the Joint Task Force-National Scout Jamboree, teaches survival skills to his younger brother and a fellow Scout July 29 at the Merit Badge Midway during the 2010 National Scout Jamboree on Fort A.P. Hill, Va.  

FORT A.P. HILL, VA, UNITED STATES

07.29.2010

Story by Pfc. Sharmain Burch 

Joint Task Force - National Scout Jamboree

FORT A.P. HILL, Va. - The uniform sash complements a Boy Scout as every Scout wear their pride across their chest. Each merit badge that they have earned is showcased while they aim to be the ultimate Eagle Scout.

One of the required badges to obtain Eagle Scout is the Wilderness Survival merit badge and Scouts at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree has the unique opportunity to gain yet another badge.

Cadets from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs sacrifice the opportunity to take personal leave to volunteer at the 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree to teach the “Wilderness Survival” course.

“I just thought it was a really good opportunity to come down and teach Scouts who are excited to be here”, said Cadet 2nd Class Brian J. Smith, a student at the Air Force Academy”. “It’s worth giving up the time to help them”.

For the thousands of Scouts spending ten-days participating in activities and simply having fun, Air Force Cadets are standing by and ready to teach them how to survive in the wilderness, if that need ever arises.

But as Cadet 2nd Class William J. Lawrence, the Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape Specialist, stands in front of a class of Scouts teaching them signaling, fire crafts, and first-aid in a survival situation, he stands among them with his younger brother attending his class with all the other Scouts. The unique situation warrants an appreciation from Lawrence, not only to be an instructor for Scouts striving toward the rank of Eagle Scout, but as an older brother and a role modeled Eagle Scout for his “little brother."

• Date Taken: 07.29.2010
• Date Posted: 08.04.2010 15:50
• Story ID: 53956
• Location: FORT A.P. HILL, VA, US