The Boy Scouts: Pipeline to the Military

Here is another reason not to join the Boy Scouts: It is a pipeline to the military.

36.4 percent of the United States Military Academy (West Point) cadets were involved in Scouting as youth. 16.3 percent of cadets are Eagle Scouts. 22.5 percent of United States Air Force Academy cadets were involved in Scouting as youth. 11.9 percent of cadets are Eagle Scouts. 25 percent of United States Naval Academy (Annapolis) midshipmen were involved in Scouting as youth. 11 percent of midshipmen are Eagle Scouts.

Thanks to recovering veteran T.M.

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7:20 pm on July 25, 2014