Dash Point Troop 398
Welcomes You!
OUR TROOP
Who We Are
Whether you are just visiting our troop, or have already made the choice to join our troop, we’d like to welcome you! Troop 398 got its start in 2000, so we are a fairly young troop. We are chartered through the Marine View Presbyterian (MVP) Church in Dash Point. Our meetings are held each Tuesday at the old Dash Point School (located next to the MVP Church), at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Scouting: To prepare young men to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.
One of the goals of Troop 398 is to help you advance through Boy Scouting and reach the pinnacle…your Eagle badge! Along the way, we also hope you will gain hands-on experience in various leadership roles, helping Troop 398 achieve another one of its goals, to stay a “Boy-Run Troop”.
What We Offer
All boys just joining the troop will be placed in a Pedro Patrol. This patrol will be assigned a registered adult Patrol Advisor and a Boy Scout as Troop Guide. The Troop Guide will be your Patrol Leader during this interim period (about five months). He will lead the Pedro Patrol through many of the early requirements going from Boy Scout through Second Class and into part of First Class.
There will be Patrol leaders ensured for each patrol and the Pedro patrol is assigned a Troop Guide to guide them along the path of scouts. Parents of the new scouts interested in becoming Patrol Advisors will be identified during the interim period and work closely with the interim Patrol Advisor so that they can assume this role at the end the five month period.
Uniform and Insignias of BSA Troop 398
We are divided into patrols, each named by the scouts. Currently, we have the Marching Monkeys Patrol (grade 6), an active patrol for new in-coming scouts to accelerate them in their initial advancement. We have the long-time graduates from the Pedro Patrol who split into two patrols called Phlaming Phoenix and the Spider Patrol. All of these groups are boy led with someone called a Patrol Leader.
Uniforms are classified as "Class A" and "Class B" and are worn on different occasions and times of the year.
During the school year, troop meetings require "Class A" uniforms. During the summertime when school is out, troop meetings require "Class B" uniforms.
Travel to BSA events, campouts and events require "Class A" uniforms.
"Class A" - Uniform, khaki or scout pants, neckerchief, slide, scout hat (optional), belt (optional)
"Class B" - Anything Scouting-related
Join Boy Scouts
Troop 398 meets on Tuesday nights from 7 to 8:30pm.
We meet in the old Dash Point school next to Marine View Presbyterian Church located at 8469 E Side Dr NE Tacoma,WA,98422.