Afghan and Iraqi Girl and Boy Scouts (06 april 15)

My 10 Years withIraq and Afghanistan

Scouting2005 - 2015

Keith Blackey

Redwood City

Iraq and Afghanistan

Iraq

1. 1922 - ’40 (First Arab nation to embrace Scouting)

1940 - ’55 (WWII & Recovery)

2. 1956 - ’99 (12,000 Scouts)

1956 - ’03 (Saddam's Lion Cubs)

3. 2004-Present (150,000 Scouts in 2010)

Keith 2005 – ‘10Prince of Wales & B-P w/Iraqi

Scouts at 3rd World Jambo, Arrowe Park, England, 1929.

• Hasar Kashafa, Iraq

– 110-120 regular participants

– Started by soldiers of 116th Brigade Combat Team’s Task Force 1-148 Field Artillery & community leaders

– Leaders trained, uniforms distributed, weekly meetings

Hasar Tigers (8-11 yr olds)

• “One of the first things was to get the troop its own Scout Badge. The second was to have its own "Pinewood Derby". 1LT Jeremy Thomas

• July 7, 2005

• Cars donated by families of 116th Brigade Combat Team Soldiers

Hasar Lightening (12-14 yr olds)

Adult Training: Wood Badge

Visionaries

Chip Beck Eric Fretz

Famous Scouters Helped

Lt. Col. Roberta LubaGen. David Petraeus

Ambassador Ryan Crocker

Lt. Gen. Robert Van Antwerp

Paul "Jerry" BremerHead of the Coalition Provisional Authority

Charged with overseeing Iraq's occupation after the 2003 invasion.

General Joe DunfordLed 5th Marine Regiment during 2003 invasion of Iraq

2010

• $100,000+ Raised

• 150,000 Scouts

• 18/18 Provinces

• 22 Camps

• Iraqi run, uniforms, trained leaders

• Integrated into schools

Afghanistan

• 1880 Robert Baden Powell

1. 1931 – ’47 (Royal decree)

1048 – ’63 (Fire worshipers)

2. 1964 – ’78 (36,000 Scouts)

1979 – ’09 (Soviets, Taliban, War)

3. 2009 – Present (PARSA)

Keith 2012 – ‘14

2009

Boys Troop 001

Tai Maskan Orphanage

Girls Troop 001

Allahoddin Orphanage

What’s it Like?

Corruption

War Lords

Electricity & Internet

Literacy & Poverty

Security

Scouting is Part of the Solution

Recruiting

Funding: Afghan Garden Kitchen

Funding: Scout Store

Funding: Community Organizations

Funding: State Department

Uniforms

Meetings

Working With Locals

Working With Police

Community Service: Schools

Community Service: Warm Clothes

Training

Training: Youth

Merit Badges: Pioneering

Training: Trip Survival

Training: Adults

Training: Wood Badge

Field Trips

30th APR Scout Jamboree August 2013

Fun: Rocket Derby

Fun

Visionary

Marnie Gustavson

General Joe DunfordCommander, ISAF (Int’l Security Assistance Force)

& US Forces-Afghanistan, 2013 – ’14Commandant of the Marine Corps, 2014 - Present

Ambassador Ryan Crocker

Ambassador Karl Eikenberry

Famous Scouters Helped

Questions?