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Chiefly Thoughts

Chiefly Speaking: Redefining 2020's Impact

Brothers, It is hard to believe that we already find ourselves more than halfway through the year. This week, we are...

Chiefly Speaking: From the National Chief Regarding COVID-19

Brothers, Our world has experienced a lot of change in recent days, and I want to take a moment to address...

Letter from the National Chief and Vice Chief

Chiefs, It is hard to believe that only a few short weeks stand between this moment and the beginning of a...

National Chief's Address

Brothers, Thank you all for an amazing conference. The memories I made are ones I will remember forever - they would...

Thoughts on Servant Leaders and The Great Outdoors

The vast forests, fields, oceans, and mountains of the United States have become our most vital resources in the Boy...

Thoughts on A Thing of the Spirit

In 1915, Dr. E. Urner Goodman founded an organization that would have a great impact on the Scouting movement. Our...

Thoughts on Tradition

The nature of the Order of the Arrow can be ascribed in many ways to the ideals that Lord Baden-Powell...

Thoughts On Brotherhood Around the Country

When we think of a brother, we generally think of a sibling, both younger and older. Someone who shared childhood...

Thoughts On Cheerfulness

When Chingachgook, Chief of the Delaware people, created a brotherhood that would memorialize the efforts of his son, Uncas, and...

Thoughts on An Arrowman's Primary Duty

Regardless of who we are, where we're from, and when we became members, each of us inducted as youth have...

Thoughts on The Nature of Camping

The founders of both the Scouting Movement and the Order of the Arrow valued camping as a way to teach...