District Answers
for questions that have been asked
GMA Ceremonies
To date in 2012, there have been 4 Gold Medal of Achievement presented in North Texas.
A GMA ceremony honoring Jeremy Morgan and Jeremy Seth Caldwell from First A/G in Garland is pending.
Leaders Training
Training Academy Scheduled for Fall 2012
If you
are interested in being a Certified Instructor please contact
Rick Adkinson. There will be no
application posted on the website. You must contact
Rick Adkinson for information and
applications. If you have any questions please contact
Rick Adkinson.
Boys Training
Boys Training for 2012 is currently being planned. It will be posted once completed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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- How can I get a Gold Eagle or Ranger Kids Gold Track medal for a boy in my outpost?
- How can I get a Gold Eagle or Ranger Kids Gold Track medal for a boy in my outpost?
- I have a boy who has completed his work for the Gold Medal of Achievement. What do I need to do?
- How do I become a certified instructor?
- How do I join FCF?
- How have the local leadership insignia changed?
- How have leadership titles changed?
- How have district staff insignia changed?
- Have the district strip and outpost numerals been redesigned?
- How and when do we transition from the current titles and design to the new?
- How do I get my FCF information updated?
When should I charter my outpost ?
- The national charter period is from August 15 to October 31 each year. Chartering is an annual process, and your charter expires at the end of August each year. That means that your benefits of chartering, especially your 15% discount on all Royal Rangers merchandise from GPH, expires on August 31. If you happen to miss the October 31 deadline, that’s OK. You can still charter, but you may have missed some of the benefits of chartering.
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How can I get a Gold Eagle or Ranger Kids Gold Track medal for a boy in my outpost?
- Since the Gold Eagle medal was started several years ago leaders have been able to go to the GPH website and order the medal whenever a boy had completed all of the requirements. Since March 2010 if you go to the GPH website you find that you can’t order them anymore. They haven’t disappeared. There is now an application that you need to complete and send into the national Royal Rangers office. Once the application is processed you will receive the Gold Eagle and a certificate for the boy from the national office. Check our forms page for a link to this application.
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I have a boy who has completed his work for the Gold Medal of Achievement. What do I need to do?
- The Gold Medal of Achievement requires some extra processing beyond what is done for the other medals for boys. The application for the GMA (available from our Forms page) needs to be sent to the district director for processing (e-mail address on our Staff page). He will contact you to arrange an interview with the GMA candidate, and after the interview the application will be forwarded to the national Royal Rangers office for processing.
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How have the local leadership insignia changed?
- Previously referred to as commanders bars or rank insignia (for leaders and boys), local office insignia have been migrated from the collar to the left sleeve and from metallic pins to embroidered patches. These patches include Velcro® backing and footprint, allowing for periodic change (when, for instance, a boy moves from being an assistant patrol leader to a patrol leader). The change from pin to patch reduces costs and makes the utility uniform more functional for Rangers activities.
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How have leadership titles changed?
- Pastor (remains the same)
- Outpost Chaplain (remains the same)
- Senior Commander = Outpost Coordinator
- Assistant Outpost Coordinator (newly created position)
- Outpost Councilman = Outpost Committee
- Commander = Churches can use the term Commander or the term Group Leader; there is a local office insignia for each. The terms mean the same.
- Lt. Commander = Assistant Commander or Assistant Group Leader
- Junior Commander = Junior Commander or Junior Group Leader
- Senior Patrol Guide = Senior Patrol Leader
- Patrol Guide = Patrol Leader
- Assistant Patrol Guide = Assistant Patrol Leader
- Quartermaster = Gear Manager
- Scribe = Communications Specialist
- Historian (remains the same)
- Chaplain Aide = Chaplain's Aide
- Scout (remains the same)
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How have district staff insignia changed?
- All district-level organizational leaders will wear one of two organizational office insignia on their collar. (Metallic on their dress uniform—previously referred to as Class A or B—and embroidered patch on their utility uniform.)
- All non-executive district staff members (such as area, section, division, auxiliary staff, etc.) will wear the district staff insignia with a silver starburst on a navy blue field.
- All executive district staff members (including district director, training coordinator, outreach coordinator, FCF president, communications coordinator, etc.) will wear the district executive staff insignia with a silver starburst and silver wreath on a navy blue field.
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Have the district strip and outpost numerals been redesigned?
- Yes. The geographic patch, previously known as the district strip, and the outpost numerals have both been reshaped and resized. The geographic patch has been redesigned with a flat edge along the bottom making it easy to align the outpost numerals. Both the geographic patches and numerals have been reduced in size for use on boys’ and adult’s uniforms allowing space below the outpost numerals for boys’ advancement patches and leaders’ training level patches above the roll-up sleeve tab and button on the utility uniform.
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How and when do we transition from the current titles and design to the new?
- We recommend an immediate transition, but the final date for transition is July 31, 2011.
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How do I get my FCF information updated?
- Contact the FCF Scribe. All updates received from the FCF Scribe will be updated online within 2 hours.
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