22 January 2009
Scouting Helps Army Brats
Posted by admin under: leadership .
So says Mark Abramson in Stars and Stripes.
Scouting experience has given two Army brats a leg up in their military careers.
Army 2nd Lt. Kirstin Strobel and her younger brother, Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class Nicholas Strobel, made it to the top of the scouting world: Kirstin Strobel received her Girl Scout Gold Award and her brother made Eagle Scout.
Now they are applying some of their scouting skills to what they are doing in the military.
Both credit scouting for boosting their confidence, giving them leadership skills and other abilities they said can only help them in military service.
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Kirstin Strobel, who was commissioned in May 2008 by her father, Army Col. Lawrence Strobel, used those skills to direct ROTC cadets through a leadership course at Fort Knox, Ky. She is now in the process of becoming a medical services officer at Camp Humphreys, South Korea.
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Nicholas Strobel said being outdoors in the Boy Scouts and learning survival skills have given him an advantage over his Air Force Academy peers. The academy sophomore plans to be an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot.
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The skills that the pair learned before ever putting on a military uniform are qualities that their father said he recognizes in many former scouts who serve under his command. Lawrence Strobel is commander of the Headquarters Support Group for Joint Force Command in Brunssum, Netherlands.
And now the youngest is working on his Eagle rank and wants to fly helicopters. Scouting hones leadership skills. But you knew that already, didn’t you?
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