Study of the Relationship between Boy Scout Experience and the Commissioned Air Force Officer

摘要

This study investigated the effects of boy scout experience on Air Force officers in the rank of captain through colonel. Data was collected using a survey instrument and infromation supplied by the US Air Force Academy and analyzed usng Chi-square hypothesis testing. The study showed that (1) Cadets with scouting experience, especially EAgle scouts, more often graduated from the Air Force Academy than those wilthout. (2) Scouting experience, especially Eagle scouts, more often graduated from the Air Force Academy below-the-zone promotions. (3) Suffiecient information is not available to determine whether military dependents or members of military-sponsored scout troops are more likely to become Air Force Officers. (4) Eagle scouts are more likely to become adult scout leaders than former non-eagle scouts or non-scouts; and (5) The Air Force appears to have the same percentage of former scouts, but a much higher percentage of Eagle scouts, than the general public.