If we help send them in the right direction, then we've contributed. Now, the 14th National Boy Scout Jamboree is over. The Army has reclaimed its territory. The hilly, wooded landscape of Fort A.P. Hill is no longer dotted with thousands of blue and green tents. Sounds of excited boyhood banter can no longer be heard.
Tent City is no more.
But the important lessons passed on by the volunteer Sailors will stay with the Scouts well past the long bus ride back to their corner of the country. Looking toward the 21st century, the skills they marched away with will serve them well. Operations Specialist 3rd Class Jay Cordle believes the Sailors' volunteer effort at the Jamboree was very important. If they see a positive reflection in us, they might decide to pursue a career in the Navy. In 1960, a Boy Scout named Jay Johnson attended a National Scouting Jamboree where he saw then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower.