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In 1970, a group of experienced Sea Scout officers met at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Their purpose was to explore the possibilities of an advanced management training experience for Sea Scout ship and administrative leaders. The result of this meeting was the Sea Scout Seabadge Conference.
A curriculum was developed and the first Seabadge Conference was held a year later at the U.S. Coast Guard training facility on Governor's Island, Alameda, California. The program was repeated a few months later at the U.S. Coast Guard Station, Los Angeles, California, and then spread throughout the Northeast region and the Midwest.
Recognizing the value of the program, the national committee on Sea Scouting appointed a special committee to gather the best techniques from the courses that had been conducted and consolidate them into a standard Seabadge Conference Guide. Further refinements led to this guidebook, which represents the official Seabadge Conference outline for the Boy Scouts of America. The current version was updated in 2002.
The purposes of the Seabadge experience are:
The Seabadge conference is an official part of the adult leader training program of the Boy Scouts of America. As such, this conference guide should be followed carefully in the presentation of the conference material. Minor adjustments may be necessary because of the portion of the country involved, but care should be taken that all learning objectives are met for each conference period.
These types of recognitions are available for the Seabadge program:
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The Seabadge certificate is to be presented to each participant upon successful completion of the conference. |
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The Seabadge recognition emblem is presented to the participants upon the successful completion of the Seabadge Conference. This emblem consists of a silver trident within a circle of olive leaves, the ancient symbol of Neptune's leadership over his dominions of the sea combined within a circle of friendship. The three prongs of the trident are symbolic of the three purposes of the Boy Scouts of America and the fact that the Seabadge participant is a spearhead of Sea Scouting in attaining the program objectives of the Boy Scouts of America. |
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There is a trident "square knot" emblem available to all Seabadge participants. |
The Seabadge conference is intended to be conducted over a weekend starting with a dinner meeting on Friday evening and concluding with a Sunday luncheon. Fifteen conference periods are involved in presenting the Seabadge material. Purposes or learning objectives have been established for each of these periods.
Seabadge conference participants must have met the following requirements before the opening of the Seabadge conference:
Central Region SB-4-IL-2010: Date: April 30-May 2, 2010, Location: Camp Lowden, Illinois. Cost: $95. Contact: David Whiteside, 815-568-6183. Northeast Region SB-2-NY-2010: Date: October 1-3, 2010, Location: U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York, Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, NY. Cost: $160. Contact: Noel E. Guzman, Course Director.
Western Region SB-3-CA-2010: Date: October 1-3, 2010. Location: U.S. Naval Base, Port Hueneme, California. Cost: $90. Contact: Jim Elroy, course director. Telephone: 305-798-8130; fax: 805-648-3009.
Southern Region SB-1-TX-2010: Date: November 19-21, 2010. Location: Camp Strake Conference Center, Conroe, Texas. Cost: $150. Contact: Cassie Johnson, course director. Website: www.texas-seabadge.org
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