service project star

[scoutcreek]

Where do you put a service star on a uniform

[Scouting Mom]

Centered above the left pocket. But there is no "project" involved in getting one.

[scoutldr]

I should know better than to try to quote uniform regulations, but I'll try again...

 

Service stars are awarded for each year of registered membership in the BSA. The plastic backings indicate the program...yellow for Cubs, Green for Boy Scouts, Blue for adults, etc. You wear only ONE star of each color (with the appropriate number on them), until you get into the 20's and 30's, then you can wear, as I do, a 30 and a 2 to indicate 32 years of membership. Adults may combine all their years of membership into a blue star, or they may wear stars of each color, as appropriate. Sometimes, I will wear a yellow, green, red (Explorers) and blue to signify that I went through those programs.

 

Another pet peeve of mine is when I see someone wearing three yellow or green or blue stars...when they get a new one, they just add it to the one already there. That's not really correct, because the stars are additive.