Troop blog

Troop 443 is proud to congratulate two new Eagle Scouts! In October 2026, Vedant and Pranav both earned the rank of Eagle Scout, Scouting’s highest honor — two Eagles in the same month is something special for our troop. Vedant…

What a year it has been for Troop 443! From the rifle range to the deck of a battleship to the hills of Catalina Island, here is a look back at what our scouts have been up to. Shooting Sports…

Amit Srivastava March 31st, 2015 My journey into boy scouts began  when I brought my son to his first Troop 443 meeting. There I saw a person at the podium, who was calm, collected and had command over his troop. Not having…

Amit Srivastava Tonight we are here to celebrate your success. As scouts go through the journey  from being a  scout to an Eagle. Each of the scouts learn a lot during that journey. As a scout the first thing you learn…

Amit Srivastava Today I have the pleasure to see two Eagle’s soar out of our Troop’s nest. A Scoutmaster learns something new at every Court of Honor, especially an Eagle Court of Honor. So what have I learned today?  …

Written by Amit Srivastava The Chinese have a saying, “The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.”  There’s a lesson for us in that. I am thinking of advancement. If you come to troop meetings without ever looking in…

Written by Scoutmaster Amit Srivastava. Takashi and Keenan earlier recited  the scout oath as they have done several hundreds of times as part of their scouting journey.   As parents you would have heard it multiple times in scout meetings  and…

I took over Troop 443 as a Scoutmaster over 5 years back in 2012. I had taken over from a Scoutmaster who himself was an Eagle Scout and knew every aspect of scouting. Not having experienced scouting as a child,…