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> updated 04/06/14
The National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE, shown above) or National Youth Leadership
Training (NYLT, shown below) emblems are considered "temporary insignia" by the BSA and
ARE NOT JAMBOREE EMBLEMS -- therefore CAN NOT be worn in the location for Jamboree insignia
(even if you're not going to a Jamboree). The space for a World or National Jamboree emblem was decided by
INTERNATIONAL agreement and not something that a local Council can change on their own. The proper
location for either emblem is on the red or blue jac-shirt, centered on the right pocket with the large eight-inch
NAYLE emblem centered on the back side (or below the Order of the Arrow or National Eagle Scout Association
back patch).
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Insignia
Boy Scout
Belt
Legacy
Skill Awards
Skill Awards
(The following information is provided for historical purposes only; the Skill Award recognition program ended in the BSA in the late 80s. There are plenty of these belt loops out there however, and Scouters should not use them as part of any advancement or recognition program.)
As part of the "Improved Scouting Program" which started in the fall of 1972, the Skill Award was introduced as part of the basic Scouting skill component (Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class). Twelve brass belt loops with stamped and painted designs, were a part of the advancement program until 1989.
During this period, Scouts would complete a skill award as part of meeting the requirements toward Tenderfoot (requiring a Scout to earn the Citizenship and one other skill award), Second Class (requiring a Scout to earn First Aid and Hiking skill awards and one more for a total of five skill awards) and First Class (which required the Scout to earn Camping and Cooking skill award and one more for a total of eight of the 12 skill awards).
The skill awards are shown here in alphabetical order:
  
Camping/Citizenship/Communications
  
Community Living/Conservation/Cooking
 
Environment/Family Living
 
There were two versions of the First Aid skill award made. In 1975, the American Red Cross asked the BSA to stop using the Red Cross on their patches because it was deemed as an American Red Cross endorsement of the award. In that year, both the First Aid skill award and the Emergency Prepardness merit badges changed their design slightly to use a green cross instead of a red cross, after coordinating with the National Safety Council, which owns the trademark "green cross". This is also the reason why the First Aid merit badge has a red background; and the Safety merit badge has a green background.
  
Hiking/Physical Fitness/Swimming
The program was not popular with many Scouters which led to its demise. The belt loops were very expensive as far as recognition was concerned; the loops clanked and was easily lost; and many Scouts viewed the belt loops as a childish thing, better for Cub Scouts than Boy Scouts. The BSA listened and developed belt loops for its Academic and Sports program option for Cub Scouts in the 90s. This too, went away in 2014 as part of the revised Cub Scouting program.
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