Troop 230

Troop 230 or Thiếu Đoàn Đinh Bộ Lĩnh is Vietnamese American Troop of Boy Scout of America (BSA) in San Jose, California. Our troop is parted of BSA's Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay Council, Coyote District. Since 1981, we are part of Liên Đoàn (multi-units) Diên Hồng. We meet at Yerba Buena High School-San Jose, at 9:45AM-12:00PM on Sunday.

We are committed towards instilling a sense of brotherhood in each Boy Scout and inspiring each individual to make a difference in the world around us. In average annually, our troop received 10-15 Cub Scouts from Pack 216. We celebrated 5-8 Life Scouts become Eagle Scouts.

Troop 230 also served a number events of council, district, Vietnamese community and participated in US National Jamboree and World Jamboree 2019, Scout O-Rama, Vietnamese Scouting Day, Vietnamese Tet Celebration, monthly community flag ceremony, etc.

(Troop 230 is named after a Vietnamese youth who was known for war strategist in tall grass fields while watching water buffalo (chăn trâu). In 968, Đinh Bộ Lĩnh or Đinh Tiên Hoàng become the first king after put down civil war of 12 clans and united Vietnam into one country. )

Join Troop 230

Troop 230 requires standard Boy Scout of America (BSA) application process and uniform including Class A and Class B.

Registration and Fees

Applications include:

BSA Youth Application (first time or rejoin later)
Health Form AB (annually renewal)
Liên Đoàn Diên Hồng - Participation Agreement / Cam Kết với Nội Quy của LĐ Diên Hồng
LD Annual Renew Form (annually after first time registration)

Fees include:

BSA membership for each scout (annually, non-refundable)
LD Dien Hong - Family Membership (annually, by family)
Optional: Subscription to Boy Life Magazine

Please check with Scout Master or Parent Committee member(s) for updated fee amount.

Uniform

Uniform can be purchased from Scout Shop Online or at South Bay Scout Shop on Julian Street, in San Jose.

BSA Class A - Tan Shirt with Green Pants or Short and LD Dien Hong Cap
Class B - LD Dien Hong or Troop 230 T-Shirt

Before Taking Scout Oath

After Taking Scout Oath

Organization and Advancement

Our troop annually registers 60-80 members. To help operate , we have a number of officers including Adult Scout Leaders (Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster) , Youth Scout Leaders (Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Assistant Leader and other officers positions) and many Younger Scouts.

Patrol Structure

Our Youth Leadership Officers are rotated and voted every 6 months. This gives all senior scouts opportunity to learn and build leadership skills at different positions.

Senior Patrol Leader:

Patrol Leader - xxxx:

Troop 230 - Organization Chart

Ranking

BSA published a frequent Guideline for Advancement (latest edition in 2019). However, there are a number of online resources help simplifying the requirements for Scout to work on and processes. For details, contact Scoutmaster, Senior Patrol Leader, Troop Guide and Program Counselor of Troop 230.

BSA Official - Scout Rank Requirements

(depend on scout's level of interest and schedule availability)

BSA Merit Badge (last updated 2020)

There are 14 category of skills a scout can work on. Each will be given a merit badge. There are workshops available for Scout to work on merit badge or participate in Summer Camp. All merit badges has no limit of time to complete, except must be before the scout turning 18 years old.

Eagle Scout must completed 21 required merit badges and at least be at Life Scout Rank.

Eagle Palm - Bronze, Silver, Gold are given to Eagle Scout who received incremental of 5, 10, 15 merit badges more than 21 required for Eagle.

During Covid-19, these social distance merit badges can be completed at home.

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Official Troop Photo Library

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