about

Our troop meets at 7pm on Tuesday nights at the Troop 771 Scout Barn in Flower Mound (you will find it on Google maps), as part of the Frontier Trails District of the Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts of America. We currently have 21 active Scouts are extremely proud of the 50+ Scouts who have achieved the Eagle rank as part of our troop. The troop enjoys camping and does so once per month. Our Summer adventures have taken us to Sea Base and Philmont High Adventure locations, Camp San Isabel in Colorado, Melita Island in Montana, Camp Orr in Arkansas and Camp Constantin in Texas.

Our History

Troop 771 was formed in 2004 at Cross Timbers Church in Argyle. We are now sponsored by Scouting Ministry 771, a nonprofit corporation.  Our sponsor not only works with Troop 771, but also with our sister Troop 771G and an American Heritage Girls chapter.


Troop 771 meets at the Scout Barn, a facility dedicated to Scouting Ministry 771 for the use of the scouting organizations located adjacent to the Corp of Engineers property surrounding Grapevine Lake. The Scout Barn and surrounding property serves as a meeting place and a local campout destination. It includes meeting rooms, conference rooms, offices, and kitchen facilities to support events. The Troop has grown steadily from those meager beginnings and now serves more than 25 scouts and has over 50 Eagles Scouts since the troop formed. It draws boys from many different parts of the Argyle region. Boys come from Argyle, Flower Mound, Bartonville, Justin, Denton, Highland Village, Trophy Club, Westlake and Corinth to become part of one of best Troops in the Frontier Trails district.

 

Troop 771 emphasizes learning through boy leadership. The Scouts determine the direction, plans and agenda based on the activities they want to pursue. This is presented to the adult leadership of the Troop who helps them fine-tune, understand ramifications and finalize plans. This co-operative effort ensures the success of the Troop. Boy Scouts provides a means for growth, maturity, character and confidence by developing aptitude through teamwork, leadership, self-discipline, advancement and guidance through interaction with adults. It provides them with the ability to learn and grow through fun and interaction with peers. Boy Scout growth comes through rank advancement. This is accomplished through a Scout’s desire to grab the next rung. It also comes through encouragement from parents, adult leaders and fellow Scouts. Each rank helps the Scout to develop new skills, talents and interests; and merit badges provide learning opportunities relating to other interests such as first aid, camping, athletics, or one of more than 120 others.

Upper ranks require the Scout to take an active part in the leadership of the troop. That helps develop his self-confidence and maturity. This also gives him an opportunity to re-enforce what he has been taught by teaching others those same skills. It’s not so much about what he can take as it is to what he can give back. It is our goal to pin the rank of Eagle on each of our Scouts; an honor that is known world-wide. But, we realize that that is not possible. However, it is our commitment as adult leaders to train young boys to become young men. We strive to help them develop skills that will help them become better leaders in the community, boardroom, battlefield or wherever their dreams lead them.

We envision these young men becoming fully-equipped to meet the challenges of being a better husband, father and an example to others.

Our Leadership

Every person with a background of successful scouting will tell you that it can’t be accomplished without the unfailing support of parents. There are five primary roles for adults in Troop 771:

  • Scoutmaster
  • Assistant Scoutmasters (ASM)
  • Committee Members (Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Advancement Chair, Outdoor Activities Coordinator, Equipment Coordinator, Training Coordinator and Chaplain)
  • Event Volunteer
  • Merit Badge Counselor

We are blessed in 771 to have strong adult leadership, including both active duty and retired Army, Marine and Navy dads, Corporate Leaders and successful Entrepreneurs.

Assistant Scoutmasters help the Scoutmaster by working with boy leaders, coordinating projects, supporting troop events, and teaching. The ASM position is not a role in which a father spends time only with his son. ASMs volunteer their time and energy for the good of all the troop’s members. Whenever possible, the adults separate themselves from the boys. This allows the troop to focus on boy leadership development. Unlike most cub scout programs, boy scouts tries to help boys learn to grow and function with others independently of their parents.


The Troop Committee consists of people that work to support the troop programs such as arranging transportation, directing fund raising activities and overseeing new scout recruiting. The Troop Committee Chairman invites a limited number of parents and others to serve on this committee. Although most parents will never be asked to serve, most parents will be approached by committee members to help on various troop projects. Event Volunteers are parents and other interested adults who donate their time and energy to assist during activities such as driving to summer camp and campouts, supporting award ceremonies, helping on special trips, and assisting with fundraising programs.


Merit Badge Counselors are adults that have some advanced knowledge of particular topics. You don’t have to be an expert. You just need a willingness to help scout to better understand the topic. To help expose a Scout to other areas of interest, upper rank advancement requires that a number of merit badges be completed. Some are “Eagle-required,” mandatory to earn the Eagle rank. Others are meant as an avenue for a Scout to gain further knowledge or insight. Examples include hiking, golf, aviation and public speaking. There are over 137 topics to choose!