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Chiefly Thoughts

Letter from the National Chief

My Brothers, It was so great to see all of you at NOAC 2022....

Chiefly Speaking - March 2021

Section Leaders,...

Chiefly Speaking: Redefining 2020's Impact

Brothers, It is hard to believe that we already find ourselves more than halfway through the year. This week, we are...

Chiefly Speaking: From the National Chief Regarding COVID-19

Brothers, Our world has experienced a lot of change in recent days, and I want to take a moment to address...

Letter from the National Chief and Vice Chief

Chiefs, It is hard to believe that only a few short weeks stand between this moment and the beginning of a...

National Chief's Address

Brothers, Thank you all for an amazing conference. The memories I made are ones I will remember forever - they would...

Thoughts On Cheerfulness

When Chingachgook, Chief of the Delaware people, created a brotherhood that would memorialize the efforts of his son, Uncas, and...

Thoughts on An Arrowman's Primary Duty

Regardless of who we are, where we're from, and when we became members, each of us inducted as youth have...

Thoughts on The Nature of Camping

The founders of both the Scouting Movement and the Order of the Arrow valued camping as a way to teach...

Thoughts on Brotherhood and Fellowship

When Dr. Goodman founded our great and honored Order, he glimpsed a vision. This vision was his dream of unity...