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Scouting Abbreviations

Look through 166 acronyms and abbreviations related to Scouting:

PKD — Pinkster Kamp Dwingeloo (European Scouting Camp for Scouts and Explorers)
L,R — left, right
NIMBY — Not In My Back Yard
WOSM — World Organization of the Scout Movement
KN — Knot
LDR — Leader
BOQ — Bachelor Officers' Quarters
RICE — Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. (For the treatment of certain leg and foot injuries.)
YPC — Young Peoples Camp
WDYB — Webelos Do Your Best
MBU — Merit Badge University
SABC — self aid and buddy care
OA — Order of the Arrow
LDR — Leadership Development Roundtable
PLTC — Patrol Leader Training Camp
CGIT — Canadian Girls in Training [in the United Church of Canada]
LDR — Leadership Development Report
LDR — Leadership Development Room
ASPL — Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
VSL — Venture Scout Leader
CKY — Camp Kill Yourself
ESU — Explorer Scout Unit
DOB — Do Our Best
APL — Assistant Patrol Leader
HMSR — Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation
GSUSA — Girl Scouts of the United States of America
NLY — No Limits Youth
WAGGGS — World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
COH — Court of Honor
PL — Patrol Leader
DYB — Do Your Best (shouted four times as part of Scouting's Wolf Cub Grand Howl) (cf. DOB)
SNE — Scouts New England
PLC — Patrol Leaders' Council
ZOB — Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa
NSO — National Scout Organization
WEBLOS — We'll Be Loyal Scouts
CIMI — Catalina Island Marine Institute
AAMES — Association of African Methodist Episcopal Scouters
DESC — District Explorer Scout Commissioner (UK)
BSA-TPC — Boy Scouts of America - Tall Pine Council
GAME — Guide, Acknowledge, Mentor, and Equip
VNJ — Vlaams Nationaal Jeugdverbond
ZHP — Zwiazek Harcerstwa Polskiego (The Polish Scout Association)
GSL — Group Scout Leader
YDO — Youth Development Organization
ECAD — Explorers Club Annual Dinner
WVSU — Woodpath Venture Scout Unit
VSU — Venture Scout Unit
IFSR — International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians
HMC — Hawk Mountain Council