In 1911, four years after Scouting began in Great Britain, Lord Baden-Powell began training Scouters through a series of lectures. This led to the first Wood Badge training course for Scoutmasters held eight years later at Gilwell Park near London. In 1936, an experimental Wood Badge course was conducted in the United States at the Schiff Scout Reservation. Then in 1948, the first American Wood Badge course was introduced in the United States as advanced training for trainers of Boy Scout leaders. Later, the program was extended to include troop committee members, commissioners, and Explorer leaders.

Experiments began in the late 1960s with a leadership development Wood Badge course emphasizing eleven leadership skills of "competencies." This program was launched in 1972 in support of a major revision of the Boy Scout phase of the program. In 1978, an evaluation of the Boy Scout Leader Wood Badge course revealed a need for greater emphasis on the practical aspects of good troop operation. The course now provides a blend of Scoutcraft skills and practical troop operation, mixed with a variety of leadership exercises. The course is under constant review for possible areas of further refinement.

Beaver	Bobwhite	Eagle	Fox	Owl	Bear	Buffalo	Antelope
Harald Marum NE - 112	Rick Szafran  SR - 200	Jack Jolly  SE - 284	Bill Schwab  SR - 100	Lee McDermott  SR - 306	John Kehoe  SE - 569	Pam Campbell  SR - 100	Ricky Cardenas  SR - 306
Larry Banks  SR - 100	Keith Cross  SR - 306	Barry Shelton  SR - 306	Bill Hunnicutt  SR - 306	John Mounts SR-855	Rob Martin  SE - 613	Tom Nasko  SR - 200	Cliff Summers SR-702
Bobby Gudger  SR - 489	Kevin King  SR - 489	Jeff Nye SR-855	Tanya Hartje  SR - 406	Barry Douthitt SR-306	Ted Gantt  SR - 100	Bob Marum  SR - 306	Dan Hardesty SR-855
Michael Hartje SR-489	Don Almond SR-855	Keith Napier SR-855	Ozzie Holshouser  SR - 406	Barry Douthitt S5-415-11-1	Charlie Phillips  SR - 306	Jamie Redies  SR - 406	Roger Kincaid SR-933
Dave McDonnell SR-702	Juan Lorenzo SR-1015	Pat Levesque 82-61	Brad Vice SR-489		Kevin Pitton SR-855	David Ruggles SR-702
Michael Turner SR-782	Mark Chapman SE-395	Steve Moore SR-1015	Craig Orr SR-702		Chris Sokley SR-855	Bruce James SR-933
		Eddie Shaner SR-1037	Matt Fox SR-782		Ken Key SR-933
			Val Hardesty SR-933		Tanya Hartje SR-CS-9
			Pat Levesque SR-933		Darren Siegler SR-782
					Ken Hilton SR-782

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	Larry Banks -- SR-855	Tanya Hartje -- SR-933
	Craig Orr -- S5-415-12