2023 National Jamboree

12:00PM: So You Want to Change Careers?
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | STEM Quest, 481 Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
STEM Quest will host : So you want to change careers? Discover how lessons learned in Scouting paved the way on July 24th at noon.
Mr. Svendsen was a Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Explorer growing up in Boston, Massachusetts. He worked in Telecommunications for 30 years. Subsequently, realizing the need to train the next generation of techies, he taught high school math for 20 years. He currently is a Scout Commissioner.

12:00PM-1:00PM: Jim "Doc" McCloughan Speech
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Mariott Leadership Center, Valley Loop, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
On Monday July 24th at 1pm 1 of only 66 living recipients of our nations highest military honor, Jim “Doc” McCloughan, will be be at the Medal of Honor Society tent signing patches, taking photos, and helping Scouts earn the rare 2023 Medal of Honor Scout Jamboree patch. Jim McCloughan will be speaking at Leadership Heights earlier in the day at 12pm.
He plans on spending several hours greeting Scouts and doing photos and showing sharing his thoughts with them. Tent L46 from 1pm-4pm in the Legacy area. Doc McCloughan received his Medal for valorous actions in Vietnam saving dozens of men during an ambush firefight in the jungle.

12:00PM-1:00PM: Scouting Doesn't End (for Adult Leaders)
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Basecamp Charlie Pavilion
Scouting doesn’t end. (1 hr) (For any interested adults) Get a hands-on feel for the Older Youth Programs of the BSA; find out what makes VESSI (Venturing, Explorers, Sea Scouts, and International Scouting) special, and learn how YOUR unit can benefit from the presence of Older Youth Programs in your council! Earn your training key by attendance at this lunch-and-learn program. FOR ADULT LEADERS.

12:00PM-1:00PM: Kazoo Museum
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
The Jamboree is host to the third largest kazoo museum in the USA. Learn about the history of this all-American instrument, its role in advertising, and some of the more unusual kazoo shapes out there in the world! Open to all.

12:00PM-1:00PM: Community Lunch, hosted by the Scouts of Color Community Space
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Celebrating Humanity – Community Gathering
Beat the heat! Have your lunch with the DEI Team! Bring your trail lunch and we’ll provide shade, ice cold water, and soft drinks! All are welcome.

12:00PM-12:30PM: Why Should Your Church Charter Scouts?
2023-07-24 12:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Duty To God & Country Community Space

11:30AM-1:00PM: Ready, Aim, and Dry-Fire a Cannon!
2023-07-24 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Napoleon Cannon at the NPS Tent near Boulder Cover
Scouts can learn how to dry fire an 1862, 12-pound Napoleon Cannon at the NPS Tent near Boulder Cover (Conservation Trail trailhead). Demos daily and times are posted at the NPS Tent.

11:00AM-10:00PM: Chat-N-Chew Open For JST Staff
2023-07-24 11:00 - 22:00 UTC | Chat-N-Chew
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11:00AM-1:00PM: Inventing Merit Badge
2023-07-24 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Inventing Merit Badge Booth in Gateway Village
Unleash your inner inventor and bring your ideas to life! Join the United States Patent and Trademark Office in discovering the Inventing Merit Badge. Come design, create, and innovate while learning what it takes to change our world through inventing and entrepreneurship.
Create your own water device, your own LED Name Badge and, your own circuit. Exciting hands-on activities for all! Offering 4 different sessions each day, 9a, 11a, 1p, and 3p – open to the first 20 participants.

11:00AM-1:00PM: Archaeology Merit Badge
2023-07-24 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Archaeology Merit Badge Booth
Presented by Council of Virginia Archaeologists and Heart of Virginia Council BSA. Experience how Archaeologists study our past and preserve it for future generations. Scouts will earn the merit badge by participating in a 2-hour activity session.

11:00AM-12:00PM: The Order of the Arrow in BSA's Post-Bankruptcy Era
2023-07-24 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Alumni Adventure Complex

11:00AM-12:00PM: Discussion Hour: Trans and Non-Binary Identified, hosted by the LGBTQ+ and Allied Scouts Community Space
2023-07-24 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Celebrating Humanity – Community Gathering
If you identify as trans or non-binary you are invited to join this discussion group to meet others and learn the best way to support Scouts.

11:00AM-11:30AM: USMC Brass Band
2023-07-24 11:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Summit Center Stage

11:00AM-11:30AM: A History of Scouts of Color, hosted by the Scouts of Color Community Space
2023-07-24 11:00 - 11:30 UTC | Celebrating Humanity – Community Gathering
Let’s have a fun talk and learn how Scouting shaped the lives of several historical Scouts of Color. Prizes will be given out for right answers.

10:30AM-12:30PM: OYP Training: Improve Your Marksmanship with Laser Simulators
2023-07-24 10:30 - 12:30 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Through active instruction and coached practice using simulators, explore the five fundamentals of marksmanship for rifles and pistols. This is a certificate-bearing course; limited to 12 participants (ages 14-20) per offering

10:30AM: Be Prepared Statue Unveiling
2023-07-24 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Subcamp A1 (Family Adventure Camp)
Be Prepared statue unveiling, Monday, July 24, at 10:30 a.m. near the entrance to Subcamp A1 (Family Adventure Camp). Come celebrate the unveiling of a beautiful statue dedicated to our youngest members: Cub Scouts.

10:00AM-5:00PM: LTG Evans- U.S. NORTHCOM Commander- Multiple Engagements
2023-07-24 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Entire National Jamboree 2023, 2550 Jack Furst Dr, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States

10:00AM-4:00PM: Day Visitors Check In Open
2023-07-24 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | J.W. and Hazel Ruby West Virginia Welcome Center, 55 Hazel Ruby Lane, Mt Hope,, WV, 25880, United States

10:00AM-12:00PM: General Dynamics Electric Boat Sea Perch Activity
2023-07-24 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Tillerson Building, Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
General Dynamics Electric Boat Sea Perch Activity, in collaboration with Submarine Industrial Base, University of Connecticut and University of Rhode Island will offer a limited number of spaces for Scouts to participate on July 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th. The underwater robot activity is not one you will want to miss!

10:00AM: So You Want To Be An App Developer?
2023-07-24 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | STEM Quest, 481 Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Jonathan Johnson has been a computer programmer, general technologist and manager for 20 years. He will discuss his career and how he uses logic to solve problems on a daily basis.

9:15AM-10:15AM: OYP Training SIRT Pistol
2023-07-24 09:15 - 10:15 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Earn the NRA Pistol Marksmanship Simulator Course Certificate for Pistol by learning and doing using a virtual training system. OPEN TO AGES 14-20.

9:00AM-5:00PM: OYP Chill Zone
2023-07-24 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | OYP Subcamp (D3) Chill Zone, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
A quiet place for Older Youth Program participants and 18+ scouts to hang out. Features a VESSI merchandise station and the TL:DR Tiny Library. Play some cards, make a duct-tape flower, make new friends, catch up with old ones. OYP Subcamp (D3). Hours vary.

9:00AM-4:30PM: Titan Challenge
2023-07-24 09:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Justice Heights Mountain
The Titan Challenge is an adventure obstacle course program that covers two miles of the Justice Heights Mountain with on-trail challenges of varying degrees of difficulty. Participants will run, climb, jump, carry, and lift through 22 stations along the course. Scouts will challenge themselves through their individual grit, teamwork, tenacity, and creativity to complete the tasks along the trail. Ring the bell at the summit half-way point to celebrate.

Titan Challenge will operate from 9AM to 4:30PM on normal program days.
The Titan Challenge has no special policies for participation. Participants are encouraged to do their best on each of the obstacles but can simply move on if any element is too difficult.
Scouts who complete the Challenge will be able to get a special tattoo stamp and a passport stamp toward a limited edition Challenge Base Camp patch as a token of the achievement.

“The Titan Challenge is located uphill from Subcamp Delta 3, at the corner of Loop Rd. and Echo Pass. “

9:00AM-4:30PM: Alumni Adventure Complex Exhibits
2023-07-24 09:00 - 16:30 UTC | Alumni Adventure Complex inside the NESA Exhibit.
During the entire National Jamboree, the Alumni Adventure Complex will be host to the following Alumni Groups, including (Affiliated Groups) Order of the Arrow Alliance, The Philmont Staff Association, and the Summit Bechtel Reserve Staff Association; (Affinity (Professional) Groups) Legal Professionals, Educators, Natural Resource, Health Care Professionals, and Emergency Management, and the Sons of the American Revolutions BSA Partners. The Alumni Exhibit will also host the following High Adventure Bases including Philmont Scout Ranch, Sea Base, Northern Tier, and the Summit Bechtel Reserve.

9:00AM-4:30PM: Combining Your Eagle and DCSA Projects
2023-07-24 09:00 - 16:30 UTC | Alumni Adventure Complex inside the NESA Exhibit.
Scouts, Venturers, and Sea Scouts, are you interested in conservation? Did you know that the Distinguished Conservation Service Award (DCSA) is the highest conservation award in Scouting and is one of the rarest recognitions? Did you also know that one of your DCSA projects could also be used to fulfill the Eagle Scout Project requirement? If you would like to learn more about how you could receive double credit for one of your DCSA Projects, come by the NESA Exhibit in the Alumni Adventure Complex and see Mr. Mike Perkins, who will share with you and help you understand the process of earning your DCS and Eagle Scout Awards. The NESA Exhibit is open daily from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.

9:00AM-1:00PM: Radio Merit Badge
2023-07-24 09:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Front Desk of K2BSA near Bottom of Gateway Zip
Radio Merit Badge signups are at the front desk of K2BSA located near the bottom of the Gateway Zip line overlooking the amphitheater. Look for the big antennas. Sessions run from 9 AM to 1 PM and 1PM to 5 PM. We offer the complete Radio Merit Badge, power is available for charging your phone (for those in the class–bring your cord), and a chance to talk to people and Scouts around the world. Come learn how your phone communicates to the world, how many radios are in your phone, and how to use your phone to access Amateur Radio.

9:00AM-11:00AM: Inventing Merit Badge
2023-07-24 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Inventing Merit Badge Booth in Gateway Village

9:00AM-11:00AM: Archaeology Merit Badge
2023-07-24 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Archaeology Merit Badge Booth

9:00AM-10:00AM: Fellowship Hour: Celebrating African American Culture, hosted by the Scouts of Color Community Space
2023-07-24 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | Celebrating Humanity – Community Gathering
“African American Scouts and Scouters are invited to fellowship with one another in the Scouts of Color community space.”

8:30AM-4:30PM: Professor Nitro Demonstrations (on the half-hour)
2023-07-24 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | STEM Quest, 481 Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
STEM Quest’s very own mad scientist Professor Nitro is in residence at STEM Quest for the duration of Jamboree and will be doing large scale Liquid Nitrogen experiments.
Every hour on the hour there will be a large scale energetic reaction taking place, come see it in person or HEAR about it across the Summit.
Every hour on the :30 from 8:30 to 4:40 daily we will be creating our own weather, or at least a large cloud!
Join us just outside the safety circle to observe his scientific undertakings.
