Troop 198 Plano

Scott McLain 🦅 in 2019. He is the son of one of our current and long time leaders Rob McLain.

*Troop 198 ALUMNI! Where are you today?? What are you doing?? *

🎺 Rising Star: Scott McLain | Thomas Dunne enjoys a conversation across the Atlantic with American euphonium artist, Scott McLain - Dallas Brass Band 🇺🇸 Whitburn Band 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

https://www.brassbandworld.uk/features/5770/rising-star-scott-mclain-on-finding-his-voice

Today our small Troop put out almost 600 flags in Canyon Creek and Jackson Neighborhoods.
*🇺🇸 Memorial Day*🇺🇸 is celebrated to honor and mourn the U.S. military personnel who died in service to their country. Originally established to honor Civil War soldiers, it now commemorates all American service members who lost their lives in any war or conflict.
We share our storage trailer with Cub Scout Pack 262 Richardson and Troop 1001 from Northern Trail District. Team Work!!

This is awesome!! 👏🏼 But seems “all” military and allied groups are NOT covered. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’ll have to see how this works when we do recharter/renewal year end… which I am told is also changing to a February 28 (!) date annually. Will have to figure all this out when the time comes! 😘😆 Who wants to be Committee Chair for our 💕FABULOUS 💕 Troop 198 Plano??!!??

Scouting America Military Family Fee Waiver

Effective June 1, 2026, Scouting America is expanding access to Scouting for military-connected youth by waiving the $85 national youth registration fee for eligible families. This program applies to youth members only and is available for both new and renewing online registrations. The initiative is funded nationally through philanthropic efforts.

Eligible families include those with current service in the Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard. The waiver covers only the national youth registration fee, reducing the $85 cost to $0 after the required verification and discount code process is completed. Local council fees, unit dues, optional add-ons such as Scout Life magazine, and processing fees may still apply.

To receive the waiver, families should select “Get Military Discount Code” during the online registration process, complete the verification steps, receive the verification code, and enter it at checkout. Once the code is applied, the national registration fee is reduced to $0.

Scouting America notes that the $85 fee may initially appear during checkout but will be removed after the verification code is entered. The waiver is available only for online registrations.

Flags at City of Plano!!
Troop Meeting after on campfire 🔥 programs

We cannot thank our SMs and ASMs enough!!

Earlier this year, we had a “Changing of the Troop Guards” for 2026
We honored and thanked Rob McLain who is our founding Girl Troop SM since 2018 and longtime ASM and welcomed new SM for Boys, Cale Dingman and SM Brennan Hadden did a switcharoo to the Girl side.

Another great COH - a first troop ceremony for our newly crossed over cubs!

April Campout! ORIENTEERING with NTOA at Tyler State Park. Lots of fun challenges. Team work or with a buddy.

Our First Eagle of the year 2026! Congratulations Jonathan!! Well done. Look forward to you being an “adult” troop member very soon! 😘 thank you to District Rep John Schneider and our Advancement chair Nhat Nguyen and advancement team for all their efforts and time.

Troop had a great campout doing natural rock harness climbing at Mineral Wells State Park. Amazing partnership between a troop and a venture crew!
HUGE shoutout to Jonah Wolff and CREW 80 and our very own Lead Climbing Instructor Don Rowley from Chisholm Trail District for their support, training guidance and resources. Could not have done it without y’all. Thank you so much!