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Massanutten Military Academy Troop 1899 Scouting Staff

Troop Committee Chairman: Colonel Roy F. Zinser, USA (Ret), President, Massanutten Military Academy. Troop Committee Chairman since the troop reorganized in 2005.  Eagle Scout, Vigil Honor Order of the Arrow.

Scoutmaster Troop 1899: Mr. Joe Babcock, Massanutten Military Academy, Director of Activities and Community Service, Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow Vigil Member, Merit Badge Counselor, Trained Scoutmaster, and is Wood Badge certified. Joe has been on 15 different Boy Scout camp staffs, completed five National Camp Schools and was a professional Scouter for seven years.

Committee Member, LTC James W. DeLaney, USA (Ret.), Director of Communications. Jim is a retired Army Public Affairs Officer and is also a retired Associate Director of Editorial for the Boy Scouts of America National Office. He has a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Before coming to MMA, he was Director of Public Affairs for Kemper Military School and College, Boonville, Mo. He is a member of Troop 1899 and Troop 111 committees. He also serves as Vice President for Marketing and Public Affairs for the Shenandoah Area Council, BSA, and is an active leader in his church. He is an Eagle Scout and has a son who is also an Eagle Scout. He serves as counselor for Communications and Journalism merit badges.

Assistant Scoutmaster Matt Klus

Assistant Scoutmaster Roy Combs

Committee Member Rich Kurtz

Committee Member Rich Chiarolanzio

Committee Member Martin Reid, Parent

 

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