Troop 512 is a strong, boy-run troop of over 50 boys between the ages of 11 to 17. The troop operates a year round program and conducts at least one outdoor activity each month, mainly campouts. Please click on the About Us link learn more or drop us a note via the Contact Us page.
Our meetings are held every Tuesday evening from 7 to 8:30PM at VFW Post 8315 in the Hall of Flags (the large metal building in the back) located at 1000 FM 78 Schertz, TX 78154.
Spring 2012 Merit Badge University is rapidly approaching on Saturday, May 19th at Northwest Vista College by SeaWorld. Attached below is the MBU flyer, per-requisites, map to NWV college, and a map of the campus grounds. Online registration is active on the Alamo Area Council website: 
The troop elections for March to September of 2012 has taken place and the new leaders have been elected. Click "read more" below to find out who got elected. If you if you didn't go to Troop Leadership Training (TLT) on February 25 then you need to complete makeup training on website (attached below) and finish the "take home test" to get your Trained patch and leadership credit.
Communicating with scouts/parents is one of the most important and time-consuming tasks unit leaders have. A typical scout/parent will receive multiple emails each week with reminders, information on new events, final details on upcoming events, changes in meeting schedules, volunteer requests, etc. For each of these, a unit leader will post content to website AND send an email to the appropriate group.The EBlast feature simplifies this process by sending out a weekly email to all unit members with new/updated website content from the last 7 days and a list of upcoming events. We are testing this new feature and would like your feedback.
The sign-up process for the 2013 Philmont Expedition unofficially began on Tuesday, February 7th. We realize that for many of you Philmont is the “great unknown”. So, we have scheduled a Scout and Parent briefing session to provide information about Philmont and the Troop’s upcoming trip. We will also start taking commitments from those interested in participating. Login and use the links below for more details.
Notice that small blue text in the upper right hand corner of every calendar post or news item? Well those are content categories that can be used to filter out extraneous information that does not directly apply to you. Login and click on the Read More link below (and to the right in this section) to see how to use this function.
Tired of waiting for the quarterly email containing the massive PDF file of the latest troop roster? Well you might want to sit down because it's now online for members who have logged in to this website. Just click on Troop Roster from the left side menu and be prepared to be amazed as bits and bytes are wrangled across the internet to give you the name and phone number of the new kid who joined your patrol last week. And if that was not exciting enough all this information is generated directly from our TroopMaster database maintained by our Advancement Chair. Ok that was probably not very exciting to you, so try clicking on your Scout's name on the roster to display all his current advancement information! When did Johnny complete First Class rank, it's online, what merit badges has he completed, it's in there, what are the winning lotto numbers, it's... well maybe in the next version. After the wave of exhilaration starts to wear off, take a moment to verify that your phone contact information is up to date and let us know if any changes are in order.
