Brad got involved when son Bradley joined the troop, and is still hanging around long after Bradley grew up. (Apparently Brad hasn't grown up yet!) He particularly enjoys water, especially when it's surrounding a canoe.
Swamp Rat has been with troop 8 since he was a sixth grader. Despite getting stuck in a swamp on his first campout (earning him his nickname), was recently able to escape the pull of the troop and Ann Arbor; traveling to Oregon to pursue his masters degree. Swampy has boldly gone where no rat has gone before: Kilimanjaro, Colorado backcountry skiing, ice climbing in the UP, and rock climbing in Nevada. Often times the troop 8 summer camp director, mention the word "Moraine" and watch him twitch.
Ray, a student at the University of Michigan and a product of this troop, is a new Assistant Scoutmaster and quickly learning the ways of old age and treachery. When he isn't studying political "science" or some other useless discipline at the School of "LS+Play," he loves to play midnight frisbee in the Diag, play music (trumpet+drums), and work to redesign the public education system in America. Ray also loves Coca-Cola, Reeses, and sleep.
In 2009, a crack commando was sent to prison by a military court for a crime he didn't commit. This man promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government he survives as a soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him....maybe you can hire the Shane!!!!!!!