<p>Paramilitary, maybe not.</p>
<p>However, Boy Scouts definetly has connections with the DOD. This was actually a major debate about a year ago involving Sec. Rumsfeld and paying personell who help out at different events and camps at bases. </p>
<p>Is the National Jamboree not held every 4 years at an Army installation?</p>
<p>(YES, Fort A.P. Hill Virginia)</p>
<p>Many camporees I’ve been on are also hosted by DOD bases:
Coast Guard, Navy etc.</p>
<p>I even have a patch that states
“America’s Army Supports Scouting Since 1937”</p>
<p>The connection is there.</p>
<p>However, BSA is NOT a government controlled entitee.
(Although the US President is nominally in charge, but that’s another story)</p>