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===Patrol===
Each troop is divided into patrols of around five to ten Scouts. A patrol's independence from the troop varies among troops and between activities. For instance, a troop typically holds ordinary meetings as a unit. Patrols' autonomy becomes more visible at campouts, where each patrol may set up its own area for cooking and camping. However, on a high adventure trip which only a small part of the troop attends, divisions between patrols may disappear entirely. Patrols may hold meetings and even excursions separately from the rest of the troop, but this is more common in some troops than in others.<ref name="trooporg">{{Cite web|date=April 2000 | url = http://usscouts.org/boyscouts/bstroop.html | title = Troop Organization | publisher = US Scouts.org | access-date = 26 July 2006}}, p. 2-15</ref> Each patrol has a Patrol Leader (PL) and Patrol Second (PS), or Assistant Patrol Leader (APL). Some troops mix older and younger Scouts in the same patrols, so that the older Scouts can teach the younger ones more effectively, other troops group Scouts by age, so that the members of one patrol have more in common.<ref name="The Patrol">{{cite web |title=The Patrol |url=https://troopleader.scouting.org/the-patrol/ |website=Troop Leader Resources |publisher=Boy Scouts of America|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227085502/https://troopleader.scouting.org/the-patrol/ |archive-date=27 December 2019 }}</ref>