is organized into 39 districts divided among 12 geographic sectors, with each led by a volunteer assistant vice president and assistant council commissioner with each sector. The organization of the councils in Area 2 of the Central Region is unique to Michigan. The Michigan Crossroads Council was created by the merger of nine councils in the lower peninsula of Michigan. It was a coordinating council that oversaw properties, personnel, and program. This MCC was then split into four sub-councils or "Field Service Councils" which were then divided into districts. In 2019, plans to combine the four sub- councils into two regions we're announced. The lower peninsula, excluding parts of Berrien and Cass county, is now all under the Michigan Crossroads Council. Overseas areas The BSA charters two councils for American Scouts living overseas, largely on military bases in Europe and Asia. The Transatlantic Council, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, serves BSA units in much of Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Central Asia. While the Far East Council, headquartered at Camp Zama in Japan, serves units in the western Pacific areas, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Okinawa, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Cambodia, Indonesia and Bangladesh. The Aloha Council in Hawaii also serves BSA units in the American territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and in the sovereign countries of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. The Direct Service branch enables U.S. citizens and their dependents abroad to access Scouting programs in other locations and in isolated areas, including the Interamerican Region (North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean). Direct Service is managed by the National Capital Area Council. Defunct councils The local councils have gone through thousands of name changes, merges, splits and re-creations since the establishment of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. See also Council shoulder patch Local council camps of the Boy Scouts of America External links Notes References