When Dean comes home to say that he has been stripped of the rank of Eagle Scout, he is wearing a Cub Scout uniform and not a Boy Scout uniform.
The rank of Eagle in the Boy Scouts of America is a national-level award and is bestowed for life. No local troop has the authority to revoke or cancel it.
This episode mistakenly refers to HUAC (House (of Representatives) Un-American Activities Committee), which held hearings on Communist infiltration in Hollywood in the 1940s. This episode investigates an incident in 1953, which is when Senator Joe McCarthy held hearings on Communist infiltration in the State Department (the two are commonly confused).