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We do exactly what you do for the Venture Patrol. It is a virtual patrol that exists purely for high adventure outings. They are still members of their regular patrols.
The right terminology is Venture Patrol, not a “crew”. A crew is a chartered unit.
The leader is a Venture Patrol Leader. That is a leadership position that qualifies for Eagle, so it is worth using the right terminology.
Members can wear the “Venture strip”, certainly one of the more obscure bits of official uniform.
The Scoutmaster Handbook has a whopping one or two paragraphs about Venture Patrols, but the scheme is essentially a return to “Explorers in the Troop” from the 1950’s. This sixty year old diagram is much more helpful than what is in the current handbook.
http://seniorscoutinghistory.org/seniorscoutsite/explorerstroop.html
Our troop has ASMs as a liaison to each patrol. I’m liaison to the Venture Patrol, thus “Venture ASM”.