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During the 1920s the Hubbards repeatedly relocated around the United States and overseas.

After Hubbard's father Harry rejoined the Navy, his posting aboard the USS Oklahoma in 1921 required the family to relocate to the ship's home ports, first San Diego, then Seattle.

During a journey to Washington, D. C. in 1923 Hubbard learned of Freudian psychology from Commander Joseph " Snake " Thompson, a U. S. Navy psychoanalyst and medic.

Scientology biographies describe this encounter as giving Hubbard training in a particular scientific approach to the mind, which he found unsatisfying.

Hubbard was active in the Boy Scouts in Washington, D. C. and earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1924, two weeks after his 13th birthday.

In his diary, Hubbard claimed he was the youngest Eagle Scout in the U. S.