Eagle Scout Badge Eagle Scout
Rank Requirements

 

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  1. Be active in your troop and patrol for at least six (6) months as a Life Scout.

  2. Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.

  3. Earn a total of 21 merit badges. (10 more than you already have.) including the following...

Camping Merit Badge
Camping
Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge
Citizenship in the Community
Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World Merit Badge
Citizenship in the World
Communications Merit Badge
Communications
Environmental Science Merit Badge
Environmental Science
Family Life Merit Badge
Family Life
First Aid Merit Badge
First Aid
Personal Fitness Merit Badge
Personal Fitness
Personal Management Merit Badge
Personal Management
Also... Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge
Emergency
Preparedness
or Lifesaving Merit Badge
Lifesaving
As well as... Cycling Merit Badge
Cycling
or Hiking Merit Badge
Hiking
or Swimming Merit Badge
Swimming

  • While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of 6 months in one or more of the following postions of responsibility:
    • Patrol Leader
    • Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
    • Senior Patrol Leader
    • Troop Guide
    • Den Chief
    • Scribe
    • Librarian
    • Historian
    • Quartermaster
    • Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
    • Chaplain Aide
    • Instructor

  • While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your community. (The project should benifit an organization other than Boy Scouting.) The project must be approved by the organization benifiting from the effort, your Scoutmaster and troop committee, and the council or district before you start. You must use the "Life to Eagle Packet", BSA publication No. 18-927, in meeting this requirement.

  • Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.

  • Successfully complete an Eagle Scout Board of review.