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requirements for the Eagle Scout rank were revised effective 2004
- Be active in your troop or patrol for at least 6 months as a Life
Scout.
- Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your
everyday life.
- Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including the
following:
- First Aid
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communications
- Personal Fitness
- Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving*
- Environmental Science
- Personal Management
- Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling*
- Camping, and
- Family Life.
(* You must choose only one merit badge listed in items g and j. If you
have earned more than one of the badges listed in items g and j, choose one
and list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.)
- While a Life Scout, serve actively for
6 months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility:
Boy Scout troop. Patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol
leader, troop guide, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, junior
assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide, instructor, Venture crew chief
or Order of the Arrow troop representative.
Varsity Scout team. Captain, cocaptain, program manager, squad leader, team
secretary, librarian, quartermaster, chaplain aide, instructor, or den chief.
- 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
benefit an organization other than Boy Scouting.) The project idea must be approved by
your Scoutmaster and troop committee and approved by 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.
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