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1. Be active in your troop, team, crew, or ship for a period of at
least six months after you have achieved the rank of Life Scout.
2. Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath
and Scout Law in your daily life. List on your Eagle Scout Rank
Application the names of individuals who know you personally and would
be willing to provide a recommendation on your behalf, including
parents/guardians, religious, educational, and employer references.
3. Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including the following:(a) First Aid, (b) Citizenship in the Community, (c) Citizenship in the Nation, (d) Citizenship in the World, (e) Communication, (f) Cooking, (g) Personal Fitness, (h) Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving, (i) Environmental Science OR Sustainability, (j) Personal Management, (k) Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling, (l) Camping, and (m) Family Life.**
4.While a Life Scout, serve actively in your unit for a period of
six months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility.
List only those positions served after your Life board of review date.
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- Boy Scout troop. Patrol leader, assistant
senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, Venture patrol leader, troop
guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe,
librarian, historian, quartermaster, junior assistant Scoutmaster,
chaplain aide, instructor, webmaster, or Leave No Trace trainer.
- Varsity Scout team. Captain, cocaptain,
program manager, squad leader, team secretary, Order of the Arrow team
representative, librarian, historian, quartermaster, chaplain aide,
instructor, den chief, webmaster, or Leave No Trace trainer.
- Venturing crew/ship. President, vice
president, secretary, treasurer, quartermaster, historian, den chief,
guide, boatswain, boatswain's mate, yeoman, purser, storekeeper,
webmaster, or Leave No Trace trainer.
- Lone Scout. Leadership responsibility in his school, religious organization, club, or elsewhere in his community.
- 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 must benefit an organization other than
Boy Scouting.) A project proposal must be approved by the organization
benefiting from the effort, your unit leader and unit committee, and the
council or district before you start. You must use the Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook, BSA publication No. 512-927, in meeting this requirement.
5. Take part in a unit leader conference.
6. Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.† In
preparation for your board of review, prepare and attach to your Eagle
Scout Rank Application a statement of your ambitions and life purpose
and a listing of positions held in your religious institution, school,
camp, community, or other organizations, during which you demonstrated
leadership skills. Include honors and awards received during this
service. (This requirement may be met after age 18; see below.)
NOTE: Assistant patrol leader and bugler are not approved positions of responsibility for the Eagle Scout rank. Likewise, a unit leader–assigned leadership project should not be used in lieu of serving in a position of responsibility.
AGE REQUIREMENT ELIGIBILITY:
*Merit badges, badges of rank, and Eagle Palms may be earned by a registered Boy Scout. He may earn these awards until his 18th birthday.
*An Eagle Scout board of review may occur, without special approval, within three months after the 18th birthday. Local councils must pre-approve those held three to six months afterward.
*To initiate approval, the candidate, his parent or guardian, the unit leader, or a unit committee member attaches to the application a statement explaining the delay.
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