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NOTE:  This page is intended to be a guide for parents.  Boys need to read ALL the information found in the Boy Scout Handbook.

REQUIREMENTS FOR EAGLE
  • Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 6 months as a Life Scout.
  • Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your every day 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
    • Family Life
  • While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of 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, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, bugler, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide or instructor.

    Varsity Scout team. Captain, co-captain, program manager, squad leader, team secretary, Order of the Arrow team representative, librarian, historian, 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 the organization benefiting from the effort, your Scoutmaster, and troop committee, and the council or district before you start. You must use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook, BSA publication No. 18-927, in meeting this requirement.

NOTE:  All requirements for Eagle Scout must be completed before a candidate's 18th birthday. The Eagle Scout board of review can be held after the candidate's 18th birthday.

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