Eagle Scout

Eagle Scout Rank Requirements

• 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 Law in your daily life. List 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:

     1. First Aid

     2. Citizenship in the Community

     3. Citizenship in the Nation

     4. Citizenship in the World

     5. Communication

     6. Personal Fitness

     7. Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving

     8. Environmental Science OR Sustainability

     9. Personal Management

     10. Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling

     11. Camping

     12. Family Life

You must choose only one merit badge listed in items 7, 8 and 10. If you have earned more than one of the badges listed in items 7, 8 or 10, choose one and list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.

• 1. While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of six months in your unit in one or more of the following positions of responsibility:

     • 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.

  2. 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. (To learn more about the Eagle Scout service project, see the Guide to Advancement, topics 9.0.2.0 through 9.0.2.15.)

  3. Take part in a unit leader conference.

  4. 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.)

Notes

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 preapprove 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. Consult the Guide to Advancement in the case where a board of review is to be conducted more than six months after a candidate’s 18th birthday.

Eagle Palms

After becoming an Eagle Scout, you may earn Palms by completing the following requirements:

• 1. Be active in your troop and patrol for at least three months after becoming an Eagle Scout or after award of last Palm. (Eagle Palms must be earned in sequence, and the three-month tenure requirement must be observed for each Palm.)

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

  3. Make a satisfactory effort to develop and demonstrate leadership ability.

  4. Earn five additional merit badges beyond those required for Eagle or last Palm. (Merit badges earned any time since becoming a Boy Scout may be used to meet this requirement.)

  5. Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.

  6. Complete a board of review.

You may wear only the proper combination of Palms for the number of merit badges you earned beyond the rank of Eagle. The Bronze Palm represents five merit badges, the Gold Palm 10, and the Silver Palm 15.