Eagle Rank Requirements
- Be active in your troop for at least six months as a Life Scout.
- As a Life Scout, demonstrate Scout Spirit by living the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Tell how you
have done your duty to God, how you have lived the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your everyday life,
and how your understanding of the Scout Oath and Scout Law will guide your life in the future. 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 (if not
affiliated with an organized religion, then the parent or guardian provides this reference),
educational, employer (if employed), and two other references
- Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including these 13 merit badges:
- First Aid
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communications
- Cooking
- Personal Fitness
- Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving
- Environmental Science or Sustainability
- Personal Management
- Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
- Camping
- Family Life
You must choose only one of the merit badges listed in categories h, i, and k. Any additional
merit badge(s) earned in those categories may be counted as one of your eight optional merit
badges used to make your total of 21.
- While a Life Scout, serve actively in your troop for six months in one or more of the following
positions of responsibility1:
- 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, bugler, junior
assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide, 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, den chief.
- Venturing Crew/Ship: President, vice president, secretary, treasurer, quartermaster, historian, den chief, guide,
boatswain, boatswain's mate, yeoman, purser, storekeeper.
- 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 the Boy Scouts of America.) A project proposal must be approved by the organization
benefiting from the effort, your Scoutmaster 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 9.0.2.16.)
- While a Life Scout, participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
- Successfully complete your board of review for the Eagle Scout rank.(This requirement may be met
after age 18, in accordance with Guide to Advancement topic 8.0.3.1).
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