Eagle Rank Requirements
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1.  Be active in your troop, team, crew, or ship for a period of  at least 6 months as a Life Scout.

2.  Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Law in your daily life.

3.  Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including the following:
 

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
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 *

4.  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
  Varsity Scout team
  Venturing crew/
Sea Scout ship
- Patrol leader
- assistant senior patrol
     leader

- senior patrol leader
- troop guide
- OA troop representative
- den chief
- scribe
- librarian
- historian
- quartermaster
- bugler
- junior assistant
     Scoutmaster

- chaplain aide
- instructor
- ** troop webmaster
- ** Leave No Trace
     trainer

- Captain
- cocaptain
- program manager
- squad leader
- team secretary
- OA team representative
- librarian
- historian
- quartermaster
- chaplain aide
- historian
- instructor
- den chief
- ** team webmaster
- ** Leave No Trace
     trainer
- President
- vice president
- secretary
- treasurer
- quartermaster
- historian
- den chief
- guide
- boatswain
- boatswain's mate
- yeoman
- purser
- storekeeper
- ** crew/ship webmaster
- ** Leave No Trace
     trainer
**The troop webmaster and Leave No Trace trainer positions for Troops do not appear in the new Boy Scout Handbook, but do appear on the current Application for Eagle (effective Jan 1, 2010).  They do not appear either in the Handbook nor on the application for Teams nor for Crews/Ships. It is assumed these are errors and that the positions are valid for boys in Troops. Teams, Crews, and/or Ships, since the positions are all listed under the Star requirements (and thus are also valid for Life advancement).
 
Also, Troop Bugler appears in the Handbook, but not on the application. Bugler has never before been a valid position for Eagle, even though it has been for Star/Life.

 

5.  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 plan 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. 18-927A, in meeting this requirement. 
6.  Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.

7.  Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.

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

For more information, see Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures, publication No. 33088B. Also see the note below.

If you have a permanent physical or mental disability, you may become an Eagle Scout by qualifying for as many required merit badges as you can and qualifying for alternative merit badges for the rest. If you seek to become an eagle Scout under this procedure, you must submit a special application to your local council service center. Your application must be approved by your council advancement committee before you can work on alternative merit badges. 

The Alternate requirements are also listed in more detail under Eagle Scout Rank - Alternate Requirements on page 16 of the y2k Boy Scout Requirements book. (No. 33215C).

 
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