Eagle Scout Information
Requirements for Eagle Rank
1. Be active in your troop and patrol
for at least six months as a Life Scout.
2. Demonstrate Scout sprit by living the Scout Oath, (Promise) and Scout Law in
your everyday life.
3. Earn a total of 21 merit badges including the following.
a. First Aid
b. Citizenship in the Community.
c. Citizenship in the Nation.
d. Citizenship in the World
e. Communications
f. Personal Fitness
g. Emergency Preparedness OR
Lifesaving
h. Environmental Science
i. Personal Management
j. Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
k. Camping
l. Family Life
4. While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of six months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility. Patrol Leader, assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, troop guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide or instructor.
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 that 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. 18-927D, in meeting this requirement.
6. Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.
7. Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.