Life Scout
Rank
Requirements
The following new requirements for the rank of Life Scout will be
effective April 1, 1999:
- Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 6 months as a Star
Scout.
- Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life.
- Earn 5 more merit badges (so that you have 11 in all), including any
3 more from the required list for Eagle.
___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
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- While a Star Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least 6 hours of
work. These projects must be approved by your Scoutmaster.
- While a Star Scout, serve actively 6 months in one or more of the
positions of responsibility listed in requirement 5 for Star
Scout (or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the
troop).
- Take part in a Scoutmaster conference
- Complete your board of review.
* A Scout may chooseany of the 15 required merit badges in the 12
categories to fulfill requirement 3. Click here for a
complete list of required badges for Eagle.
NOTE: The footnote to Requirement 3 means that,
for example, a Scout can use both Lifesaving AND Emergency Preparedness and/or
Swimming, Hiking AND Cycling toward the requirement of 3 more (7 total) from
the required list for Eagle when working toward Life Scout.)
Also note that the asterisks are specifically placed on the
lines marked "(required for Eagle)" signifying that the note applies to these
badges.
If a Scout used Safety and/or Sports Merit Badge as one or two
of the four merit badges from the required list for Eagle for advancement to
Star Scout before April 1, 1999, he must earn additional merit badges from the
current required list for Eagle, so that he has at
least seven from the current list in order to advance to Life
Scout.
Please note
that Requirement 7 - (Complete your Board of Review) MAY be
done AFTER the Scout' has reached age 18. All other requirements must be
completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday.
VENTURERS and SEA SCOUTS
The requirements above are those for boys
enrolled in the Boy Scout Division as members of Boy Scout Troops (including
Venture Patrols within Troops) or Varsity Scout Teams. The following
requirements apply to boys registered in the Venturing Program (which replaced
much of the Exploring program in August, 1998) including Sea Scouts.
- Any male Venturer who has achieved the First Class
rank as a Boy Scout in a troop or Varsity Scout in a team may continue
advancement toward Star, Life and Eagle Scout ranks up to his 18th birthday.
- He must meet the requirements as prescribed in the
official Boy Scout Handbook and the current Boy Scout Requirements book.
- The Venturer may fulfill leadership requirements by
serving as president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer of his crew, or
as boatswain, boatswain's mate, yeoman, purser, or storekeeper for his
ship.
- The Scoutmaster conference will be conducted by the
Advisor or Skipper.
- A board of review will be conducted by the crew or
ship committee.