Rank & File
Camper's Delight
You Gotta Know It
Super-Star Scouts
There's A Badge For That?
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A significant step along a scout's trail to Eagle, this rank signifies the point at which a scout's focus shifts from demonstrating core scout skills to providing leadership for their fellow scouts.

First Class

100

Aside from the "teepee" method, this is the most commonly used arrangement of wood for building a campfire.

Log Cabin Method

100

This commonly said phrase reminds a scout of their responsibility to "do a good turn daily".

Scout Slogan

100

This local Clarkstonian is the only Eagle Scout produced by Troop 189 to later go onto be its Scoutmaster.

Mr. Weaver

100

Even though there's no limit to how many badges you may earn, this is the number of merit badges you MUST earn to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout.

21

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These two fundamental virtues are represented by the Stars on the First Class Scout badge.

Truth and Knowledge

200

This backwoods camping device involving a rope and pully system is commonly used in order to prevent hungry animals from ravaging your food supply.

Bear Bag

200

"Qualified Supervision" is a requirement of not just BSA's "Safe Swim" guidelines, but also a requirement of this other aquatics-based set of guidelines.

Safe Trip Afloat

200

In 1947 this future first man on the moon earned his Eagle Scout award just before leaving home to study Aerospace Engineering at Purdue University.

Neil Armstrong

200

This pair of Eagle-required merit badges teach scouts about some of the big picture issues affecting Mother Earth, as well as their role in helping maintain her.

Environmental Science and Sustainability

300

Prior to the 1950's, this last step in the rank advancement process was handled at a district-wide Court of Honor.

Board of Review

300

With base camp situated at 6,140 feet above sea level, this BSA High Adventure camp boasts weeklong treks through the beautiful Sangre De Christo mountains.

Philmont Scout Ranch

300

This commonly used navigation practice may be necessary for you to employ if there aren't any defined roads or trails between where you are and your desired location

Orienting a Map & Compass

300

This all-star Detroit Lions running back coordinated food donations to homeless shelters all around Cincinnati, Ohio for his Eagle Scout project.

David Montgomery

300

Popular among those who hunt, this merit badge was a reboot of the discontinued "stalking" merit badge, first introduced in 1956.

Tracking

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Previously unrecognized, this rank was formally created in 2013 by expanding upon the existing new scout "joining requirements" framework.

The rank of Scout

400

This second of the "seven Principals of Leave No Trace" deals with the type of terrain one would want to utilize in order to minimize their environmental impact.

Travel and Camp on durable surfaces.

400

The last line of the "Outdoor Code" tells scouts to be this, in relation to the impact their activities may have on the landscape around them.

Conservation-minded

400

Dan Reynolds is the only Eagle Scout in history to win nine Billboard Music Awards, one Grammy, one MTV Video Music Award, and one World Music Award as the lead singer of this Pop-Rock Band.

Imagine Dragons
400

This newest Eagle-required merit badge introduced in 2021 challenges scouts to learn about other identities and think about their role in creating inclusive environments for everyone.

Citizenship In Society

500

Of the over 130 Million young men and women to have participated in the BSA's program since it's inception in 1910, only this small percentage have attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

Roughly 4-6%

500

This camp stove was named "Best Backpacking Stove 2024" by acclaimed outdoorsmen blog hikerdirect.com

MSR PocketRocket 2

500

This popular acronym is widely taught for scouts to remember the essential steps of administering CPR.

A - Airway, B - Breathing, C - Circulation, D - Defibrillation

500

Born and raised in Michigan, this former US President is the only Eagle Scout to ever occupy the oval office.

Gerald R. Ford

500

Not to be confused with its modern medical counterpart, this discontinued badge also featured a cross - though this cross was white on a green background.

Safety