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Star
Rank Requirements
Revisions to these requirements,
which became effective on January 1, 2000,
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- Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 4 months as a First Class Scout.
- Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your
everyday life.
- Earn 6 merit badges, including 4 from the required
list for Eagle.*
___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
___________________________________(required for Eagle)*
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- While a First Class Scout, take part in service
projects totaling at least 6 hours of work. These projects must be approved by your
Scoutmaster.
- While a First Class Scout, serve actively 4 months in one or more of
the following
troop positions of
responsibility (or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership
project to help the troop):
Boy Scout troop.
- 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, or
- instructor.
, or
- Venture patrol leader.
Varsity Scout team.
- Captain,
- cocaptain,
- program manager,
- squad leader,
- team secretary,
- OA team representative,
- librarian,
- historian,
- quartermaster,
- chaplain aide,
- instructor, or
- den chief.
- Take part in a Scoutmaster conference
- Complete your board of review.
* A Scout may choose any 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 4 from the required list for Eagle when working toward Star Scout.) Also
note that the asterisks are specifically placed on the lines marked "(required for
Eagle)" signifying that the note applies to these badges.
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.
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