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Advancement Resources

Scouting ranks, merit bades, and the advancement programs

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  1. Date of BSA online advancement tool being turned off 1 2

    By fred johnson,
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  2. What to do about MB Card integrity / signings? 1 2

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  3. EBOR question 1 2 3

    By robert12,
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  4. Eagle Project Unsigned

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  5. HELP - Eagle Project Fundraising Application - Project Soon! 1 2 3 4

    By Mattosaurus,
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  6. Rifle merit badge, need explanation

    By AlexScout,
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  7. Fx Goby's To Build a Fire , commissioned by BSA

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  8. Aviation Merit Badge Help

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  9. Eagle Scout Application Filing Fee 1 2 3 4 5

    By hikeoholic,
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  10. More Advancement Revisions... 1 2 3 4 5

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  11. Eagle Palm Policy Effective 1August 2017

    By John-in-KC,
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  12. Eagle Scout Proposal, before the proposal.

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  13. Merit Badge Class . My Thoughts 1 2 3

    By JosephMD,
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  14. Frustrated with Eagle Application

    By NealOnWheels,   
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  15. Citizenship in the Nation Resources

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  • LATEST POSTS

    • InquisitiveScouter
      Shooting Sports programs changes coming 9/1/24 - including name change Range and Target Activities

      By InquisitiveScouter · Posted

      BSA has a Safe Swim Defense, Safety Afloat, Climb On Safely, Cave Safely, Trek Safely, even Drive Safely.... where is the cert for Range Safety for BSA leaders??? Same concepts as the others for the training... you assume responsibility, here are the rules and limitations, and make sure you have an RSO and NRA Certified Instructor (2 subject matter experts)!!  They could (should even) write in instructor : student ratio requirements... I think it is 1 : 5 for NRA, but Range and Target Activities, formerly know as Shooting Sports, is not my forte.
    • Eagle1993
      National Annual Reports

      By Eagle1993 · Posted

      See attached for the history of rank requirements.  You can see the trend from simply... Cook for your patrol to getting meals approved against a budget following my plate.  Just an example of how this becomes an issue... My nephew was denied his first class cooking completion because he went over his self estimated budget.  The SM told him that staying within budget is part of the requirement.... Could you imagine better ways to kill motivation of a 12 year old then talking about food budgeting?  I digress... Even through the 1990s, the rank requirements were almost exclusively outdoor activities.... Then for some reason we decided to make much of this into lists and tracking. I'd go back to the 1965-1970 requirements which are straight forward, and focus on earning rank through outdoor activities. bsa_ranks.pdf
    • Eagle1993
      National Annual Reports

      By Eagle1993 · Posted

      Another way to look at this. 4 indoor troop meetings a month 4 indoor PLC meetings a month 1 campout a month 1/9 activities are outdoors.....
    • Eagle94-A1
      It’s all gone a little bit American….

      By Eagle94-A1 · Posted

      So jealous.
    • AwakeEnergyScouter
      Scouting America

      By AwakeEnergyScouter · Posted

      I'm about to preside over a cub scout rank advancement ceremony that includes two scouts that joined last month and two months ago, respectively. They went after that advancement hard and finished, using the opportunities for outdoor activities and knife safety we offered to the max. Both scouts asked their parents to sign them up, not the other way around. Since they're cubs they would have advanced without the badge, but they really wanted to be scouts and do the program so that's what they're choosing to do. It will be a pleasure to give them their badges and new neckers.

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