Scottrberger Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 When becoming an Eagle Scout, you can count either Emergency Preparedness or Life Saving as an Eagle required badge. Does the same hold true for Star. A boy in my troop had a total of 8 merit badges; 4 of which were Eagle required. Two of the 4 were both Emergency Preparedness and Life Saving. Does he need a different Eagle required badge to advance? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 A Scout can count Lifesaving as Eagle required for Star an EP as Eagle required for Life but only one or the other for Eagle. Ed Mori Troop 1 1 Peter 4:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleInKY Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 To the best of my understanding, yes. The "OR" aspect of the Eagle merit badges apply to each rank. Anyone ever heard different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleInKY Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Sorry Ed, I posted on top of you. I've never heard that before. Do you know where it's documented? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molscouter Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 EP or Lifesaving would count as one of the Eagle required badges for Star/Life/Eagle. The other could count as one of the optional ones for any of the three ranks, or towards a Palm later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 The requirement for Star says: "four from the required list for Eagle." I interpret this (as does MeritBadge.com) to mean ANY of the MBs on the list--even those which are alternatives for Eagle. So I think, for example, a boy could earn Star with Swimming, Hiking, Cycling, and Lifesaving, and could count Emergency Preparedness toward Life. Of course, this might give him a bigger task for Eagle, because he could only count one of the alternatives toward the list of Eagle required--although they would all count as non-required. As a matter of policy, I see nothing wrong with this. These are all great MBs, and worthy of being counted for Star and Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljnrsu Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 No, the boy can not use one badge for Star and the other for Life. The answer to your question is found on the Eagle Scout Rank Application itself. The application states: Cross out badges not earned. If a crossed-out badge was earned, it may be reentered in 13 through 21. Four of these required merit badges were earned for the Star Scout rank and three more were earned for the Life Scout rank. I hope this answers your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 For the Eagle rank, a Scout can only use either swimming or hiking or cycling as Eagle required not all three as Eagle required. For Star a Scout can count swimming and for Life a Scout can count hiking. When it's time to fill out the Eagle application, the Scout needs to decide which one will be counted as required and which one will be counter as optional. Ed Mori Troop 1 1 Peter 4:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperParatus Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I agree with Hunt - can count both EP and Lifesaving for Star Rank...but must show one as Eagle-required and one as optional when going for Eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Region 7 Voyageur Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 A Scout may choose any of the 15 required merit badges in the 12 categories to fulfill requirement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWScouter Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 From my stint as District Advancement Chair and my reading of the guide book that goes with it. A Scout may use any of the required Eagle Merit Badges for Star and Life to fulfill the required badge portion. For example he could have earned Hiking, Cycling, Swimming and say First Aid for the required for Star--- Then earn Lifesaving and Emergency Preparedness and Family Life for the required for Life. He would still have to earn the other eight required to receive his Eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Agree with NWScouter. This is one of the things I talk about with First Class Scouts making Star, and Star making Life at Boards of Review. I ENCOURAGE THEM to not use too many "grouped" merit badges for their advancement. Why? Because: If a youth is following the program, he's OVER HALFWAY on the Eagle required list when he makes Life. If he does what NWS described, then he's got an uphill road to get his Eagle Requireds done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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