- 1: Be active in your troop for at least six months as a Life Scout.
- 2: Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in your daily life. List the names of individuals who know you personally and would be willing to provide a recommendation on your behalf, including parents/guardians, religious, educational, and employer references.
- 3: Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including the following: * a. First Aid * b. Citizenship in the Community * c. Citizenship in the Nation * d. Citizenship in the World * e. Communications * f. Cooking * g. Personal Fitness * h. Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving * i. Environmental Science OR Sustainability * j. Personal Management * k. Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling * l. Camping * m. Family Life *You must choose only one merit badge listed in items h, i, and k. If you have earned more than one of the badges listed in items h, i, and k, choose one and list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.*
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While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of six months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility:
- Scout troop. Patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, troop guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, bugler, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide, instructor, webmaster, or outdoor ethics guide.
- Venturing crew. President, vice president, secretary, treasurer, den chief, quartermaster, historian, guide, chaplain aide, or outdoor ethics guide.
- Sea Scout ship. Boatswain, boatswain’s mate, yeoman, purser, storekeeper, crew leader, media specialist, specialist, den chief, or chaplain aide.
- Lone Scout. Leadership responsibility in your school, religious organization, club, or elsewhere in your community.
- 5: While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your community. (The project should benefit an organization other than Boy Scouting.) The project plan must be approved by the organization benefiting from the effort, your Scoutmaster and troop committee, and the council or district before you start. You must use the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook, BSA publication No. 18-927, in meeting this requirement.