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The Eagle Nest

 Welcome to the Eagle Nest.  Here Troop 611 will look at those scouts who have earned the rank of Eagle scout or are working on achieving the rank of Eagle scout.  Each of our scouts who are working on their projects have a space inside this area to post photos, progress and news on their projects as well as the details of their projects.

On to the Nest

The Eagle Wall
(Meet those who have succeeded in the climb)

Eagle
Rank Requirements

These requirements were revised effective on January 1, 2000.

To see the changes which were made in 2000, Click here.

To see the additional wording for these requirements, which appears on the Eagle Scout Rank Application (#55-728 - 1999 printing), but not  in 2003 Boy Scout Requirements (#33215F), and which either clarifies or amplifies the requirements from the book, Click Here.

  1. Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 6 months as a Life Scout.
  2. Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
  3. Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including the following: 
  1. First Aid 
  2. Citizenship in the Community 
  3. Citizenship in the Nation 
  4. Citizenship in the World 
  5. Communications 
  6. Personal Fitness
  7. Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving
  8. Environmental Science 
  9. Personal Management 
  10. Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
  11. Camping, and 
  12. Family Life *
  1. While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of 6 months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility:
Boy 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, 
  • junior assistant Scoutmaster, 
  • chaplain aide, or
  • instructor.
Varsity Scout team.
  • Captain, 
  • cocaptain, 
  • program manager,
  • squad leader, 
  • team secretary, 
  • Order of the Arrow team representative,
  • librarian, 
  • historian*
  • quartermaster, 
  • chaplain aide, 
  • instructor, or
  • den chief.

*By an oversight, this position is not listed in the requirements, but we have been informed that it will be included in the next printing of the Eagle Application.

 Venturing crew / Sea Scout ship.
  • President,
  • vice president,
  • secretary,
  • treasurer,
  • boatswain,
  • boatswain's mate,
  • yeoman,
  • purser, or
  • storekeeper
  • Quartermaster*
  • Crew Guide*
  • Crew Historian*

*The last three positions were announced as new Venturing Crew  leadership positions on the National Venturing Cabinet website in October, 2006.  We have NOT received confirmation that they will be acceptable for use toward Eagle, so check with your local council to be sure.

  1. 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 idea 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. 18-927D, in meeting this requirement.
  2. Take part in a Scoutmaster conference. 
  3. Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review.

* You must choose only one merit badge listed in items (g) and (j). If you have earned more than one of the badges listed in items (g) and (j), choose one and list the remaining badges to make your total of 21.

Note: All requirements must be completed before a candidate's 18th birthday. The Eagle Scout board of review can be held after the candidate's 18th birthday. For more information, see Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures, publication No. 33088D. Also see the note below.

If you have a permanent physical or mental disability, you may become an Eagle Scout by qualifying for as many required merit badges as you can and qualifying for alternative merit badges for the rest. If you seek to become an Eagle Scout under this procedure, you must submit a special application to your local council service center. Your application must be approved by your council advancement committee before you can work on alternative merit badges. 

The Alternate requirements are also listed in more detail under Eagle Scout Rank - Alternate Requirements on page 18 of the 2003 Boy Scout Requirements book. (No. 33215F).

The Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook (#18-927)
 is now available for download from the NESA website in both PDF and RTF versions
which can be used by Scouts in lieu of the printed form.
Click here to go to the NESA web site.

Mike Walton has created a PowerPoint Presentation that contains a set of worksheets that you can use to gather all of the information you will need to fill out your Application for Eagle Scout Rank Award.  To download it, Click Here.

Rick Cordray has developed a set of Microsoft Word documents that can be used to enter the data onto an Eagle Scout Rank Application (#55-728 - 1999 printing) using your computer printer. To use them, download each of these files:

BSA has a PDF version of the Eagle Scout Rank Application (No 58-728) on their site.  It can be used as the form submitted to BSA for an Eagle Scout candidate.  You may also try using that document to work with the templates Rick has provided.

Eagle Scout Rank Application (No 58-728)

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