Scout Troop 103 Williamsburg, Virginia

The following information is the requirements needed for advancement for each rank in the Boy Scouting program. This information is contained in the Boy Scout Handbook and comes directly from the 2007 edition of the Boy Scouts Requirements Book.

	SCOUT
	1.	Complete the fifth grade, or be 11 years old, or have earned the Arrow of Light but is under age 18.
	2.	Complete a Boy Scout application and health history signed by you parent or guardian.
	3.	Find a Scout Troop near your home.
	4.	Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.
	5.	Demonstrate the following: 1. Scout Sign 2. Salute 3. Handshake
	6.	Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot).
	7.	Understand and agree to live by the following: 1. Scout Oath 2. Scout Law 3. Scout Motto 4. Scout Slogan 5. Outdoor code
	8.	Describe the Scout Badge.
	9.	With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet, How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide.
	10.	Participate in a Scoutmaster Conference.
	TENDERFOOT
	1.	Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going on an overnight camping trip. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.
	2.	Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop camp out. Sleep in a tent that you have helped pitch.
	3.	On a camp-out, assist in preparing one of your Patrol's meals.
	4a.	Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
	4b.	Demonstrate that you know how how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
	5.	Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country during the day and the night. Explain what to do if you are lost.
	6.	Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower and fold the American flag.
	7.	Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the: 1. Scout Oath. 2. Scout Law. 3. Scout Motto 4. Scout Slogan
	8.	Know your patrol name, give your patrol yell and describe your patrol flag.
	9.	Explain the buddy system in Scouting.
	10a.	Do the following: 1. Record your best in: pushups, pull-ups, sit-ups, long jump and the 500 yard dash. 2. Show improvement after practicing for 30 days in the: pushups, pull-ups, sit-ups, long jump and the 500 yard dash.
	10b.	Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days.
	11.	Identify local poisonous plants and tell how to treat for exposure to them.
	12a.	Demonstrate the Heimlich Maneuver and tell when it is used.
	12b.	Show first aid for simple cuts, blisters on the hand, minor burns, insect bites, snakebite, nosebleed, frostbite and sunburn.
	13.	Participate in a Scoutmaster Conference.
	14.	Complete your Board of Review.
	SECOND CLASS
	1a.	Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what the map symbols mean.
	1b.	Using a compass and a map that you have drawn, take a five mile hike approved by one of your leaders.
	2a.	Participate in five separate Troop / Patrol activities (other than meetings), including two overnight camp-outs.
	2b.	On one of these camp-outs, select your Patrol site and sleep in a tent you pitched.
	2c.	On one camp out, demonstrate proper care, sharpening,and use of a knife, saw and ax. Describe when they should be used.
	2d.	Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.
	2e.	Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a light-weight stove. Discuss safety procedures for both.
	2f.	Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove.
	2g.	On a camp-out, plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself.
	3.	Participate in a flag ceremony for school, religious institution, community or troop.
	4.	Participate in an approved (minimum 1 hour) service project.
	5.	Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals found your community.
	6a.	Show what to do for "hurry" cases of: stopped breathing, serious bleeding and internal poisoning
	6b.	Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.
	6c.	Demonstrate first aid for an object in the eye, bite from a suspected rabid animal, puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fish hook, serious burns, heat exhaustion, and shock, heatstroke, dehydration, and hypothermia.
	7a.	Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.
	7b.	Demonstrate your ability to jump feet first in water over your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop turn sharply and swim back to your starting point.
	7c.	Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects.
	8.	Participate in a school, community, or troop program on the dangers of using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and other practices that could be harmful to your health. Discuss your participation in the program with family.
	9.	Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your everyday life.
	10.	Participate in a Scoutmaster Conference
	11.	Complete your Board of Review.
	FIRST CLASS
	1.	Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.
	2.	Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that covers: at least 1 mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree, tower, ditch, etc..).
	3.	Since joining scouts, participate in ten separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping overnight.
	4a.	Help plan a patrol menu for one camp-out--including one breakfast, lunch, and dinner--that requires cooking.
	4b.	Using the menu planned above make a list showing the costs and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and secure the ingredients.
	4c.	Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals.
	4d.	Explain the procedures for safe handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products.
	4e.	On one camp-out serve as your patrol's cook. Supervise your assistant in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the menu items planned in requirement 4a. Lead your patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise clean-up.
	5.	Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader ( elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal or teacher ) your constitutional rights and obligations as a US citizen.
	6.	Identify or show evidence of at least ten types of native plants found in your area.
	7a.	Discuss when you should and should not use lashings
	7b.	Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in square, shear and diagonal lashings by joining 2 or more poles or staves together
	7c.	Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
	8a.	Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used.
	8b.	Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and collarbone.
	8c.	Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person from a smoke filled room, and a person with a sprained ankle for at least 25 yards.
	8d.	Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
	9a.	Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
	9b.	Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
	9c.	With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as a tender and as rescuer
	10.	Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your everyday life.
	11.	Participate in a Scoutmaster Conference.
	12.	Complete your Board of Review.
	STAR
	1.	Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 4 months as a First Class Scout.
	2.	Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your everyday life.
	3.	Earn six merit badges, including any four from the required list for Eagle.
	4.	While First Class Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least 6 hours of work. These projects must be approved by your scoutmaster.
	5.	While First Class Scout, serve actively four months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility (or carry out a scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the 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.
	6.	Take part in a Scoutmaster Conference
	7.	Complete your Board of Review.
	LIFE
	1.	Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 6 months as a Star Scout.
	2.	Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your everyday life.
	3.	Earn five more merit badges (so you have 11 in all), including any three more from the required list for Eagle.
	4.	While Star Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least 6 hours of work. These projects must be approved by your scoutmaster.
	5.	While Star Scout, serve actively six months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility listed in requirement 5 for Star Scout (or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop).
	6.	Take part in a Scoutmaster Conference.
	7.	Complete your Board of Review.
	EAGLE
	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 and Scout Law in your everyday life.
	3.	Earn a total of 21 merit badges (ten 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) Personal Fitness, (g) Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving, (h) Environmental Science, (i) Personal Management, (j) Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling, (k) Camping, and (l) Family Life.
	4.	While a Life Scout, serve actively for a six month period in one or more of the following positions of responsibility: 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.
	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 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 in meeting this requirement.
	6.	Take part in a Scoutmaster Conference.
	7.	Successfully complete an Eagle Scout Board of Review.

 

 

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