Boy Scout Troop 1001

Ranks and advancement  are fully described in The Boy Scout Handbook.  The first rank is Scout.

For the boy who has completed his Arrow of Light this requires only a meeting with the Scoutmaster. The rank of Tenderfoot through First Class has a list of requirements, which can be worked on at the same time. The only requirement is that the ranks be received in order. The main person to sign-off on these requirements is the Scout’s Patrol Leader. Merit Badges, some required and others of the Scout’s choice, are required for Star, Life, and Eagle ranks. Each rank from Tenderfoot through Eagle requires a Scoutmaster’s conference and a Board of Review. Troop 1001 would like to see the beginning scout go to summer camp the first summer and complete Tenderfoot. Then complete Second Class by the January 1, and First Class by the following June. Completing Star and Life in one year each allows a scout to reach Eagle by his sixteenth birthday.

Merit Badges

There are more than 110 subjects, as varied as, First Aid, Water Skiing, Stamp collection, Communications, Canoeing, Computers, Medicine, and Personal Fitness, in the merit badge list. Twelve merit badges or groups of merit badges are on the Eagle-Required List of Merit Badges. Specific numbers of merit badges are required for Star through Eagle. The requirements for the Eagle-required merit badges are described in the Boy Scout Handbook. There is a pamphlet for each merit badge that gives information that is useful in studying the subject. They are also available from the retail Scout shops and the local library. In addition, the Troop has a library of books that can be checked out from the troop librarian for short periods of time.

Merit badges are among the most important achievements of a Scout, because they must be earned to advance beyond First Class. Merit badges also serve to remind the Scout just how close he is to the next rank. Merit Badges teach the boys new skills for life.

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