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Varsity awards

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• Denali Award

Boy Scouts Ranks and Awards
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American Business
American Cultures
American Heritage
American Labor
Animal Science
Archaeology
Archery
Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Athletics
Automotive Maintenance
Aviation
Backpacking
Basketry
Bird Study
Bugling
Camping
Canoeing
Chemistry
Chess
Cinematography
Citizenship in the Community
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World
Climbing
Coin Collecting
Collections
Communication
Composite Materials
Cooking
Crime Prevention
Cycling
Dentistry
Digital Technology
Disabilities Awareness
Dog Care
Drafting
Electricity
Electronics
Emergency Preparedness
Energy
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science
Family Life
Farm Mechanics
Fingerprinting
Fire Safety
First Aid
Fish and Wildlife Management
Fishing
Fly Fishing
Forestry
Game Design
Gardening
Genealogy
Geocaching
Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts
Hiking
Home Repairs
Horsemanship
Indian Lore
Insect Study
Inventing
Journalism
Kayaking
Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
Lifesaving
Mammal Study
Medicine
Metalwork
Mining in Society
Model Design and Building
Motorboating
Music
Nature
Nuclear Science
Oceanography
Orienteering
Painting
Personal Fitness
Personal Management
Pets
Photography
Pioneering
Plant Science
Plumbing
Pottery
Programming
Public Health
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper
Radio
Railroading
Reading
Reptile and Amphibian Study
Rifle Shooting
Robotics
Rowing
Safety
Salesmanship
Scouting Heritage
Scholarship
Scuba Diving
Sculpture
Search & Rescue
Shotgun Shooting
Skating
Small-Boat Sailing
Snow Sports
Soil and Water Conservation
Space Exploration
Sports
Stamp Collecting
Surveying
Sustainability
Swimming
Textile
Theater
Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation
Veterinary Medicine
Water Sports
Weather
Welding
Whitewater
Wilderness Survival
Wood Carving
Woodwork

Note: Merit badges listed in bold italics are Eagle-required merit badges.

• Guide to Safe Scouting
• Buddy System
• Climb On Safely
• Safe Swim Defense
• BSA Swim Test
• Safety Afloat

Varsity Scouting is an active, exciting, year-round program for young men 14 through 17 built around five program fields of emphasis: advancement, high-adventure/sports, personal development, service, and special programs and events.

MeritBadge.Org is your online Scouting University with Varsity Resources, Letter, Letter Bar, Activity Pins, Denali Award, and Advancment.

• Varsity Scouts can also earn Boy Scout ranks from Scout through Eagle.
• Merit Badges cover over 120 different topics with printable Workbooks and Blue Cards.
• Additional Scout Awards challenge boys in dozens of other areas. Scouter Awards are for adults.
• The Team Program Features include 27 quarterly team programs that are tailored for Varsity Teams.
• Varsity Scouts Scouts can attend Summer Camp, Camporees, Philmont, National Jamborees, and more.
• Training is offered in areas as diverse as ecology, first aid, Knots, and Outdoor Skills.

A Varsity Scout Team is composed of one or more squads with youth team leaders, adult advisers, and is supported by an adult Team Committee.

The purpose of the Ranger Award award is to encourage Venturers to achieve a high level of outdoor skills proficiency; recognize achievement of this high level of outdoor skills proficiency; provide a path for outdoor/high-adventure skills training; and establish Rangers as a highly trained leadership resource for crews, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and the community.

The Ranger Award exemplifies a challenging high-level outdoor/high-adventure skills advancement program. Once earned, it will identify a Ranger as a person who is highly skilled at a variety of outdoor sports and interests, trained in outdoor safety, and ready to lead or assist others in activities. Rangers can be a great program asset to Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops, and others.

• Nov 2015: New NYLT patch, Trained patch available to youth now as well as adults

• Dec 2013: Boy Scout program and awards will be changed in 2016. Future program updates

• Dec 2013: Cub Scout program and awards will be changed in 2015. Future program updates

• June 1, 2008 – National Trails Day
• June 15, 1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
• June 25, 1977 – Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Robert Baden-Powell, former Chief World guide, one of the only two recipients of the gold silver fish, died at Birtley House, Bramley in Surrey, UK. Her ashes were taken to Kenya to be buried with her husband.
• June 30, 1937 – First National Jamboree, held at Washington, DC. Ran from June 30-July 9. Was to have been in 1935, but was canceled due to a polio epidemic.
• June 1923 – First recorded use of the word "woggle" (early Scouts tied a knot in their neckerchief) in the June issue of the Scout magazine. The word ring was used in early editions of the Scouting handbook Scouting for Boys until 1929 when Baden-Powell changed it in the 14th edition: "It [the scarf] may be fastened at the throat by a knot or woggle, which is some form of ring made of cord, metal or bone, or anything you like."

• 50 Miler Award
• Boardsailing BSA
• BSA Lifeguard
• BSA Stand Up Paddleboarding
• Complete Angler
• Cyber Chip
• Den Chief Service Award
• Donor Awareness Patch
• Emergency Preparedness BSA Award
• Firem'n Chit
• Historic Trails Award
• International Activity Badge
• International Exchange Program Emblem (discontinued)
• Interpreter Strip (French, Morse Code, Sign Language, Spanish, or any other language upon request)
• James M. Stewart Good Citizenship Award
• Kayaking BSA
• Keep America Beautiful Hometown USA Award
• Leave No Trace Award (discontinued)
• Mile Swim BSA
• National Honor Patrol Award
• National Outdoor Awards
  • National Outdoor Badge for Aquatics
  • National Outdoor Badge for Camping
  • National Outdoor Badge for Conservation
  • National Outdoor Badge for Hiking
  • National Outdoor Badge for Riding
  • National Medal for Outdoor Achievement
• NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award
• National Youth Leadership Society
• NOVA Awards
• Outdoor Ethics Awareness Award
• Outdoor Ethics Action Award
• Outdoor Ethics Service Recognition Award
• Paul Bunyan Woodsman
• Physical Fitness Award (discontinued)
• Recruiter Strip
• Religious Emblems
• SCOUTStrong Be MedWise Award
• SCOUTStrong Presidential Active Lifestyle Award Challenge
• Scuba BSA
• Service Stars
• Snorkeling BSA
• Spirit of the Eagle Award
• Totin' Chip
• William T. Hornaday awards
• Whitewater Rafting BSA
• World Conservation Award

National Court of Honor Lifesaving and Meritorious Action Award

• Medal of Merit
• Heroism Award
• Honor Medal

Unit Awards

• BSA Ready & Prepared Award
• Conservation Good Turn Award
• Journey to Excellence
• National Outdoor Challenge Unit Award
• SCOUTStrong Healthy Unit Award

Qualified Venturers may earn Boy Scout awards.
List of all Scouting Awards