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Ask the Expert: Do the hours worked by family members count on an Eagle service project?

March 17, 2011 12

The Eagle project—that last mile on the long, satisfying climb toward Scouting’s highest honor—tests a boy’s ability to organize a meaningful service project and then lead his peers in its completion. It’s all outlined in the Eagle

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Ask the Expert: Why is the Eagle Scout age requirement 18?

January 27, 2011 22

A boy must complete all requirements for the Eagle Scout Award by his 18th birthday, but why? That was the question posed by Scouter Kim. H. She writes: “Why do Scouts have to complete their

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Which uniform should a Council Executive Board Member wear?

December 8, 2010 5

In our little corner of the Boy Scouts of America's national headquarters, the staff of Scouting magazine is surrounded by experts who know just about everything there is to know about the program we love.

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Ask the Expert: What happened to Bugling merit badge?

June 2, 2010 8

  UPDATE: Bugling merit badge has been reinstated as a separate merit badge. More details here. Have you been searching for an answer to a Scouting-related question? Ask the Expert is here to help. Send

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Ask the Expert: Does Bugler fulfill the “position of responsibility” for the Eagle Scout award?

March 4, 2010 6

Have you been searching for an answer to a Scouting-related question? Ask the Expert is here to help. Send us your question, and Cracker Barrel will seek out the answer. Today's question comes from Arlene

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Ask the Expert: Is it a violation of BSA policy to have “closed” meetings?

February 25, 2010 9

Have you been searching for an answer to a Scouting-related question? Ask the Expert is here to help. Send us your question, and Cracker Barrel will seek out the answer. We received the following question

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Ask the Expert: Do I use the new or old rank requirements?

February 4, 2010 3

UPDATE, 8:08 a.m. Feb. 5: To clarify, a boy only is officially working on one requirement at a time. That means that once he completes that rank, he moves to the new book. For example,

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Ask the Expert: The BSA’s ‘active’ requirement

December 9, 2009 19

Update (May 1, 2012): This answer is no longer valid. Read the updated answer here. We at Cracker Barrel feel geographically blessed to be in the same building as most of the Boy Scouts of America’s

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