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Eagle Scout rock star creating videogame based on classic game he played at camp

June 16, 2025 2

Last Flag, created by Eagle Scout brothers Dan and Mac Reynolds, is a videogame inspired by Dan and Mac’s experiences at Scout camp.

NFL running back David Montgomery at the 2025 National Annual Meeting with Andrea Marron, 2024-2025 National Venturing President

David Montgomery says Scouting helped him recover from major injury

May 15, 2025 0

At first, it looked like he would require surgery that would keep him from playing for the rest of the season. But Montgomery had other ideas.

Meet 115 Scouts who became famous

February 5, 2025 173

This list of 115 Scouts who became famous includes presidents and Pulitzer Prize recipients, astronauts and athletes, celebrities and CEOs.

NFL star speaks from the heart in Scouting America promotional video

January 9, 2025 3

As a six-year veteran of the NFL, David Montgomery has recorded a lot of commercials, voiceovers and other promotional materials. This one, however, hit different.

A photo of Eagle Scout rock climber Michael Vaill

Eagle Scout rock climber continues to reach for new heights

December 31, 2024 0

It’s not an exaggeration to say that Michael Vaill (Eagle Class of 2010) recently had one of the best weeks in the history of recorded rock climbing.

Kenneth Cooper Distinguished Eagle Scout

Founder of modern aerobics reflects on his career and time in Scouting

December 16, 2024 1

Kenneth Cooper, Eagle Scout, is the man who first coined the term aerobics and changed the way the world thought about the concept of exercise.

How four former Scouts made a movie about one of Scouting’s most inspirational stories

October 23, 2024 1

The story of how the Lost on a Mountain in Maine movie came to be is a remarkable tale in its own right. It involves a lot of Scout-like stick–to–itiveness, a little bit of what Cook calls kismet, and a helping hand from one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

Add one more name to the list of Nobel Prize-winning Eagle Scouts

October 16, 2024 0

Gary Ruvkun, a molecular biologist, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and Eagle Scout, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for the discovery of microRNA, the molecules that control our genes.

Meet the NFL running back who’s now an official Scouting America ambassador

October 14, 2024 0

David Montgomery says Scouting gave him the skills and discipline that it takes to succeed in all aspects of life. Last week, Montgomery was named an official Scouting America recruitment ambassador. His message: Scouting can do for everyone what it did for him.

Here are the Eagle Scouts in the NFL in 2024

September 30, 2024 7

These are men who grew up in an era in which youth sports is almost a full-time job, and at the same time they were all able to advance to the highest rank in Scouting.