<Requirements>
  <Rank name="Pre-Scout">
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="Scout">
    <MeritBadgeCount>0</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>0</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="1">Meet age requirements. Be a boy who has completed the fifth grade or is 11 years old, or has earned the Arrow of Light Award but is under 18 years old.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2">Complete a Boy Scout application and health history signed by your parent or guardian.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3">Find a Scout troop near your home.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="5">Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handshake.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="6">Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot).</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="7">Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath or promise, Law, motto, and slogan, and the Outdoor Code.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="8">Describe the Scout badge.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="9">Complete the pamphlet exercises. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="10">Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. Turn in you r Boy Scout application and health history form signed by your parent or guardian, then participate in a Scoutmaster conference.</Requirement>
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="Tenderfoot">
    <MeritBadgeCount>0</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>0</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="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.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2">Spend at least 1 night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch on a ground bed you have prepared.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3a">Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3b">Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and what their uses are: two half hitches and the tautline hitch.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on a highway and cross-country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="5">Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="6">Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, and slogan.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="7">Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flag.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="8">Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="9a">Record your best in the following tests: Pushups, Pull-ups, Sit-ups, Standing long jump, Run/walk 500 yards.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="9b">Show improvement in the activities listed above after practicing for 30 days.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="10">Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="11a">Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="11b">Show first aid for the following: Simple cuts and scratches, Blisters on the hand and foot, Minor burns or scalds (first degree), Bites and stings of insects and ticks, Poisonous snakebite, Nosebleed, Frostbite and Sunburn</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="12">Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.</Requirement>
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="Second Class">
    <MeritBadgeCount>0</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>0</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="1a">Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="1b">Using a compass and a map you've drawn, take a 5-mile hike (or 10 miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2a">Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included camping overnight.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2b">On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of knife, saw, and ax.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2c">Use the tools listed above to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2d">Light the cooking fire. Assist with the meal preparation and cleanup.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2e">On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitched.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3">Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution, chartered organization, community, or troop activity.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">Participate in an approved (minimum of 1 hour) service project.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="5">Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="6a">Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and internal poisoning.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="6b">Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="6c">Demonstrate first aid for the following: Object in the eye Bite of a suspected rabid animal Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fish hook Serious burns (second degree) Heat exhaustion Shock Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="7">Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. Demonstrate your ability to swim 50 yards using two different strokes.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="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 your family.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="9">Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="10">Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.</Requirement>
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="First Class">
    <MeritBadgeCount>0</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>0</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="1">Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="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, canyon, ditch, etc.)</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3">Since joining, have participated in ten separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping overnight.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Prepare a breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu that requires cooking; secure ingredients; supervise your assistants in fire building; and prepare the meals. Lead your patrol in saying grace at the meals, and supervise cleanup.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="5">Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader (elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, teacher) your constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S. citizen.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="6">Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your community.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="7a">Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and the clove hitch and their use in square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="7b">Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="8a">Demonstrate tying the bowline (rescue) knot and how it's used in rescues.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="8b">Demonstrate bandages for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and collarbone, and for a sprained ankle.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="8c">Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person: from a smoke-filled room with a broken leg, for at least 25 yards.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="8d">Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="9">Demonstrate your ability to swim 100 yards using one resting stroke and two other strokes, and to float (rest) as motionless as possible for 1 minute.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="10">Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="11">Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.</Requirement>
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="Star">
    <MeritBadgeCount>6</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>4</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="1">Be active in your troop or patrol for at least 4 months as a First Class Scout.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2">Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3">Earn six merit badges, including four from the required list for Eagle.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">While a First Class Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least 6 hours of work. These projects must be approved by your Scoutmaster.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="5">While a First Class Scout, serve actively 4 months in one or more of the following troop positions of responsibility (or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop): patrol leader, senior patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, bugler, chaplain aide, instructor, junior assistant scoutmaster, troop guide, Venture crew chief, or Varsity team captain.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="6">Take part in a Scoutmaster conference  The required list for Eagle has 15 merit badges in 12 categories. Any of the 15 may be used for this requirement.</Requirement>
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="Life">
    <MeritBadgeCount>11</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>7</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="1">Be active in your troop or patrol for at least 6 months as a Star Scout.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2">Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3">Earn five more merit badges (so that you have 11 in all), including any three more from the reqired list for Eagle.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">While a Star Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least 6 hours of work. These projects must be approved by your Scoutmaster.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="5">While a Star Scout, serve actively 6 months in one or more of the troop positions of responsibility listed in requirement 5 for Star Scout (or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop).</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="6">Take part in a Scoutmaster conference</Requirement>
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="Eagle">
    <MeritBadgeCount>21</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>10</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="1">Be active in your troop or patrol for at least 6 months as a Life Scout.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2">Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3">Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have), including the following:</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3a">First Aid</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3b">Citizenship in the Community</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3c">Citizenship in the Nation</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3d">Citizenship in the World</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3e">Communications</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3f">Safety</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3g">Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3h">Environmental Science</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3i">Personal Management</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3j">Personal Fitness OR Swimming OR Sports</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3k">Camping, and</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3l">Family Life.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">While a Life Scout, serve actively for 6 months in one or more of the following troop positions of responsibility: assistant senior patrol leader, chaplain aide, den chief, instructor, junior assistant Scoutmaster, librarian, patrol leader, quartermaster, scribe, senior patrol leader, troop guide, historian, Venture crew chief, or Varsity team captain.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="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 idea must be approved by your Scoutmaster and troop committee and approved by the council or district before you start. You must use the Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook, No. 18-927, in meeting this requirement.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="6">Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.</Requirement>
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="Bronze Palm">
    <MeritBadgeCount>26</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>10</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="1">Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 3 months after becoming an Eagle Scout or after award of last Palm.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2">Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3">Make a satisfactory effort to develop and demonstrate leadership ability.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">Earn five additional merit badges beyond those required for Eagle or last palm.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="5">Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.</Requirement>
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="Gold Palm">
    <MeritBadgeCount>31</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>10</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="1">Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 3 months after becoming an Eagle Scout or after award of last Palm.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2">Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3">Make a satisfactory effort to develop and demonstrate leadership ability.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">Earn five additional merit badges beyond those required for Eagle or last palm.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="5">Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.</Requirement>
  </Rank>
  <Rank name="Silver Palm">
    <MeritBadgeCount>36</MeritBadgeCount>
    <RequiredCount>10</RequiredCount>
    <Requirement index="1">Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 3 months after becoming an Eagle Scout or after award of last Palm.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="2">Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="3">Make a satisfactory effort to develop and demonstrate leadership ability.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="4">Earn five additional merit badges beyond those required for Eagle or last palm.</Requirement>
    <Requirement index="5">Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.</Requirement>
  </Rank>
</Requirements>
