The new 2013 BOY SCOUT REQUIREMENTS book has been shipped to Scout Shops
nationwide, and has started to appear on the shelves.
Here is the list from the inside front cover of the booklet identifying
the ranks and merit badges that have revisions this year:
Rank requirement changes:
Second Class — requirements 3e, 3f, and 3g.
First Class — requirement 4a.
Star — requirement 5.
Life — requirement 5.
Eagle — requirements 4 and 7.
Eagle Scout rank alternative requirements
Minor merit badge requirement updates:
Astronomy (3b, 9)
Automotive Maintenance (1, 8d)
Bird Study (7b)
Chess (3)
Citizenship in the Community (3a)
Communication (1a, 1b)
Composite Materials (1)
Dog Care (10)
Emergency Preparedness (2b)
Fire Safety (7c)
Fishing (1)
Gardening (1, 3, 6)
Hiking (5, 6)
Home Repairs (1, 6b)
Law (11)
Oceanography (8b)
Orienteering (6c)
Photography (3)
Safety (6, 7)
Wilderness Survival (1)
Wood Carving (1)
New merit badges:
Kayaking
Search and Rescue
The new merit badges were, of course, released during 2012, but are
listed since they weren't in the 2012 edition of the booklet.
There are notes concerning the upcoming new Sustainability and revised
Cooking merit badges and the future changes to the Eagle requirements in
regard to those badges. There are also a few other changes or additions
which are not listed.
All of the changes have now been incorporated into various web page and
workbooks on the USSSP site http://usscouts.org. The worksheets on
usscouts.org now reflect the current requirements (but the old ones are
still available as well for those who already started work).
My annual summary identifying all of the changes in detail is now
available at these URLs:
http://usscouts.org/advance/changes/advchanges13.asp and
http://usscouts.org/advance/docs/AdvancementChanges2013.pdf
In addition to the new book, new merit badge pamphlets for Photography,
Public Speaking, and Astronomy should be in the Scout Shops in the next
week or two. The pamphlets for Photography and Astronomy include the
requirements changes that are in the 2013 Boy Scout Requirements Book.
(There are no requirements changes for Public Speaking - just new content).
Next up - in early March - will be the new Game Design merit badge.
There will also be a few more revised merit badge pamphlets in coming
months, most (but not all) with revisions to both content and requirements.
-- Yours in Scouting,
Paul S. Wolf, PE (Ret.), FITE mailto:pwolf@usscouts.org
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Secretary, U.S. Scouting Service Project, Inc.
http://www.usscouts.org
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