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The Arrow of Light badge is the highest rank award available to Cub Scouts. To earn the Arrow of Light, the Cub Scout must complete six required adventures, two of 16 elective adventures, and child abuse prevention exercises. Earning the Arrow of Light allows a youth to join a Scout troop at ten years of age instead of eleven. [29]
For each badge from Scout through Life, the badge design is encircled by brown lettering that says "2010 (Rank) Scout", and "Boy Scouts of America". For the Eagle badge, which already had the design surrounded by white lettering ("Eagle Scout"/"Boy Scouts of America") the only change is the addition of "2010" before "Eagle".
Cub Scouts, Brownies 6 to 10 years Scouts, Guides 10 to 13 years Venture Scouts, Venture Guides 13 to 16 years Rovers, Rangers 16 to 21 years Seniors 21 years and older without The Instrutor's Obligation Scouting Association of the Republic (Poland) Cub Scouts 7 to 10 years Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts 11 to 14 years Boy Wanderers, Girl Wanderers
Male members under the age of 18 may also earn Merit Badges and the Star, Life, and Eagle Scout ranks from the Boy Scouting program if they have earned at least First Class rank in a Boy Scout troop or Varsity Scout team.
Before it was announced in 2017 that girls would be allowed throughout the ranks, the Boy Scouts announced that they would allow transgender boys to enroll in their boys-only programs.
Arrow of Light (AOL) is the highest rank attainable in the Cub Scouts program of Scouting America. Introduced in 1972 as an award for Cub Scouts who remained in the scouting program, it has since become a separate rank of its own. The Arrow of Light rank may be earned by fifth-grade members of the Cub Scout program.
In 2017, it made the historic announcement that girls would be accepted as Cub Scouts as of 2018 and into the flagship Boy Scout program — renamed Scouts BSA — in 2019. Over 6,000 girls have ...
The Cub Scout section was first launched in 1916 as Wolf Cubs. Early in the development of the Scouting movement, there was a need for provision for those too young to join the Boy Scouts at the age of 11. In a number of cases, those too young were not turned away and unofficial junior troops existed in the UK as early as 1909, only a year ...