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There are few moments in life when a parent or guardian is prouder than when their boy (now a young man) earns the Eagle rank, but for this to happen, it takes three key items (in order of importance): 1. Boy’s level of desire and hard work; not quitting when there is a failure or the Scout has a difficult time. 2. Consistent parent/guardian support and guidance of the boy. 3. Participation in a Quality Troop with active parents and trained leaders. A. Rank Advancement: 1. Scout craft skills may to be signed off or approved by a Scout who is Star or above or by an adult leader. 2. Parents, guardians and older siblings may not sign off on a rank advancement for his a scout. B. Merit Badge Counselors: 1.The Advancements Chairman maintains a list of Troop 332 Merit Badge Counselors. All Counselors will get a copy of the Merit Badge Counseling pamphlet (available on meritbadge.com) 2.The duties of the MBC are: a.Must follow the requirements of the merit badge, making no additions or deletions. b.Each scout must have a buddy present at instructional sessions. c. Must renew registration annually with boy scout office. d. Must be qualified and get general approval from the advancement chairperson. 3. Process: The four processes of merit badge advancement are learning, testing, reviewing and recognition. a. Scouts must bring MBC a blue card already signed by the SM or ASM to begin the badge. In most cases, he will maintain control of that blue card throughout the process; in some cases, the counselor will prefer to maintain that card. b. Scouts may also work on merit badges at other events such as summer camp and merit badge workshops. The advancements chairman will appoint a troop merit badge counselor to review the requirements met at such events. c. In some cases, Troop 332 may not have a counselor for a badge. The Scoutmaster may sign the blue cards as counselor for those badges. d. Scouts may work on badges at any time, if they have gotten scoutmaster approval. e. A parent may act as his son’s merit badge counselor, but this is discouraged in order for the scout to meet a diverse group of outstanding adults.