After Your Eagle Board of Review

After your successful Eagle Scout Board of Review, you should first make at least one copy of the original Eagle Scout Rank Application that your Board of Review members signed (both sides).  You may want other copies for yourself and/or your Eagle Coach, but you must turn in the original to Circle Ten Council (along with some (simple) paperwork that they provide).  You must turn in a copy to your Troop's Advancement so they can record it in your Troop's record-keeping system (e.g., TroopMaster/Scoutbook/etc., depending on what your Troop uses).  

You are an Eagle Scout on the day you successfully complete your Eagle Scout Board of Review (and, by the way, for the rest of your life)!  The paperwork you submit to Circle Ten Council will in turn be submitted to BSA "national" for further approval/documentation.  When Council receives BSA's approval, your Scoutmaster will be notified (because of that extra (simple) paperwork that was turned in with your approved  Eagle Scout Rank Application) and you may pick up your award from the Council office.  Note that Eagle Scout Ross Perot provides much of what you will pick up at Council -- e.g., your Eagle pin, your parent pins, your mentor pin, etc.  If you wish to purchase an Eagle Scout patch to sew on your uniform, you will need to bring "proof" that you are an Eagle Scout; that extra copy you made (above) for personal use will suffice for this purpose!  

Now, on to planning your Eagle Scout Court of Honor ... !!  


Note:  If you remain an active member of your Troop, you now have the opportunity to earn Eagle Palms if you are still under 18 years old.  If you are already 18 years old, your Adult Leader record will reflect that you are an Eagle Scout (and what date you earned it)!  

Note: Effective August, 2017, BSA announced that Eagles who have earned enough Merit Badges for subsequent Eagle Palms at the time of their Eagle Scout Board of Review will be awarded those Eagle Palms at the same time their Eagle Scout is awarded — without having to wait three months for each Eagle Palm or having to have a Scoutmaster conference for each Eagle Palm. Subsequent to the awarding of Eagle Scout (e.g., at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor), however, the "old" rules for Eagle Palms continues in effect — i.e., Eagle Palms are awarded in increments of 5 Merit Badges, with three months of participation and leadership between Eagle Palms, and with a Scoutmaster conference for each subsequent Eagle Palm.