All awards
National Outdoor Achievement Award (Camping)
Scouts BSA
2010 requirements, effective August 1, 2010
Requirements
Camping. A Scout, Sea Scout, or Venturer may earn the National
Outdoor Badge for Camping upon successfully completing the following
requirements:
1.
Earn the Scout First Class rank, Sea Scout Apprentice rank, or complete Venturing Ranger Award requirements 1-6.
Complete 1 of the following
(a)
Scout First Class rank
(b)
Sea Scout Apprentice rank
(c)
Venturing Ranger Award requirements 1 through 6
2.
Complete the Camping merit badge requirements.
3.
Complete the requirements for two of the following three:
Complete 2 of the following
(a)
Cooking merit badge or Ranger Cooking core
Complete 1 of the following
1.
Cooking merit badge
2.
Ranger Cooking Core
(b)
First Aid merit badge or Ranger First Aid core
Complete 1 of the following
1.
First Aid Merit Badge
2.
Ranger First Aid Core
(c)
Pioneering merit badge
4.
Complete 25 days and nights of camping (Sea Scouts may be on a
boat), including six consecutive days (five nights) of camping,
approved and under the auspices and standards of the Boy Scouts
of America=including nights camped as part of requirements 1
through 3 above. Youth must complete six consecutive days (five
nights) of the 25 nights at a BSA accredited resident camp.
A gold device may be earned for each additional 25 nights of camping. A silver device is earned for each additional 100 nights of camping. The youth may wear any combination of devices totaling his or her current number of nights camping.