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Age Requirements / Advancement / Highest Awards

Program Level
Minimum Age
Maximum Age
Highest Rank
Neckerchief
Lions or
Lion Cub Scouts
Kindergarten completed
Kindergarten
Lion rank
Lion rank
Lion neckerchief
Tigers or
Tiger Cub Scouts
completed
Kindergarten
completed
grade 1
Tiger rank
Tiger rank
Tiger neckerchief
Wolves or
Wolf Cub Scouts
completed
grade 1
completed
grade 2
Wolf rank
Wolf rank
Wolf neckerchief
Bears or
Bear Cub Scouts
completed
grade 2
completed
grade 3
Bear rank (blue background)
Bear rank
Bear neckerchief
Webelos Scouts completed
grade 3
completed
grade 4
Webelos rank
Webelos rank *
Webelos neckerchief
AOL Scouts completed
grade 4
completed
grade 5
Arrow of Light rank
Arrow of Light rank *
Webelos neckerchief

 

Bobcat rank
Bobcat Rank Badge

[to disappear 6/2024]
All Cub Scout ranks
All Rank Badges as sewn on left pocket
original Bobcat pin
original Bobcat pin
original Lion badge
original Lion badge
former Tiger Cub badge
former Tiger Cub badge
former Bear badge (green background)
former Bear badge
(green background)
original Lion rank (pre-1967)
original Lion rank
(pre-1967)

Pending Revisions to the Cub Scout Program (to be effective 1 June 2024)

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