The missileman badge, originally called the guided missile insignia, was
established in 1958. It was renamed the missileman badge in 1963 and then
renamed the missile badge in 1979.
The history of merit free badge addicts in the boy scouts of america has been
tracked by
categorizing them into a series of merit badge types. In addition to
the boy scouts
of america, many other Scouting organizations around the world,
such as
pathfinders, issue merit badges or their equivalent; though they are
sometimes
called honors or proficiency badges.
Other organizations, such as fire brigades, issue badges or awards that they
refer to as merit badges, but that are in some respects different from the
badges awarded by the bsa.
Merit badges have been an integral part of the scouting program since the start
of the movement in the united kingdom. Scouting came to the united states
in 1910 the bsa quickly issued an initial list of just 14 merit badges, but did not
produce or award them.
In 1911, the bsa manufactured the first official 57 merit badges and began
awarding them. The number of badges available has been as high as 140.
Merit badge types are identifiable by the cloth and manufacturing process
used to make them.
The classification of badges into types came about as a way for collectors to
categorize and classify their collections. Merit badge collectors often collect
other Scouting memorabilia as well.
Merit badges exist to encourage scouts to
explore areas that interest them and to teach them valuable skills in Scoutcraft.
The award of merit badges sometimes leads to careers and lifelong hobbies.
Scouts earn a merit badge by satisfying specified criteria a court of honor is
then held to present the badge.
Scouts can earn badges at any point in their scouting career, although this was
not always the case, Scouts first had to earn the rank of Second Class Scout
before being allowed to work on and earn badges.
The higher ranks of Star, life scout and eagle require merit badges be earned.
certain badges are mandatory to receive these higher ranks. For a few years
during the first aid merit badge was a requirement for the first class scout rank.
Other mandatory badges include citizenship in the community and environmental
science. The number of merit badges required for each of these higher ranks has
varied historically, as has the ratio of mandatory merit badges and non mandatory
badges for those ranks. As of 2005, scouts must earn a total of 21 merit badges
for the eagle scout rank, 12 of which must be from the mandatory list.
Once scouts attain the eagle rank, they can earn eagle palms, a core requirement
of which is earning more merit badges.
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