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Milestone

1. Review Safe Swim Defense with your counselor

Required Often forgotten

The first half of the gate. The badge states that this comes before requirements 3 through 15.

Note. Safe Swim Defense governs every session on this badge, and reviewing it is a requirement in its own right rather than a formality. Whether any attempt happens is decided by it and by your counselor, not by this page.

Where this step comes from

  1. Lifesaving Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 1 · States in its own words that it comes before requirements 3 through 15, which is half of why the gate edges below are stated rather than inferred.

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