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Requirement

2. Swimming, plus Lifesaving merit badge

Required

Swimming merit badge, and Lifesaving merit badge or the Venturing Ranger Lifesaver elective.

Notes and warnings

Note. For Sea Scouts, the Swimming merit badge requirements are an Ordinary rank requirement and the Lifesaving ones an Able rank requirement.

Where this step comes from

  1. National Outdoor Awards Program (Program page), Requirement 2