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Milestone

4.4.2.1. The board of review date is the effective advancement date

Required May not apply Often forgotten

This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Has the board been held, and how did it go?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

Stated in the Guide's Sea Scout topic in one sentence, and again in the Scouts BSA topic it adopts: the date of the board, not that of a subsequent bridge of honor, is the rank's effective date.

Warning. The rank is effective the day the board sat, not the day the paperwork was processed or the bridge of honor was held. Getting this wrong shifts tenure and can affect what the Sea Scout is eligible for next.

Where this step comes from

  1. Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 4.4.2.1 · The board of review date becomes the effective advancement date.
  2. Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 8.0.1.5 · The board of review date, not that of a subsequent court of honor, becomes the rank's effective date.

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