Proud Dad here

[Cant_hit_apex]

My #2 son earned his Boy Scout Eagle Rank tonight. I can't explain what this feels like, but having both sons wearing Eagle patches, well, I'm walking 10 feet off the ground. I'll only have them for a couple more years, but then I'm releasing two capable men into this world.

I'd write more but I need to go run around and shout for a while.

[hdolan]

Congrats...sounds like you've done a good job...as have your boys...

[Jamski]

Puts them in some fine company, that does. And it sure does look good on a resume'.

[Truth Detector]

[doitagain]

Congratulations!

[Ken-Paul]

Excellent!

[indyracefan]

...big-time congrats.

Oddly enough, recently I was rumaging through some stuff in a closet and came across my old Cub Scout tie-clip, found my Bobcat, Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear patches and my Webelos Scout badges.

[Maynard111]

My #2 son earned his Boy Scout Eagle Rank tonight. I can't explain what this feels like, but having both sons wearing Eagle patches, well, I'm walking 10 feet off the ground. I'll only have them for a couple more years, but then I'm releasing two capable men into this world.

I'd write more but I need to go run around and shout for a while.

Your pride is highly justifiable.

Eagle Scout requires long term dedication and diligence, traits that should take him far in life. Good job.

[Sea Fury]

Puts them in some fine company.

Yes it does indeed.

Eagle Scout astronauts

ADAMSON, James C.-Shuttle Astronaut
ARMSTRONG, Neil A.-Gemini 8, Apollo 11-1st man to walk on the Moon
BAGIAN, James P.-Shuttle Astronaut
BLUFORD, Guion S. Jr.-Shuttle Astronaut-first african-American astronaut to fly
BOWERSOX, Kenneth D.-Shuttle and ISS astronaut
BRADY, Charles E.-Shuttle astronaut
CARR, Gerald P.-Skylab astronaut
CARTER, Manley Lanier "Sonny" Jr.-Shuttle astronaut
CHAFFEE, Roger B.-Apollo astronaut, died in the Apollo 1 fire on Jan 27, 1967
CHAMITOFF, Gregory Errol-Shuttle/ISS astronaut-scheduled to fly on STS-124 in May
COVEY, Richard O.-Shuttle Astronaut
CREIGHTON, John O.-Shuttle astronaut
DUKE, Charles M., Jr.-Apollo astronaut, CapCom during Apollo 11, walked on the Moon on Apollo 16
EISELE, Donn F.-Apollo 7
FORRESTER, Patrick G.-Shuttle astronaut
FOSSUM, Michael E.-Shuttle astronaut, flew on STS-121, post-Columbia Return to Flight mission
FULLERTON, Charles G.-MOL/Shuttle astronaut, flew 1977 Shuttle Approach & Landing test flights and later space missions, only recently retired as a NASA test pilot
GREGORY, William G.-Shuttle astronaut
GRIGGS, S. David-Shuttle astronaut
HOFFMAN, Jeffrey A.-Shuttle astronaut
JOHNSON, Gregory H.-Scheduled to fly STS-123 on March 11. One of two active astronauts named Gregory Johnson.
JONES, Thomas D.-Shuttle astronaut
LEE, Mark C.-Shuttle Astronaut
LIND, Don L.-Skylab Rescue standby crew/Shuttle astronaut
LINDSEY, Steven W.-Shuttle Astronaut, currently Chief of the Astronaut Corps
LOVELL, James A. Jr.-Gemini 7 (first orbital rendezvous w/Gemini 6A), Gemini 12 (last Gemini flight), Apollo 8 (first flight to orbit the Moon, read from Genesis from lunar orbit Christmas Eve 1968), Apollo 13 (aborted lunar mission often cited as NASA's finest hour)
McCOOL, William C.-Shuttle astronaut, died during the re-entry of Columbia on Feb 1, 2003
McCULLEY, Michael J.-Shuttle astronaut
O'LEARY, Brian T.-selected as astronaut in 1967 but never flew
ONIZUKA, Ellison S.-Shuttle astronaut, died aboard Challenger Jan 28, 1986
OSWALD, Stephen S.-Shuttle astronaut
PARAZYNSKI, Scott E.-Shuttle astronaut
PETTIT, Donald R.-Shuttle/ISS astronaut
REIGHTLER, Kenneth S. Jr.-Shuttle astronaut
SEARFOSS, Richard A.-Shuttle astronaut
SEE, Elliot M. Jr.-Named Commander of Gemini 9 but killed in T-38 crash during training
TANNER, Joseph R.-Shuttle astronaut
TRULY, Richard H.-MOL/Shuttle astronaut, flew ALT flights and space missions, first astronaut to be named NASA Administrator.
WALKER, David M-Shuttle astronaut

King's Scout (equivalent to Eagle Scout)

LLEWELLYN, John A.-Selected as an astronaut in 1967 but never flew.

http://usscouts.org/eagle/eagleastronauts.asp

Of the 312 pilots and scientists selected as astronauts since 1959, at least 207 have been identified as having been Scouts or active in Scouting. The list includes 39 Eagle Scouts, 25 Life Scouts, 14 Star Scouts, 26 First Class Scouts, 17 Second Class Scouts, 13 Tenderfoot Scouts, 3 Explorers, 25 Cub Scouts, 10 Webelos Scouts, 1 King’s Scout, 2 Wolf Scouts, and 32 with unknown ranks, including 27 who were Girl Scouts.

Of the 27 men to travel to the moon on the Apollo 9 (Er, Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbit mission to test-fly the LM, guys-Apollos 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 went to lunar orbit, the lunar surface or lunar free-return-SF) through Apollo 17 missions, 24 were Scouts, including 11 of the 12 men who physically walked on the moon's surface, and all three members of the crew of Apollo 13.

All three of the astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 fire, four of the seven who died in the Challenger launch explosion, and five of the seven who died in the Columbia re-entry explosion (Technically neither accidents were "explosions" but that's OK-SF) were Scouts.

[skypigeon]

It's a good crowd to hang with, for sure. Good job with them both, Dad.

Right now, my stepson is so flipping close to Eagle he can taste it--yet he has no self-motivation to finish it. If I put my foot between his glutes he works on it, but if I don't, he doesn't.

So, because I want it to mean something to him, I'm backing off, and hoping his job on summer camp staff this year creates the self-motivation he needs. He's 16 next month and still has time.

Some things you have to earn on your own. Eagle Scout is one of them.

[CARTer]

I faded out of scouting one rank shy of becoming an Eagle. This is one of my biggest regrets in Life. (Pun intended).

To this day, if I learn someone earned the Eagle rank in scouting, they go up several notches in my book.

A proud achievement, to be sure.

[billd]

Congratulations on both becomming Eagle Scouts. It ia good thing to have. I got mine a long time ago and still have it tucked away in my dresser at home.

Bill

[Cri Cri]

From one Eagle to another, Please tell your sons Congratulations!