Ranger Award

The Ranger Award exemplifies a challenging, high-level outdoor/high-adventure skills advancement program. Once earned, it will identify a Ranger as a person who is highly skilled at a variety of outdoor sports and interests, trained in outdoor safety, and ready to lead or assist others in activities.

Award Updates for 2025

Updated requirements are now available for achieving the Ranger Award. The new requirements include updated language, new programs, and areas of interest. The award may still be earned under the 1998 set of requirements until March 31, 2026.

Ranger candidates complete requirements from a series of core and elective categories

Challenging Core Requirements

Complete the requirements from all 8 of the following categories:

First Aid
Wilderness Survival
Conservation
Communications
Emergency Preparedness
Physical Fitness
Land Navigation
Outdoor Ethics

Outdoor Preservation

Complete the requirements from 1 of the 3 following categories:

Outdoor Living History
Ecology
Plants and Wildlife

Outdoor Skills

Complete the requirements from 2 of the 4 following categories:

Leave No Trace
Exploration
Outdoor Cooking
Lifesaving

Outdoor Sports

Complete the requirements from 1 of the 12 following categories:

Backpacking
Cave Exploring
Cycling
Equestrian
Fishing
Hunting
Mountaineering
COPE
SCUBA
Range and Target Activities
Watercraft
Winter sports

Procedure

Ranger candidates can earn requirements on their own or with other Venturers. Candidates can work with outside consultants such as a SCUBA diving instructor, for instance. Advisors and consultants must sign a Ranger candidate’s record sheet found in the Venturing Awards and Recognition Handbook. Venturers who have completed the requirements should have their Advisor review the completed requirements, verify completion of the award, and order the award and certificate through the local Scout shop.

Recognition

After months of experiencing and acquiring skills on a wide variety of outdoor/high-adventure interests and sharing those skills with others, the Ranger will receive a sterling silver medal that features a powder horn superimposed over a compass dial. The medal is worn suspended from a green and white ribbon, which is suspended from a silver Ranger bar.

Award Medal, No. 04184
Bar, No. 04185
Certificate, No. 33663
Pocket Certificate, No. 33646

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.