Advancement, Awards, Recognitions

In addition to rank advancement, there are a variety of individual awards are available to Venturers.

Resources

Looking for more information to help you navigate your way through Venturing?

Uniforms

The BSA offers the traditional spruce-green uniform shirt for Venturers. It is recommended that crews adopt a charcoal-gray casual pants and/or backpacking-style shorts for their uniform. However, each crew may determine what, if any, specific uniform pants or shorts they will wear based on crew activities.Check out where to put all of your patches on your uniform.

Opportunities

Did you know there are college scholarships available to Venturers? Would you be interested in working on a camp staff in Europe? Find out more here.

Note:

Effective May 1, 2010, the minimum age requirement to join and participate in Venturing/Sea Scouting has changed to 14 years of age, or 13 years of age and completion of the eighth grade. The maximum age for participation remains under 21 years of age.