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Give your Eagle pride a purpose with membership in the National Eagle Scout Association. Your membership empowers Scouting’s mission, protects the Eagle Scout legacy, and keeps Eagle alumni connected.

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Eagle Pride Showcase

Eagle Pride Showcase shows the contribution of NESA members to the mission, vision, and delivery of Scouting programs in communities across the country.

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Give Your Eagle Pride A Purpose

As a member of the National Eagle Scout Association, you further the mission, values, and time-honored traditions of Scouting in your community and our country. Give your Eagle pride a purpose by joining NESA today; the future is in your hands.

Eagle Pride Showcase

Showcase the moments in your life that exemplify the best of Scouting in your units, family, community, or workplace.

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Robert celebrates over 66 years of Scouting. His time has included trips to Philmont and Jamboree Staff in 1973 & 2013. He continues to share his joy of Scouting today with his grandkids.

A troop and its charted partner, Eden Church, trace their history back to the 1920s. Troop 31 recently decided to celebrate their 100th Eagle Scout, with fourteen Eagle Scouts in attendance.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Eagle Scout brothers together at Brett's Court of Honor.

Genevieve passed her Eagle Board of Review fifty years to the day her grandfather passed his. She is pictured with her older brother and grandfather at her Court of Honor.

Robert 'Bob' Beggs receives the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award from the Chester County Council. Bob is joined by his wife, Erin, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Gary Schroeder, May 2022.

Eagle Scout David Bader received one of the highest awards in computing for inventing commodity-based supercomputing.

Chuck Warrender earned his Eagle in 1941 and celebrated his 100th birthday on February 24th.

Nicholas is joined by family members at his Eagle Court of Honor. He becomes the eighth Eagle in his family spanning two generations.

Father and Son both achieve the rank of Eagle Scout.

The Andersen-Taylor family celebrating at the Court of Honor for Gabriel Andersen-Taylor.

Duane has returned home, where he earned his Eagle, to volunteer as the charted org rep for two local units. He has served the Missouri VFW State Scouting Team for the past fifteen years.

Ben Weingarten celebrates earning his Eagle with his Distinguished Eagle Scout Grandfather and Father.

Matthew is pictured with his Eagle Scout father, James, holding a shadow box that contains Matthew’s great-grandfather’s Eagle Medal.

Ethan receives a proclamation from New York State Senator John E. Brooks at his Eagle court of honor.

A Coast Guard Academy graduate has retired as a Captain after 28 1/2 years of active duty. He commanded two Coast Guard Cutters and an R&D prototype ship.

Twin brothers Greg and Randy Hines earned their Eagles in 1987. They both worked at Camp Strake in Conroe, Texas, earned the Vigil Honor, and are now Scoutmasters and family physicians.

June 1982, Steven shares a moment from his Eagle Scout Court of Honor.

NESA Life Member Stephen Spratt and his wife Christine are pleased to welcome and congratulate their son Logan as Katahdin Area Council's newest Eagle Scout and now NESA Life Member!

COL Scott Preston just completed three years commanding the US Army Corps of Engineers - Tulsa District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is now the Defense Coordinating Officer for FEMA Region 7 in Kansas City, MO.

Lifetime NESA member Vincent earns every merit badge before turning eighteen.

The Matl family has recently added a fourth Eagle Scout.

Robert F. Clifford recently returned to the United States after over two years in Kyiv, Ukraine, where he served as Mission Advisor and Country Program Director for US DOJ-sponsored law enforcement training. A retired FBI senior executive, he managed a team assisting Ukrainian law enforcement and was significantly involved in investigating Russian war crimes.

In February, the Three Fires Council honored 263 Scouts from the 2024 Eagle Class. During the event, William Hollister received the NOESA Award, joined on stage by fellow recipients.

Eagle Scout William Kropa received the 2025 Legionnaire Scouter of the Year Award from the American Legion Department of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.

2023 National Jamboree

July 19 - 28, 2023

Jamboree is more than a destination. It’s the adventure of lifetime. And there is simply nothing else like it on the planet.

What’s a Jamboree? It’s not camp. National Jamboree is 360-degrees of fun, friends and fellowship with hands-on adventure that takes you places you never thought you’d go and challenge you to try things you never thought you could.

It’s the beginning of your own heroes’ journey that will challenge you to go farther than you ever thought possible. You’ll reach deeper and lift yourself higher to become the best version of yourself.

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