Navy Airman Awarded Eagle Scout Rank While on Leave

Long Branch, NJ. - Vincent Scalpati of Boy Scout Troop 148, chartered to the Elks Lodge 742 in Long Branch, reached a lifetime goal last August by earning his Eagle Scout badge. The final step in the process was his Eagle project - restoring Field Free, a forgotten pre-Revolutionary War cemetery in Eatontown, NJ.

The fact that a boy is an Eagle Scout has always carried with it a special significance, not only in Scouting but also for the young man as he enters higher education, business or industry, and community service. To earn the Eagle Award, a Scout must be active with a troop, earn a minimum of 21 merit badges, assume a position of leadership within a troop and complete a service project that benefits the community. Only five percent of all Boy Scouts earn the rank of Eagle Scout, and in 2016 only 186 boys in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties earned the Eagle Scout award.

Navy Airman Scalpati is a past-president ot the Antlers, the Elks youth organization. As an Eagle Scout, Vincent Scalpati joins Gerald Ford, Neil Armstrong, Bill Bradley, Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates, and a host of other leaders as Scouting’s “best of the best.”

Scalpati's Court of Honor takes place Wednesday May 24th at 6 p.m. at I.A.M.A. in Long Branch, NJ
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Boy Scout Troop 148
c/o Elks Lodge #742
150 Garfield Avenue
Long Branch, NJ 07740
Press Contact, Levester Burnley, Scoutmaster
(732)822-4454


Please contact Levester Burnley for photo ops, interviews, etc. 732-822-4454
Monmouth Council BSA: 732-536-2347

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