Merit Badge Requirements

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List of Merit Badge Requirements

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BUGLING

1. Give a brief history of the bugle.
    
2. Explain and demonstrate how the bugle makes sound, and explain how the bugle is related to other brass wind instruments.
    
3. Explain how to care for, clean, and maintain a bugle.
    
4. Sound the following bugle calls:
    
   • First Call
   • Reveille
   • Mess
   • To the Colors
   • Officers
   • Drill
   • Assembly
   • Recall
   • Fatigue
   • Church
   • Fire
   • Swimming
   • Retreat
   • Call to Quarters
   • Taps
      
5. Explain when each of the calls in requirement 4 is used.
    
6. Serve as bugler in your troop for three months.

NOTE: A bugle, trumpet, or cornet may be used to meet these requirements.