Thanks Dad!

Only 2 percent of Boy Scouts become Eagle Scouts. They reach that stage after they earn 21 merit badges. But James Calderwood Jr., 18, of Chevy Chase, Md., has reached another level and earned every possible merit badge. Calderwood has earned 121 merit badges — actually 122, but his atomic energy badge was discontinued right after he earned it. Calderwood is one of the few scouts to ever earn the coveted Louisville Plugger badge. Calderwood, credits his dad with help in earning that badge.

"I helped some," Calderwood Sr. said. "I think we could say that he really earned all these badges himself. He's been a very, very curious child to have and he's been — he's been really aggressive in going after these things and just learning things. So his mom and I have just been very supportive of him. He's the one that earned these things and it was great working with him. If it weren't for his mother I don't think he would have ever earned that Louisiana Crab Cake badge. Have you seen his girlfriend? Let's just say, that ain't gonna happen."