US citizens and their dependents who live abroad are able to participate in the BSA program through the Transatlantic Council (serving most of Europe), the Far East Council (serving Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Thailand), or through Direct Service, BSA.

The corresponding lodges: Black Eagle Lodge #482 (Transatlantic Council), Ikunuhkatsi, Hinode Goya, and Achpateuny lodges #498 (Far East Council), and Gamenowinink Lodge #555 (Direct Service) have rich histories. Prior to 1973, they were sometimes referred to as "Extra‑Regional" or the so-called "Region 13," even though they weren't organized as such, nor did they have region/area leadership, planning, or area events.

International lodges that no longer exist are: Chiriqui Lodge #391 (Panama Canal / Canal Zone Council), Baluga Lodge #538 (Clark AFB, Philippines), and Cuauhtli Lodge #446 (Mexico City, DF, Mexco). Baluga merged into Hinode Goya, and Chiriqui and Cuauhtli merged into Gamenowinink.

Transatlantic t1b	Direct Service s1	Far East s9, 40th Anniv.	Far East s6b
Black Eagle 482 s7	Gamenowinink 555 s4	Achpateuny 498 s2	Hinode Goya 498 s17b
Chiriqui 391 s25  Canal Zone Council	Cuauhtli 446 f1  Direct Service, Mexico City, DF image courtesy of Bob Cylkowski	Achsin 565 s2  Chamorro Council, Agana, Guam image courtesy of Bob Cylkowski	Ikunuhkatsi 498 f3a