The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring, according to an internal service memo reviewed by Military.com. For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A soldier with 2nd Cavalry Regiment reaches for an Expert Infantry Badge. (Spc. Andrew Clark/Army) (Spc. Andrew Clark) Soldiers ...

House Freedom Caucus Rep. Troy Nehls has been seen donning a Combat Infantryman Badge on his lapel, touting his service in Afghanistan — even though the award was revoked, the Army confirmed. After ...

CAMP CASEY, South Korea (Oct. 31, 2014) -- On a historic day on the Korean Peninsula, two Republic of Korea army soldiers were the first females to earn and wear the Expert Infantryman Badge, which ...

VICENZA, Italy — Staff Sgt. Ariana Perez counted three reasons why, after two crushing failures, she’d made a third attempt at earning the Army’s Expert Infantryman Badge. "My soldiers," she said. "My ...

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) does not qualify for a Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) that he claims and often wears on his lapel, according to the Army. Nehls served as an infantryman, an engineer officer ...

For four grueling days, U.S. and Italian soldiers operated under German standards to earn a foreign military badge few U.S.

I read with interest the Oct. 24 front-page story "Army Badge of Honor Now in Contention; Award Denied to GIs Retrained for Infantry" about the controversy surrounding the Combat Infantryman's Badge.

Soldiers who've both served in combat and mastered their job skills will soon earn a new badge recognizing both achievements. The Master Combat Badge shows that the soldier wearing the new device has ...