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The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military decoration.The badge is awarded to infantrymen and Special Forces soldiers in the rank of colonel and below, who fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of either an Infantry or Special Forces unit of brigade size or smaller at any time after 6 December 1941.
Personnel may only wear one combat or special skill badge from either group 1 or group 2 above the ribbons. Soldiers may wear up to three badges from groups 3 and 4 above the ribbons. One badge from either group 1 or group 2 may be worn with badges from groups 3 and 4 above the ribbons, so long as the total number of badges above the ribbons ...
This new badge makes obsolete the unofficial branch-specific combat badges. Example of a Combat Artillery Badge being created by pinning the artillery branch insignia over a Combat Infantryman Badge. Recorded instances of the unofficial combat badges actually being worn are rare, but the following comes from the memoir of a Korean War veteran:
Career Counselor Badge; Close Combat Badge; Badges of the United States Coast Guard; Combat Action Badge; Combat crew badge; Combat Infantryman Badge; Combat Medical Badge; Combat Service Identification Badge; Command Ashore insignia; Command at Sea insignia; Corps Castle; Coxswain Insignia; Command Senior Enlisted Leader Identification Badges
He would go on to win the Bronze Star Medal, second Army Commendation Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge for his service in Iraq. Geressy said how Hegseth put “the troops first” and would ...
The Combat Action Badge (CAB) is a United States military award given to soldiers of the U.S. Army of any rank and who are not members of an infantry, special forces, or medical MOS, for being "present and actively engaging or being engaged by the enemy and performing satisfactorily in accordance with prescribed rules of engagement" at any point in time after 18 September 2001.
Military badges of the United States are awards authorized by the United States Armed Forces that signify rating, qualification, or accomplishment in several career fields, and also serve as identification devices for personnel occupying certain assignments. Personal recognition is granted to service members by a number of awards and decorations.
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