The Combat Action Badge, ... White House ceremony at which 24 Army soldiers were awarded the nation's highest honor, including eight from the Vietnam War, ...

The Army has authorized a new badge for soldiers who have earned both the Combat Infantryman Badge, or CIB, and an Expert Infantryman Badge, or EIB, the Army’s top enlisted leader announced on ...

The service also awards expert badges to medics and the expert soldier badge to non-infantry soldiers. The Army plans to award the Master Combat Infantryman Badge, the Master Combat Medical Badge ...

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.

The former Bushwhackers wanted to receive the Army’s Combat Action Badge or Combat Infantry Badge ... The Bushwhackers served in South Vietnam and were tasked with protecting a sprawling ...

In 2005, the Combat Action Badge was introduced, effectively the same award as its infantry counterpart, but for Soldiers in all other occupations, spurred after cavalry and tank units played a ...

PETOSKEY — Nearly 55 years after serving in Vietnam, Ron Martinchek, or Sgt. Marty, was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon for his work as a radio operator from 1966 to 1968.

For example, the Combat Infantry Badge is awarded to infantry soldiers and Army Special Forces who’ve experienced direct action against an enemy.