The Master Combat Badge indicates that the soldier wearing the new device has had both a combat award and achieved expert qualification in their military occupational specialty, Sergeant Major of ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – Two Soldiers from U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys earned the new Master Combat Infantryman Badge (MCIB), May 5, 2025. The MCI ...

A Combat Infantryman Badge, established in 1943, is awarded to infantrymen who engaged in active ground combat for the US. “In 2023, 14 years after my retirement, suddenly, the Department of the ...

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 Combat Infantryman Badge dates back to World War II and was introduced to elevate the infantry's prestige. It also came with a $10 monthly bonus -- roughly $185 today -- until the incentive ...

Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, on Wednesday, accused Army officials of political attacks against him following questions about his continued wear of a Combat Infantry Badge that was revoked by military ...

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) is no longer wearing his Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) after the Army revised his military record to show he did not qualify for the badge he often wears on his lapel.

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 ...

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 ...

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