All Soldiers earn a marksmanship qualification badge during basic training at skill-level marksman, sharpshooter or expert. The U.S. Army EIC badge takes precedence over the qualification badge.

In 1897, the honor became the more familiar Rifle Marksmanship Badge. Later, if service members showed sufficient accuracy, they earned Expert and Sharpshooter levels of the honor.

Danish Army Maj. Soeren Madsen, left, scores a target belonging to a U.S. soldier, right, who is competing for a Danish Marksmanship Badge at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.

STUTTGART, Germany - Ten soldiers from the German military, the Bundeswehr, earned U.S. Army Marksmanship Qualification Badges at Panzer Kaserne in Böblingen Oct. 18, while strengthening German ...

Pickens was born on July 27, 1960, and served from Aug. 14, 1978, to Aug. 10, 1981. He received the Marksmanship Badge and Sharpshooter Badge.