So you’re not infantry. You’re not a medic. You don’t have any brushed-metallic way of signaling you’re kind of a big deal in your particular military occupational specialty. You know what this means?

The Army’s newest badges will be in soldiers’ hands very soon. Soldiers are expected to be able to purchase the Army’s new Master Combat Badges at Army and Air Force Exchange Service, or AAFES, ...

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – The Army’s Expert Infantryman, Field Medical and Soldier badges will now share a common fitness assessment, while still maintaining the integrity and history of each ...

FORT GORDON, Ga. (March 20, 2015) -- Several Soldiers at the Signal Corps Regimental Noncommissioned Officer Academy received the Army Basic Instructor Badge during the Army Instructor Development and ...

Earlier this year, the Army announced plans for a new badge to test soldiers from military occupational specialities who don’t have a formal way to certify their skills. Under the plan, everyone — not ...

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 indicates that the soldier wearing the new device ...

Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, talks with reporters outside a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on Oct. 12, 2023. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP) Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, on Wednesday, accused Army officials of political ...

You earn it, you keep it, you wear it. That is how many soldiers value their combat patches, badges and insignia that display who they are and what they've done. But while in the field, the commander ...

Jim Carpenter asks when the Navy's submarine combat badge was approved and what its history is. The Navy approved the badge early in World War II to recognize service on a combat patrol during which ...