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Award
Expert Infantryman Badge
U.S. Army Expert Infantryman Badge
Type
Special Skill Group 1 Badge
Presented by
United States Army
Eligibility
Recipient must meet Department of the Army-established testing requirements and must possess a military occupational specialty within Career Management Field 11 (Infantry) or 18 (Special Forces), less MOS 18D.
Status
Currently awarded
Established
November 11, 1943
First awarded
March 29, 1944
Last awarded
On going
Precedence
Next (higher)
Combat Action Badge
Equivalent
Expert Field Medical Badge Expert Soldier Badge
Next (lower)
Expert Field Medical Badge[1]
Related
Combat Infantry Badge and Combat Medic Badge
The Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) is a special skills badge of the United States Army.
The EIB was created with the CIB by executive order in November 1943 during World War II. Currently, it is awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties with the exception of soldiers with the occupational specialty of Special Forces Medical Sergeant (18D). To be awarded the EIB, the soldier must complete a number of prerequisites and pass a battery of graded tests on basic infantry skills.
Personnel who have been awarded both the EIB and the CIB are not authorized to wear both badges simultaneously. In such cases, Army Regulations allow the recipient to choose which badge is worn. A similar badge exists for medical personnel, known as the Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB).[2] In 2017, talks about a similar badge were being discussed for soldiers without the occupation of infantry, medical, or special forces were put on the table and in 2019 the army established the Expert Soldier Badge for soldiers who do not qualify for both the EIB and EFMB.[3]
The EIB is a silver and enamel badge, consisting of a 3-inch-wide (76 mm) rectangular bar with an infantry-blue field upon which is superimposed a Springfield Arsenal Musket, Model 1795. Although similar in name and appearance to the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), it is a completely different award. While the CIB is awarded to infantry soldiers for participation in ground combat, the EIB is presented for completion of a course of testing designed to demonstrate proficiency in infantry skills.[4]
^Army Regulation 600-8-22 Military Awards (24 June 2013). Table 8-1, U.S. Army Badges and Tabs: Orders of precedence. p. 120 Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^Army Pamphlet 670–1 Guide to the Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia(PDF). Washington, DC: Headquarters, Department of the Army. 25 May 2017. pp. 266, 285.
^U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Public Affairs (November 15, 2019). "Army announces Expert Soldier Badge". army.mil. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^"Expert Infantryman Badge". Fort Benning. Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
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