For years testing for Expert Field Medical, Expert Infantryman, and Expert Soldier badges were completed separately, but recently were combined into one event – the E3B. Each badge required individual ...

Two badges that Master Sgt. Scott Potter earned as an Army infantryman entitle him to the new Master Infantryman Badge.

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 ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea—Over 1,600 Soldiers from units across South Korea competed for their Expert Infantryman, Expert Soldier and Expert Field Medical Badges at Camp Casey, Camp Hovey, Camp ...

SAGAMI GENERAL DEPOT, Japan — A soldier in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force became one of the first Japanese troops to earn the U.S. Army’s Expert Soldier Badge after a five-day test of physical ...

Staff Sgt. Wai Kin Tee receives his Expert Soldier Badge on Oct. 3, 2025, in Baumholder, Germany. (Sgt. Griffin Payne/Army) Soldiers of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command recently undertook two of ...

The sound of gunfire burst from tents scattered across a hillside at Fort Carson on Wednesday as soldiers displayed their skills with machine guns, antitank missiles and grenades, among many other ...

Army leaders really want soldiers to earn expert badges, with service planners doubling the amount of promotion points awarded to those who earn the honors meant to reflect skill sets useful for ...

VICENZA, Italy — Staff Sgt. Ariana Perez counted three reasons why, after two crushing failures, she’d made a third attempt at earning the Army’s Expert Infantryman Badge. "My soldiers," she said. "My ...

Beginning in October 2019, the U.S. Army plans to require soldiers to compete for the Expert Action Badge, an annual physical and skill-based test similar to the prestigious Expert Infantryman Badge ...

Soldiers of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command recently undertook two of the Army's most challenging physical assessments by testing for the Expert Soldier Badge and Expert Field Medical Badge. From ...