New Combat Badges to Be Ready Soon. May 30, 2005. By Josh White. The Army's new Combat Action Badge, which honors any soldier who sees combat during the global war on terrorism, ...

The Combat Action Badge, established on June 3, 2005, provides special recognition to Soldiers who personally engage the enemy, or are engaged by the enemy during combat operations.

Back in the winter of 2005, when Randy and I were embedded with Oregon's 3/116th in Kirkuk, the Army announced it would create the Combat Action Badge. It's been awarded since then to folks who ...

The service also awards expert badges to medics and the expert soldier badge to non-infantry soldiers. The Army plans to award the Master Combat Infantryman Badge, the Master Combat Medical Badge ...

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - (January 21, 2013) - Soldiers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), receieved combat awards for their involvment in ...

The Combat Action Badge, authorized for soldiers in combat who are not eligible for the Combat Infantryman Badge or Combat Medical Badge, was established in 2005 to recognize that many troops ...

Indiana National Guard soldiers who deployed to Kosovo in 2022 received a combat patch during a ceremony at Camp Atterbury on ...

As you likely know now the Canadian Forces has decided against issuing a Combat Action Badge that was promised to the troops by then CDS Gen. Rick Hillier. I didn’t realize it until a few days ...

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer announced that a new Master Combat Badge is being rolled out for combat veterans who also have earned skills-related honors. Weimer also announced that the ...

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