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 ...

The Army has awarded the Expert Soldier Badge 2,000 times since it was introduced in 2019, according to service data reviewed by Military.com. Yet senior leaders might face an uphill battle selling ...

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 ...

Twenty-four Soldiers were celebrated by a large crowd at Vessey Hall Dec. 9, 2022, for earning the Expert Infantryman Badge and the Expert Soldier Badging Ceremony. At the beginning of the testing, ...

The Army has authorized a new badge for soldiers who have earned both the Combat Infantryman Badge, or CIB, and an Expert Infantryman Badge, or EIB, the Army’s top enlisted leader announced on Tuesday ...

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 ...

Paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, stand in formation after pinning their Expert Infantry and Expert Soldier Badges during a ceremony held June 13, 2020, on ...

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 ...