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 ...

The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring, according to an internal service memo reviewed by Military.com. For ...

House Freedom Caucus Rep. Troy Nehls has been seen donning a Combat Infantryman Badge on his lapel, touting his service in Afghanistan — even though the award was revoked, the Army confirmed. After ...

An Iowa National Guard airman who served a stint as an infantry soldier is now sporting a combat award that his former service introduced just a few months ago. Senior Master Sgt. Greg Cleghorn, the ...

Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, has faced scrutiny over his display of a combat service badge that the Army revoked and removed from his service record last year. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP) Under fire for ...

The U.S. Army confirmed that Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) was indeed awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge by mistake, a pin Nehls has continued to wear despite it being revoked in 2023. CBS News did a deep ...

(1) The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) was established by the War Department on 27 October 1943. Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, then the Army Ground Forces commanding general, was instrumental ...

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) has not qualified for the military pin that he proudly wears on his suit jacket despite repeatedly claiming the Army was mistaken for rescinding the badge, according to the ...

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) is demanding answers from top Army officials about why a military award designation has been revoked after receiving criticism from some of his GOP colleagues that he should ...

I read with interest the Oct. 24 front-page story "Army Badge of Honor Now in Contention; Award Denied to GIs Retrained for Infantry" about the controversy surrounding the Combat Infantryman's Badge.

No one cares about the Combat Infantryman Badge, a three-inch piece of black plastic some Army infantrymen wear on their uniforms. Everyone should care that the infantrymen who wear it risked breaking ...