New Combat Award "Combat Action Badge"
www.army.mil/symbols/combatbadges/Action.html?story_id_key=7285 Combat Action Badge I. DESCRIPTION: A silver badge 2 inches (5.08cm) in width overall consisting of an oak wreath supporting a rectangle...
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TPGUSMC, A lot of Marines did not know they rated the CAR. If you want to make sure you do have it and it is registered with your DD-214, request a DD-215 and it will be noted on that document IF you...
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Testvet, You believe an EIB, won for fininishing a school, deserves more respect than a CIB awarded for being in combat. Either you are trying to bait someone here or you've never been in combat....
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for your information the EIB is not given for finishing a school, it is a hand on performance test with very high standards, fewer than 5% of all infantryman that take the EIB test are awarded an EIB...
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Pretty much the same with the EFMB...but...well, "ya had to be there" (Jimmy Buffet)If you don't get the point; It's because you never walked it!
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It doesn't matter to me what you have to do to get an EIB or a Ranger tab. It is NOT in league with CIB CAR CMB. condo
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With an EIB you can fail and take the test again, A CIB many have gotten with their lives. I think there is a big difference but that is an opinion from a non-infantryman but took many into the heat...
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With the Medals and Badges we have and a Token can get you on the subway.... Don't mean nuthin'.....
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Test and namvet: The CIB for facing an armed hostile force as a combatant means less than a placement in a physical exercise? "It don't mean nuthin?" Shame on both of you for your horrific ignorance...
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Nam DAV, It'll mean something for those who get caught in THE REVIEW. condo
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CIB vs EIB; CMB vs EFMB ??? Combat experience vs test performance. Both can and should be recognized for what they are. My personal opinion is that there should be some sort of DOD/DHS wide standard...
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you want logic in an illogical place? They all contribute to the same war, if by water , land or air, they are all exposed to hazards, believe me I was mad at Fort Stewart after GW1 and I walked into...
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we got the car from president reagon i got my purple heart in beirut lebanon 12sep83 and went back in was a major role in dig,tag, and bagging of our fellow Marines 11 army 8 navy personel who were...
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Man, a lot of raw nerves being poked here. If someone hasn't been in combat, no amount of conversation is going to convince someone who has not what it is like. They won't understand. Eventhough a CIB...
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John, good post. The key words to me in your post are "firefights/battles (plural)." That sums it up and makes the CIB unique to all the grunts that for and earned it. As long as the CIB stays with...
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Testvet, As I read the regs, you are not authorized a star on a CIB unless you've earned the badge in more than one of the conflicts noted in the reg, i.e WW II, Korea, and Vietnam: "d. Subsequent...
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JDave, I also have a star on my CIB. Afghanistan started a new era of CIB, I remember when the USASOC General flew to Afghanistan with them to pin us, big surprise for us. Until then we were still...
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Combat Infantry Badge_ Read Section IV www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/badges/combat%20infantryman%20badges.htm In addition: Read section E revised 2006....
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The current reg is dated 2/25/1995 LINK The changes effective 9/11/2001 were announced 6/3/2005 LINK The change posted by Kontum68, above, settles that issue. Thank you. Seems reasonable, there...
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As an holder of the CIB from Nam i was really put back when I saw the EIB the first time .I wouldn't mind that if it was designed different . I feel it was designed to to be be a wannabee for a CIB....
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