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’s newest badges will be in soldiers’ hands very soon. Soldiers are expected to be able to purchase the Army’s new Master Combat Badges at Army and Air Force Exchange Service, or AAFES, ...

So you’re not infantry. You’re not a medic. You don’t have any brushed-metallic way of signaling you’re kind of a big deal in your particular military occupational specialty. You know what this means?

Imagine having to complete a physically demanding test that requires navigating terrain until 4 a.m., a 12-mile foot march while carrying full armor, having to put on equipment for a possible chemical ...

Jim Carpenter asks when the Navy's submarine combat badge was approved and what its history is. The Navy approved the badge early in World War II to recognize service on a combat patrol during which ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Members of the Purdue Army ROTC Boiler Battalion will participate Friday through Sunday (Feb. 15-17) in a competition that measures their levels of physical fitness and military ...

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – The Army’s Expert Infantryman, Field Medical and Soldier badges will now share a common fitness assessment, while still maintaining the integrity and history of each ...

Earlier this year, the Army announced plans for a new badge to test soldiers from military occupational specialities who don’t have a formal way to certify their skills. Under the plan, everyone — not ...

KTBS 3's Rick Rowe went Behind the Badge for a closer look at what it's like to make the transition from military service to law enforcement.

British LGBT+ veterans dismissed from the armed forces because of their sexuality will find out this week how to get back ...