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To: Gamecock
Just what does the CIB symbolize?
Do tank drivers ever get the CIB?
Do combat MPs ever get the CIB?
46 posted on 09/07/2003 9:20:06 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon
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To: Jeff Gordon
Combat Infantryman's Badge.

No.

No (not that I'm aware).

It is reserved for 11 Series MOS- Infantry only. There aint but one way to get it either- although many general officers have been known to fly into the 'combat zone' for a short time from the Pentagon to get theirs (and then they fly away again).

To the civilian, it's just a badge on the uniform. But to an infantryman, it's a career. It says loud and clear that "I have seen the elephant".

It's a rifle (silver) over a blue background with a wreath around it. It's worn on the left breast above all other awards. On BDUs it's subdued in black. There is an EIB as well (Expert Infantryman's Badge) and it is the same except without the wreath. It is awarded for proficiency decided through a series of about 30 tests/tasks that the infantryman performs at expert level. Not quite as esteemed as the CIB- but you don't have to get shot at to get it either.

If you're an infantry officer, you really ought to have one or the other. You get to Major without at least an EIB and every pair of boots in the line companies knows you screwed the pooch every time you went to test. And this is easy for an officer to do because it's always EMs and NCOs doing the grading on the tests ;-)

47 posted on 09/07/2003 9:42:23 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: Jeff Gordon
BTW, next time you watch a Pentagon or CENTCOM briefing, and it's an Army officer giving the brief look at his left breast- you might see it if the officer is infantry. It's fairly conspicuous on the dress uniform (it's above his stack of medals) and it sticks out fairly well on the desert BDU too.
48 posted on 09/07/2003 9:47:03 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: Jeff Gordon
The CIB is the Combat Infantry Badge. It is awarded to soldiers in the Infantry involved in direct contact with the enemy.

It is only awarded to soldiers in the Infanty/Special Forces.

Click here for more info!

http://www.americal.org/awards/cib.htm

BTW: Medics have a similar award, the Combat Medical Badge
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/cmb.html
51 posted on 09/08/2003 4:41:17 AM PDT by Gamecock (Why TULIP? Because the Bible teaches it as the inspired word of The One Holy Sovereign God!)
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