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 ...

FORT EUSTIS, Va. - The Expert Soldier Badge tests a Soldier’s performance in physical fitness and warfighting tasks, similar to the Expert Infantry Badge and Expert Field Medical Badge. Since the ...

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 ...

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 ...

U.S. Army Soldiers participated in a 12-mile ruck march and pinning ceremony on October 3, 2025, at Smith Barracks in ...

The sound of gunfire burst from tents scattered across a hillside at Fort Carson on Wednesday as soldiers displayed their skills with machine guns, antitank missiles and grenades, among many other ...

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 ...

Col. Earl B. Schonberg Jr. Expert Soldier badge A New York Army National Guard soldier from Latham is among the first from our state who has earned a new Army elite skill badge. Spc. William ...

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 ...

His voice boomed, but 1st Sgt. Robert Points urged the soldiers in formation on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to move slowly and carefully. “Don’t get nervous,” he yelled Tuesday morning before they ...