Badges of the United States Army are

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issued by the

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to soldiers who achieve a variety of qualifications and accomplishments while serving on active and reserve duty in the

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. As described in Army Regulations 670-1 Uniforms and Insignia, badges are categorized into ''marksmanship'', ''combat and special skill'', ''identification'', and ''foreign''. Combat and Special Skill badges are further divided into five ''groups''. A total of six combat and special skill badges are authorized for wear at one time on service and dress uniforms; this total does not include special skill tabs or special skill tab metal replicas. Personnel may wear up to three badges above the ribbons or pocket flap, or in a similar location for uniforms without pockets. Personnel may only wear one combat or special skill badges from either group 1 or group 2 above the ribbons. Soldiers may wear up to three badges from groups 3 and 4 above the ribbons. One badge from either group 1 or group 2 may be worn with badges from groups 3 and 4 above the ribbons so long as the total number of badges above the ribbons does not exceed three. Only three badges (from groups 3, 4, or 5), to include marksmanship badges, can be worn on the pocket flap at one time. This total does not include special skill tab metal replicas. Personnel will wear the driver and mechanic badges only on the wearer's left pocket flap of service and dress uniforms, or in a similar location on uniforms without pockets. Personnel may not attach more than three clasps to the driver and mechanic badges. The driver and mechanic badges are not authorized for wear on utility uniforms. The order of precedence for combat and special skill badges are established only by group. There is no precedence for combat or special skill badges within the same group. For example, personnel who are authorized to wear the Parachutist and Air Assault badges may determine the order of wear between those two badges. The 21st century United States Army issues the following military badges (listed below in order of group precedence) which are worn in conjunction with badges of

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and branch insignia.

Combat and Special Skill Badges and Tabs

Source:Department of the Army Pamphlet 670–1, Uniform and Insignia Guide to the Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia
Department of the Army, dated 26 January 2021, last accessed 27 January 2021

Group 1

File:Combat Infantry Badge.svg,

Combat Infantryman Badge The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military decoration. The badge is awarded to infantrymen and Special Forces soldiers in the rank of colonel and below, who fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of ei ...

s File:Combat Medical Badge, 1st award.svg,

Combat Medical Badge The Combat Medical Badge is an Badges of the United States Army, award of the United States Army which was first created in January 1945. Any member of the Army Medical Department, at the rank of colonel or below, who is assigned or attached to a ...

s File:Combat Action Badge.svg,

Combat Action Badge The Combat Action Badge (CAB) is a United States military award given to soldiers of the U.S. Army of any rank and who are not members of an infantry or special forces MOS, for being "present and actively engaging or being engaged by the enemy, a ...

Group 2

File:Expert Infantry Badge.svg,

Expert Infantryman Badge The Expert Infantryman Badge, or EIB, is a special skills badge of the United States Army. The EIB was created with the CIB by executive order in November 1943 during World War II. Currently, it is awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infan ...

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Expert Field Medical Badge The Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) is a United States Army special skills badge first created on June 18, 1965. This badge is the non-combat equivalent of the Combat Medical Badge (CMB) and is awarded to U.S. military personnel and North Atlan ...

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Expert Soldier Badge The Expert Soldier Badge, or ESB, is a Badges of the United States Army, special skills badge of the United States Army. Similar in appearance to the Combat Action Badge, the ESB is awarded to soldiers who are neither infantry, United States Army ...

Group 3

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Army Astronaut Badges An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

''(Any Army Aviator, Flight Surgeon, or Aviation Badge with Astronaut Device)'' File:En-NavyEODPin.jpg,

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge is a military badge of the United States Armed Forces which recognizes those service members, qualified as explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians, who are specially trained to deal with the construc ...

s* File:PRigger.gif, Parachute Rigger Badge*

Group 4

File:US Military Basic Military Parachutist Badge.png,

Parachutist Badges Parachuting, including also skydiving, is a method of transiting from a high point in the Atmosphere of Earth, atmosphere to the surface of Earth with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachut ...

* File:Pathfinder.gif, Pathfinder Badge File:AirAssault.gif,

Air Assault Badge The Air Assault Badge, U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry, dated 18 January 1978, last accessed 16 October 2020 is awarded by the U.S. Army for successful completion of the Air Assault School. The course includes three phases of instruction involving ...

File:USASOC Military Free Fall Parachute Badge.jpg, Military Freefall Parachutist Badges* File:Basic Space Badge.jpg, Space Badges** File:US Military 2nd Class Diver Badge.jpg, Diver Badges File:SFDiver.PNG, Special Operations Diver Badges File:SpecialForcesTabMetal.jpg, Special Forces Tab File:Ranger Tab.svg,

Ranger Tab In the United States Army, tabs are cloth and/or metal arches displaying a word or words signifying a special skill that are worn on U.S. Army uniforms. On the Army Combat Uniform and Army Service Uniform, the tabs are worn above a unit's Should ...

File:SapperFullColorTab.jpg, Sapper Tab File:Jungle_Tab.svg, Jungle Tab ( USARPAC)

Group 5

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Driver and Mechanic Badge The Driver and Mechanic Badge is a Military badges of the United States, military special skill badge of the United States Army which was first created in July 1942. The badge is awarded to drivers, mechanics, and special equipment operators to d ...

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President's Hundred Tab The President's Hundred Tab/Brassard is a badge awarded by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) to the 100 top-scoring military and civilian shooters in the President's Pistol and President's Rifle Matches. The tab is authorized for wear on m ...

File:THE DISTINGUISHED INTERNATIONAL SHOOTER BADGE.jpg, Distinguished International Shooter Badge File:Distinguished Marksmanship Badges.png, Distinguished Shooter Badges File:Drawing of the US Military Interservice Competition Badge.png, Interservice Competition Badges File:US Army EIC Badges.png, Excellence-In-Competition Badges File:Armyqual.jpg, Marksmanship Qualification Badges

Identification Badges

File:United States Army Staff Identification Badge.png,

Army Staff Identification Badge The United States Army Staff Identification Badge is a badge of the United States Army worn by personnel who serve at the Office of the Secretary of the Army and the Army Staff at Headquarters, Department of the Army ( HQDA) and its agencies. N ...

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Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification Badge The Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification Badge is a military badge of the United States Army that honors those soldiers who have been chosen to serve as members of the Honor Guard, known as "Sentinels", at the Tomb of the Unknown S ...

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Military Horseman Identification Badge The Military Horseman Identification Badge recognizes United States Army soldiers who complete the nine-week Basic Horsemanship Course and serve as a lead rider on the Caisson team within the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). The badge ...

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Master Gunner Identification Badge The United States Army's Master Gunner Identification Badge (MGIB) recognizes soldiers who complete one of eight U.S. Army master gunner courses and is an indicator for commanders and soldiers to value the master gunner's advice regarding the tr ...

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Drill Sergeant Identification Badge The U.S. military issues instructor badges to specially training military personnel who are charged with teaching military recruits the skills they need to perform as members of the U.S. Armed Forces or teach continuing education courses for non-co ...

File:US Army Instructor ID Badge.png, Instructor Identification Badges File:US Army Silver Recruiter Badge.png, Army Recruiter Badges File:Career Counselor Badge.gif, Career Counselor Badge File:US Army Inspector General Identification Badge.png, Army Inspector General Identification Badge File:USA - Army MP Badge.png, Military Police Identification Badge File:United States Army Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent Badge.png, Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent Badge File:Army_CI_BADGE_realistic.png, Counterintelligence Special Agent Badge File:Combat-Service-Identification-Badges.jpg, Combat Service Identification Badges

Other Accoutrements

File:ASU overseas service bar.jpg,

Overseas Service Bar An Overseas Service Bar is an insignia worn by United States Army soldiers on the Army Service Uniform, and previously on the Army Green (Class A) and the Army Blue (Dress Blue) uniforms, that indicates the recipient has served six months overseas ...

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Service Stripes A service stripe is an embroidered diagonal stripe worn on the sleeve(s) of some military and paramilitary uniforms. In the case of the United States Armed Forces, United States military, service stripes are authorized for wear by enlisted person ...

File:United States Army Physical Fitness Badge.gif, Physical Fitness Excellence Award

National Guard Badges

File:Ramshead Device(2).jpg, Ram's Head Device ( VT NG) File:Chiefs 50 Marksmanship Badge.png, Chief's 50 Marksmanship Badge File:Missouri Adjutant Generals 20 Combat Badge.png, Adjutant General's Twenty Combat Badge ( MO NG)Tabs and Badges a Measure of Missouri Guardmembers' Marksmanship
, Missouri National Guard Public Affairs, by Ann Keyes, last accessed 1 March 2015
, Missouri National Guard, dated 14 December 2010, last accessed 18 May 2014 File:ArmyNationalGuardRecruiter.jpg, Army National Guard Recruiter & Retention Badges File:National Guard Bureau Organizational Badge.png, National Guard Bureau Organizational Badge*

Notes

* * = also issued to

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an a ...

airmen * ** = also issued to airmen and

Space Force A space force is a military branch of a nation's armed forces that conducts military operations in outer space and space warfare. The world's first space force was the Russian Space Forces, established in 1992 as an independent military service. ...

guardians *No asterisk indicates that the badge is issued only to soldiers

References

External links

Army Regulation 670-1: Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia
(PDF file)
Army Regulation 600-8-22: Military Awards
(PDF file)
Army Service Uniform - Ribbons Poster
(PDF file)
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