Badges of the United States Army are

military decorations Military awards and decorations are distinctions given as a mark of honor for military heroism, meritorious or outstanding service or achievement. DoD Manual 1348.33, 2010, Vol. 3 A decoration is often a medal consisting of a ribbon and a medal ...

issued by the

United States Department of the Army The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the U.S. The Department of the Army is the federal government agency within which the United States Army (U.S.) is or ...

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

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, ...

. 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 rank 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 e ...

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

Group 2

File:Expert Infantry Badge.svg, Expert Infantryman Badge File:ExpertMedBadge.gif, Expert Field Medical Badge File:Expert Soldier Badge.svg, Expert Soldier Badge

Group 3

File:ArmyAvnBadge.png, Army Aviator Badges File:ArmyFltSurg.gif, Army Flight Surgeon Badges File:ArmyAvitBadge.gif, Army Aviation Badges File:Army Astronaut Device and Badge.png, Army Astronaut Badges ''(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* File:Pathfinder.gif,

Pathfinder Badge The Pathfinder Badge is a military badge of the United States Army awarded to soldiers who complete the U.S. Army Pathfinder School at Fort Benning, Georgia. To be awarded the Pathfinder Badge, the soldier must complete Pathfinder instructio ...

File:AirAssault.gif, Air Assault Badge 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 File:SapperFullColorTab.jpg, Sapper Tab File:Jungle_Tab.svg, Jungle Tab ( USARPAC)

Group 5

File:DMBadge.gif, Driver and Mechanic Badges :Marksmanship Badges File:US Army Presidents 100 Metal Tab.png, President's Hundred Tab 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 File:TombUN.gif,

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 So ...

File:US Army Military Horseman Identification Badge.png, Military Horseman Identification Badge File:US Army Master Gunner Identification Badge.png, Master Gunner Identification Badge File:DrillInstructBadge.gif, Drill Sergeant Identification Badge 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 The Career Counselor Badge is a military badge of the United States Army and Navy which was first established in the early 1970s. The badge recognizes those enlisted personnel who have been selected as promotion and career advancement coordinat ...

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 Bars File:Service stripe.jpg,

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 military, service stripes are authorized for wear by enlisted personnel on the lower part of the ...

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

National Guard Badges

File:Ramshead Device(2).jpg,

Ram's Head Device The Ram's Head Device is a military special skill badge of the U.S. Army National Guard. The Ram's Head Device is awarded to any soldier after completion of the Army Mountain Warfare School (AMWS), based at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jeri ...

( 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 The National Guard Bureau is the federal instrument responsible for the administration of the National Guard established by the United States Congress as a joint bureau of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force. It was c ...

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 ...

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)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Badges Of The United States Army Awards and decorations of the United States Army United States military badges