When I was in, I qualified expert with pistol (1911A1 at the time), rifle (M16A1), and grenade (M203). Never failed to maintain my expert badges every time we qualified. Pretty proud of that.
@old Goat Yes, I learned “The Pig” inside and out. Had a love/hate relationship with it. The ones we had were probably Vietnam era issue and by the early ‘80s, they were in sad shape. I had to use 100-mph tape to keep the buttstock on. The Ma Duece....yep, when I went to Ft. Irwin. I fired a crap ton of .50 cal. At what that stuff cost out here in the world, I think I cost Uncle Sam several tens of thousand dollars. And I was in between ‘83 and ‘87.
I was a single man 50 cal gunner. I got punishment in jrtc so my section chief made me mount maintain did join and clean the 50 cal. The cadre scolded me for letting go that butterfly trigger to quickly but my section chief liked a quick trigger guy. The only time I used it in a real situation it was a car speeding through our checkpoints so I did 3 five second bursts from maby 60 yards away and it hit everything and the engine block. And when they checked for weapons and explosives nothing. This man was a regular citizens who had two girls in the backseat one of them had to be 13 maybe the other was the wife I don't know but women have to be in the backseat. It hurt my soul
I take a lot of pride in my Combat medical badge . When I first joined I never thought I would earn it . Expert field medical badge ,sure . But Combat Medic Badge was and still is a source of pride . I earned it in blood and guts .
My dad passed away at the age of 83 years young. He served in the Korean War. I want to put his infantry badges in a display case. Do one on how to do this and what goes where. We lose hundreds of soldiers everyday..... To those who have died in combat and to those who have died period. Thank you so much for your lives !!!! You are not forgotten, many of us love you all. Again thank you...Amen!
I'm in the same situation. Had one grandfather in WW2 and one in the Korean War. I've managed to get all of the badges that my family could find. I'm trying to get them put into display cases but I'm not even sure if I have them all. Neither one kept them organized or in great storage. For example, from the grandfather who served in WW2, I have two badges from the 123rd Infantry Regiment and one badge from the 22nd infantry regiment. Nobody in my family seems to know much of his exact history but I've tried to piece together what I could. I'm assuming he started in the 22nd Infantry Regiment as I know he was in Germany at one point which is where the 22nd was from what I could find doing research. And I'm guessing that once the Regiment was Inactivated, he was transferred to the 123rd. I'm not sure why there is two badges from one of the regiments but only one from the other. Does anyone have a possible explanation for this? Am I missing one?
A wooden box can be lined in the bottom with felt. Depth can be cut down and an appropriate sized picture frame mounted to the front. Pin medals in, hang on wall with 2x screws and string or wire. A great 1 day build after a visit to the opportunity shops.
As someone who served in 1983 I would LOVE to know how you received combat wreaths to ANY badge. As an Infantryman, and Air Assault qualified I would be HIGHLY interested in how you LEGITIMATELY obtained these in 1983. Sounds like someone here is a PX Ranger and not very bright to boot. The Panama invasion was not until late December of 89, and I know because I got my Jungle Expert there in 83. Without having made a serious typo on this post - you have lied my friend and been BUSTED by someone who was SERIOUS about collecting the badass badges. There was ZERO combat action in 1983. Even our failed attempt at rescuing the 52 hostages in Iran (why I joined and went Infantry) was 1980, and you would have had to be a member of Delta Force if you participated, and you would not be proud about ANY aspect of that epic failure. 1983 saw no combat action ANYWHERE! So feel free to share with us where you jumped into a combat scenario in 1983... this is not the forum to get away with the fake stories you tell your friends.
Basic Parachute Senior parachute Air Assault Expert rifle , pistol EIB CIB And Pathfinder. My grandfather had a expert flame thrower and bayonet clasp on his WW II uniform
Jon W carrying a flame thrower was considered hazzardus duty and thus an extra 15 dollars a month according to my grandfather. 15 dollars might not seem a lot but in 1944. We went to see saving private Ryan. He had never seen the beach aspect of D Day as he parachuted in to France. Went the guy carrying the flame thrower blew up he was startled and when they cleared out the pill box with a flame thrower we said that is how it is done. He also carried a Thompson submachine gun into battle. Said at first he could not hit the broadside of a barn with it but he got really accurate shooting short bursts. MY grandfather's brother scaled point du hock with the 75th rangers now be had some great stories. In my 13 years time on service my grandfather wrote me a letter every week. He did not know how to usef a computer so at mail call I always got a letter every week. I have all 673 of the.
He failed to explain that in order to be awarded the combat infantryman badge that soldier or unit must have closed with and destroyed the enemy. We dont get awarded for just being shot at like the other MOSs we only get awarded for fighting back.
Very interesting Chris. I was 6 years in the Australian Army Reserve and we didn't have nearly the number of badges that the US Army guys had. Also we had far fewer Enlisted ranks. For example a Corporal is regarded as a Junior NCO and is rated as an E-5, which is a Sergeant in the US Army. A Sergeant in the Australian Army was regarded as a Senior NCO and is rated as an E-6, which is equivalent to US Army Staff Sgt. In Australia, the rank of Staff Sergeant is being phased out. It was an E-7 equivalent to US Army Sergeant 1st Class. The Australian Warrant Officer Ranks (WO-2 and WO-1) are regarded as Enlisted Ranks and are equivalent to Sergeant Major (E-8) and Command Sergeant Major (E-9) respectively. Actually the term "enlisted rank" is not used in the Australian Army. These categories are known by the term "Other Ranks". So a Sergeant is actually an OR-6, not an E-6. I have lived in the USA for 22 years and am fascinated by the comparison of the US force rank structure with the one I am more familiar with. God bless all the military though, be it US or Australian.
I have earned the EIB as well as The CIB, plus Jumpwings, I qualified Expert with the Rifle and Pistol. I also attend JOTC ( Jungle Occupation Training Coruse Panama ) and received the patch for it. Love your Videos. Keep up the Good Job. Sincerely SSG Jay AATW
During my life time I have only 2 badges that I have earned in the US Army as life time awards personally for myself. I have the Combat Infantryman's Badge and my Airborne Wings. My prized and always cherished awards that I am proud to have earned in my service to my country. The United States of America!!!
Glad to know Brother! Remember you are in the less than 1 percent of the US population. Besides being an Infantryman in the Army and had to endure the famous Airborne School at Ft. Benning. You are an elite fighting man along side of our other Brothers who are Rangers and SF guys along with the other services elite units like SEALs, CCT, Para Rescue, and Recon guys etc. I respect them because they went through the same school to get Airborne wings like we did. As a Brother Paratrooper you did beyond what we are expected and required to do with our bodies, mind, and soul to be the best the U.S. Military can produce by your own initiative and free will to be an Airborne Warrior made out of flesh, blood, soul, and mind. To make you a lethal weapon of war and deterrent in peace. You are a perfectly molded weapon. I am not talking shit because I went through the same training as you did. I am drinking right now and inspired by your testimony as a fellow Paratrooper I kind of go off on a rant to inspire myself that there are other men like you and I am not alone. AIRORNE ALL THE WAY!!!
Combat Action Badge and Drivers Badge is what I have from my tour 2009-2011 in Afghanistan. CAB not fun to get, but it gives me the most pride. Grandfather got Combat Infantryman Badge in WWII. It was his favorite as well. We are a wreath wearing family!
Ah man these bring back memories, I was 92R (rigger) from 98 - 07, left with Senior Jump Wings & Space Operations (Not Astronaut) i just moved a ton of rocket related tools around and in some cases those big ass after burners at Vanderburg AFB for a year, had no idea that qualified me for it, pretty cool!
Brother, I have both and was in country same time. Was with 35th Infantry Platoon Scout Dog (IPSD) in dau tuang, supporting 1/2; 2/2 and 2/28...welcome home...
L Warrior Very nice amigo! Were you the one in the picture at NASA at the door with your gun and no suit? Caption said you held your breath the whole time! That's definitely Chuck Norris tough! 😁
I was army rotc in high school. Which I completely understand there is no comparison to what you did for me and I hole heartly thank for your service. We did recive a number of ribbons and metals what we excelled at. I’m in Kentucky so a lot of where we did our test per say was at Fort Knox. I remember the one award I was extremely proud of was in marksmanship with a rife with the flip iron peep sites. Now what we did was 10 shots prone at 100 meter then 10 in prone at 200 meters. I’m sure we was scored completely different from how they scored active real soldiers but I scored expert all four years of high school. So being a kid at that time with recruiters coming to class once a month I couldn’t wait to show him my award my freshman year and that gentleman never forgot me and how I walked up to him before class chest all puffed out like I was a big dog. His first visit my jounier year he pulled me aside and asked if I would be interested in taking the asvab test just for fun. I’m 40 so this was long time ago I have no idea what my score was I just remember him acting like he had never had anyone my age score that high and just continued completing me, called my parents several times. By the last few months before summer break he had me so big headed I was really to sign at 17 and my parents was on board as well. Now for the kicker.... my mom took me for just a yearly eye examination. Never wore glasses always 20/20. One thing that they checked this visit they hadn’t done before was for colorblindness. Which was found I was mildly colorblind. Mainly just some shades. But after the recruiter was told about it talking to my parents he was like a ninja and I never heard anything from him again. Can you shed some light on this for me I’ve wondered for years why and never seemed to get a clear understanding answer
I served during the Cold War in Europe. I was US Army attached to US Air Force Base in England as air defense radar and fire control specialist. Attended Jump School in Germany. Second deployment was to Italy. After my eight years, I went into the Aerospace and had a long career in the Space program.
Jump Wings and the CAB can be awarded to members of other services if they meet the requirements, the CAB also means that the service member was engaged in combat while attached to an Army unit, it's pretty rare for other services to get it but I'm in the Air Force and have met a total of 3 Airmen in my 4 years with it, 2 of them were Security Forces airmen amd one was a Civil Engineer.
I was 11H MOS and went to Fort Benning over 40 years ago for basic and AIT. I kept my badges and have the Expert qualification badge for rifle, pistol, grenade and missle (TOW). I had the 4 bars hanging from the expert badge and I see now you're only supposed to have a max of 3 per badge. I don't remember if that was the case then, but I kept them all on as I remember.
Navy/Marine Corps Parachutist - 8023, Basic Airborne Parachutist - 8023, Air Delivery Specialist(Army Rigger) - 0451, Military Freefall Parachute Course - 8023, Marine Corps Rifle Expert(3rd Award), Marine Corps Pistol Expert, USMC Rifleman & Automatic Rifleman(M249 gunner) - 0311, Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal(2nd Award), & the National Defense Service Medal. ....did 7+ total & have been out for 17yrs and still miss it every single day. Semper Fidelis and Aarruugaahh!!!!
I was an Infantryman with the 10th Mountain Division. Earned EIB, CIB. AIR Assault, Jungle Operations Training Center Patch, PT "Excellence" Patch and let's not forget that Blue Infantryman's Cord!!
My Grandfather served in the Army Reserve for 25 years. Prior to that he was in the Navy during WW2 serving on Submarines. I have a Picture of him taken when he made 1st Sgt. He proudly wore his Dolphins.
@@mamneo2 It's bad. You can purchase all kinds of badges and awards and whatnot at the PX, so if you go over the top (such as building a little ladder of bars under your Marksmanship badge, like Rifle, Pistol, Grenade etc.), you are called a PX Commando. Soldiers typically just put one qualification bar on their badge.
Awesome.. I was in Air Assault School in Jan 1997... froze my ass off at Ft. Campbell..lol..I loved that badge. and I had a Drivers Badge for a wheeled vehicle. earned that in 1998. damn I'm old..lol
Nice. I had thought about going to Air Assault school before but did not know how i would actually do with heights. Im not really afraid of heights but im also not a fan. lol.
I've been in the US Army Reserves for 6 years now. I only have the marksman and mechanic badges right now but I hope to add the airborne or air assault badge when I reenlist.
If you already have the mechanics badge...then you should also have the driver badge as well. Mechanics have to have a military drivers license and drive the vehicles
I was with Helo assault companies from 92-96 in the USMC. We were constantly trying to get the air assault badge authorized (we could go to Army jump school for jump wings) but alas, the Commandant wouldn't authorize it. I personally became a HRST (Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique) Master and rigged the birds for fast roping and rappelling. Damn I wanted that badge.
Hey, my little brother is in the Army 13f Forward Observe. He has his Wings and Marksman's badges and is currently in Air Assault school in Fort Hood I believe
I’m most proud of my crewman wings, or enlisted aviation wings. You earn those by being or have been qualified in an MOS in the 15 series. A lot of hard work, 8 months long, got me that badge.
You also have the grenade clasp or bar after basic training. What surprised me the most was that I got a Driver & Mechanic Badge for PCMSing a generator and a SUV at the motor pool.
As a former Force Recon Marine, we were only authorized to were two badges at a time, ( other than marksmanship qualification badges) parachutist badge (basic or Navy Marine Corps gold wings) and Scuba diver’s badge or combatant diver’s badge. Most recon marines have multiple qualifications,.. ie pathfinder, Military Free Fall, Jump Master, Ranger school, Special Forces Q course,... etc. Now I believe there’s a Raider badge for MARSOC marines. The Marine Corps has always been a bit schizophrenic about badges, patches and labels, ( it took over 70 years to officially designate a Special Operations Force), so to say that the Entire Marine Corps is a special operations force serves no real purpose in today’s world.
Yup... I use to always get questioned about my Pathfinder torch and MFF wings on display in my USMC shadow box. Until I jumped shipped to the AF where they were authorized, now they sit in my AF shadow box.
I qualified on the 16 back in 1969 with a sharpshooter badge. I might have gotten expert if my rifle hadn't jammed while I was on the range and having to clear it while targets were going up and down :( I didn't have to qualify on the M-14 but did have to fire familiarization and preferred it to my jam-o-matic M-16, despite the harder recoil.
I'd add that the US army has a few other badges & skill awards not listed in the video. air crews & pilots wear wings, the pathfinder badge was common in my era(90s). The eod & diver badges were rare but some wore them too. a new bad %&* SOF diver badge came out about ten years ago. The US army had "recondo" & jungle expert badges too but both were phased out. Green Hell jungle school was in Panama for many years.
I was an Expert Rifleman and Sharpshooter with a pistol but we did wear them on our Class As. In the NYG, we had an MP badge that was worn on the button of the breast pocket flap of the BDU rather than a brassard.
Since your video, the Army has created a few new badges. They have this “space/satellite” badge I don’t know much about. They have Instructor badges now to go along with the 8 SQI in 3 levels (Basic, Senior and Master) And they also now have a Master Gunner Badge as well.🐼💯
I am a high school junior and I plan on joining the military. But right now I just collect stuff from the military like uniforms, badges and other relics.
Airborne, Air Assault, and I would have expert for rifle and pistol but as an Officer, we don't wear marksmanship badges. I also have the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge in silver (missed getting gold, but I think silver looks better on the ASUs anyways lol). Would love the opportunity to go to Pathfinder, but as an MP, chances are slim that they'd send me unless I get stationed at Benning and manage to walk on. Great work on the videos!
I was in Aviation, and fellow Aviation soldiers would lose their minds when I came around. Remember that in Aviation, it's extremely difficult to have your command pay for you to go to these schools. I contractually obligated my unit to send me to Airborne, and Air Assault on my second contract. I refused to reenlist without them being in, and sure enough, within 8 months of reenlisting I had my jump wings and Air Assault badge. Combined with Aviation Wings, CAB, and Pathfinder Torch (which I was lucky enough to get a slot for because I was on a TTCS team), I had a 5 stack. Even outside of Aviation, that wasn't all too common. I would go to WLC, or TERPS School, or ALC, or wherever else, and I always just felt a sense of immediate respect from people. I don't mean that in an arrogant way, because I'm one of the most laid back people on Earth, and I don't have a cocky bone in my body, but it just felt good to be able to have that sense of pride when I saw other looking and saying things like "holy shit, that stack" or other things. I'll never forget that feeling.
As a Soldier with the Army National Guard I currently have like you said the rifleman sharpshooter badge and also the Unit career Councelor states level only authorized to be wear in state installation.
I joined the Army in 1/75 after Nam a guy could could only get a medal at the pawn shop. I earned my Aviation wings you needed to have logged 25 flight hours. working on Chinooks and field problems and reforger 76 got me the wings. And I didn't have to go to the pawn shop.
In your shooting or marksmanship badges, you missed the three possible Distinguished badges. Bronze, Silver and Gold. You can earn those in EIC (Excellent In Competition) Imatches throughout the country. They reach as high as Gold in Rifle and Pistol. There is also an international Marksmanship badge. How to wear and how to get you need to read up on. These badges are worn instead of standard expert badges. If you can achieve it.
Expert Grenade, Sharpshooter Rifle. I bought a set of jump wings to use as incentive to push myself as I had requested jump school. Having never gone before I ETS'd, I gifted them to a family member who had gone.
My grandfather had the marksman rifle badge that's the only badge I have ever seen of his. He was in the Korean war. I got it today thanks for the tips about it. He was good at shooting his rifle so I think he was in a higher rank but he isn't here to ask since 2011 and I wasn't old enough to know then.
When I served with General Mills, I was deployed to Kellogg's island. After two tours I was awarded the silver spoon with oat clusters. And for outstanding bravery, I was decorated by The Count of Chocula with various lucky charms. The is the true story of how I became *Captain Crunch.* I am and you're not so don't cry in your milk.
One badge i have and a lot of pride in was the German sharp shooting badge.It is a large over 3-4 inch wide with aa German Eagle and silver brad coming down. That and while at Ft Know all the e-1 would ask me what it as. Thanks for the video glad to see another vet putting out quality stuff.
I don't remember having to re-qualify with the M-16 when I was in. I service from 1974-1979, maybe that has change. We did have our PT test every 6 months.
Planning on enlisting after I graduate college as a 15U (CH-47 mechanic). Hoping I can get skills that way and make it up to crew chief, and maybe put a packet through to Army WOFT from there. So, I'm hoping for at least the mechanic badge and maybe my flight wings one day if I'm lucky.
I gotta Drivers badge. I’m pretty proud of that badge because I got it while responding to Hurricane Sandy. I got the worst truck and It kept breaking down. Every piece of mechanical knowledge I have , I learned from fixing that truck.
Never a medic, but The Expert Medical Badge hardest to earn. I earned the Expert Infantry Badge while in OCS. Also have the basic Airborne medal jump wings. We were scheduled to jump into Santo Domingo in 1965, but the airfield was secured so we landed. Good thing as our drop zone was then a vinyard with wires and stub poles.
You didn't cover the "Recon" Badge. It's similar to the Airborne Badge but uniquely different. Also the "Jungle School" badge. That's a cool one. Also the new "Waterborne" school badge. Really kick ass Course they have in Hawaii that the 25 ID offers.
I barely qualified on the rifle range during basic with Marksman but later upgraded to a Sharpshooter about 6 months later. But after my ETS, my DD Form 214 states Marksman . I’m branded for life
Served in Vietnam as a 13E20, went out as an RTO with our Battery’s FO, Quang Tri Province, 1970. No CIB for Red Legs, did air assaults but no Award, Served as Artillery Officer 1980s and 90s, before the combat action badge. Other than a patch on my right shoulder nothing denotes various aspects of my service.
Hi like your channel but you forget about the the Reserve 's I did 28yrs and did 2tours back to back now retired do a thing about reserve patches thank you
In the Army Signal Corps there is a badge awarded by the Airforce to Satellite Controllers. The story goes that Controllers were primarily AF, the Army was quickly growing its usage of Satcom and needed more controllers than the AF could field. The AF decided to allow Soldiers into the course, but were believed they couldn't pass it. All the soldiers passed (they were 31S, now 25S, literally the smartest and brightest MOS the Army has) with high scores. The AF was impressed and awarded them the badge they normally give Airmen for passing. AF doesn't have a subdued badge since they didn't wear badges on BDUs (the old camo uniform prior to the late 90s). So the soldiers darkened them so they could wear it on the BDU's. Airforce got a little ticked because it was seen as defiling the award. Nowadays the Army primarily handles the course and the controllers are pretty much all soldiers. And as far as I can remember (since I got out 10 years ago), soldiers were still darknenign the award to wear on ACUs.
Forget to mention that other branches can attend jump and air assault. For air force most badges are dark blue but army badges are sewn on with black thread. So if you see an airman with blue jump wings they are most likely officers that went through air force academy jump school, and if its black then that airman went to army jump school.
CIB Parachutist Badge Shot Expert with my M4 and the M240B. I was a Stryker driver long enough that I probably have the driver’s badge but i never got any paperwork for it.
Ask a medavac medic from Vietnam what CMB they couldn't get! Army considered them support? Even though many received purple Heart. And many crews died from being shot down!
CORRECTION ON SOME WORDING: In the video i said the CIB and EIB can only be worn by Colonel and below when i should have said it can only be earned by colonel or below as a general can wear one if they earned it when they were a CPT or what ever but cant earn one if they are a general. Side game..... can anyone figure out what blury movie is playing on a loop over my left shoulder? Hint: Its a comedy movie.
Apparently there have been four general officers who were awarded an "honorary" CIB: Generals MacArthur; Stilwell; Ridgeway; and Major General William Dean
I'm reminded after watching this of something I read about in Fredrick Forsythe's autobiography when he qualified as a pilot in the RAF and got his wings. He stated a pilot's wings are not something you can inherit, marry a pretty girl to get, or buy. You earn them and they are yours alone. I imagine the same can be said for all these badges listed here.
These videos are great information. I’m working on a story where one of my characters has served in the army. WW2 was the last war he served in. While the story doesn’t take place then it is part of his past.
I once knew a guy who had been active then switch to the reserves. He told many stories about the action he'd seen in combat zones. I had no reason to doubt anything he said. He was attending a Police Academy and he wore his dress blues to graduation. I've never been in the military but I've always been fascinated with it and I know just a little something about. I noticed that he was was wearing and EIB instead of a CIB. Considering all the stories he'd told I asked why he wasn't wearing a CIB. He started hemming and hawing and didn't directly answer the question. Finally he stated something like this (EIB) was just as good. I've heard that to many combat soldiers that their CIB was the badge they were most proud of. Is there something off about what he said that made this questionable and would someone who had earned the CIB wear the EIB instead?
texknight67 you are only allowed to wear one combat or special skill badge at a time. So you are only authorized to wear the EIB or CIB separately. The only exception I have seen to this is when units choose to allow their EIB graders who have earned both badges (and only while in the camouflage duty uniform) will sow on a subdued CIB and wear a Stay-Brite EIB on top of it. This would only be during EIB train up and testing weeks while on the EIB site.
I'm currently going through enlistment process. I want to do heavy equipment operation and get a cdl, but also want to do advanced hand to hand combat training. I may want to do more but not sure at this point
Theres no "advanced hand to hand combat", there is combatives however which is pretty much mma stuff (jui jitsu,kick boxing, boxing) not really what you would think like knife fighting and shit.
Let me see, I got a Combat Infantry Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Expert Field Medical Badge and the Flight Surgeon's Badge. Also the Driver Badge with "W" Wheel and "T" track Bars and the Expert Rifle Badge.
My daddy had CIB he earned it in Korea and had 2 stars on it he was in Korea and 2 tours Vietnam and the first Desert Storm War he was in from 1952-1992
A earning a ranger tab is difficult to begin with; earning the right to wear the scroll is living the life of a ranger, is even more difficult, but not impossible.
correction. the recruiter badge IAW 670-1 is only authorized to be worn on the left breast pocket. The drill sergeant badge and career counselor badge are the only badges authorized to be worn on the right pocket. This is for the ACU or BDU or Multicam uniforms. IN ASUs formerly Class A drees greens, if the soldier is wearing the combat patch badge on his right breast pocket then the drill sergeant badge or career counselor badge will be adjusted on the right pocket or center on the left breast pocket. AT no time will the recruiter badge be worn on the right breast pocket. These badges are only awarded to NCOs corporal and above that successfully complete those schools. Usually will be Sergeant E5 to Sergeant first class E7, NO E8 or higher can attend these courses. the career counselor badge is only awarded to NCOs that complete the course and performs that duty successfully for at least one year as a 79S. The recruiter badge has several award phases to it and is permanently awarded once they complete the school. The badge will turn from silver to a gold badge when a recruiter earns award points while serving on duty as a detailed recruiter. The drill sergeant badge is permanent upon completion of the drill sergeant course. The army recruiter course also awards a SQI code of 4. The drill sergeant course awards the SQI code of X. Both can be revoked if misconduct occurs and the code is removed as well as the badge award from the NCOs record. Detail recruiters have the option to change their main MOS to 79R at their 18 month while performing recruiting duty and finish their career as a career recruiter. Drill sergeant duty is the only duty that awards a badge and NCOs can not stay permanently as a career drill sergeant. drill sergeant has no MOS. Drill sergeant is only a special duty assignment to a basic, AIT or OSUT training post for a minimum of 2 years with the possibility of being extended for a additional 1 year tour. Recruiting duty starts off as a special duty assignment of 3 years but NCOs have the option change their MOS at their 18 month and become a 79R. Career counselor 79S must be applied and accepted the same way any NCO would reclass from the primary MOS. IF an NCO completes all three badge courses. He/she are only authorized to where 2 of the 3 badges. I am a SME because I did a tour as a drill sergeant , detail recruiter, and 18 months as career counselor.
You forgot my friend, the air crewmen badge for crewmembers on helicopters, ie: crew chief, and senior crew members (NCO'S). thanks u nice video, Vietnam Vet Crew chief on CH47's
EFMB Expert Field Medical Badge and not easy to earn. There are many Medics who treated casualties under fire, but will never receive the CMB due to not being assigned to a combat arms unit. They will get a CAB. Know a lot of Soldiers who never received any medals or badges for their time in combat.
When I was in, I qualified expert with pistol (1911A1 at the time), rifle (M16A1), and grenade (M203). Never failed to maintain my expert badges every time we qualified. Pretty proud of that.
@old Goat Yes, I learned “The Pig” inside and out. Had a love/hate relationship with it. The ones we had were probably Vietnam era issue and by the early ‘80s, they were in sad shape. I had to use 100-mph tape to keep the buttstock on. The Ma Duece....yep, when I went to Ft. Irwin. I fired a crap ton of .50 cal. At what that stuff cost out here in the world, I think I cost Uncle Sam several tens of thousand dollars. And I was in between ‘83 and ‘87.
What was your mos
I was a single man 50 cal gunner. I got punishment in jrtc so my section chief made me mount maintain did join and clean the 50 cal. The cadre scolded me for letting go that butterfly trigger to quickly but my section chief liked a quick trigger guy. The only time I used it in a real situation it was a car speeding through our checkpoints so I did 3 five second bursts from maby 60 yards away and it hit everything and the engine block. And when they checked for weapons and explosives nothing. This man was a regular citizens who had two girls in the backseat one of them had to be 13 maybe the other was the wife I don't know but women have to be in the backseat. It hurt my soul
not many remember that m16a1…. that was my era…. that baby was full automatic ✅✅✅✅✅ 😂
I take a lot of pride in my Combat medical badge . When I first joined I never thought I would earn it . Expert field medical badge ,sure . But Combat Medic Badge was and still is a source of pride . I earned it in blood and guts .
😂 😂 Earned it in Blood and guts. This is a medic
That’s a legit badge!
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Medics are a unique breed of human.
My dad passed away at the age of 83 years young. He served in the Korean War. I want to put his infantry badges in a display case. Do one on how to do this and what goes where. We lose hundreds of soldiers everyday..... To those who have died in combat and to those who have died period. Thank you so much for your lives !!!! You are not forgotten, many of us love you all. Again thank you...Amen!
I'm in the same situation. Had one grandfather in WW2 and one in the Korean War. I've managed to get all of the badges that my family could find. I'm trying to get them put into display cases but I'm not even sure if I have them all. Neither one kept them organized or in great storage. For example, from the grandfather who served in WW2, I have two badges from the 123rd Infantry Regiment and one badge from the 22nd infantry regiment. Nobody in my family seems to know much of his exact history but I've tried to piece together what I could. I'm assuming he started in the 22nd Infantry Regiment as I know he was in Germany at one point which is where the 22nd was from what I could find doing research. And I'm guessing that once the Regiment was Inactivated, he was transferred to the 123rd. I'm not sure why there is two badges from one of the regiments but only one from the other. Does anyone have a possible explanation for this? Am I missing one?
A wooden box can be lined in the bottom with felt. Depth can be cut down and an appropriate sized picture frame mounted to the front. Pin medals in, hang on wall with 2x screws and string or wire.
A great 1 day build after a visit to the opportunity shops.
I have Two badges that i cherrish more thsn anything i have. In 1983 I earned both my CIB and my Combat Jump Wings.
urgent fury oct???
Panama?
CIB in 83? Yeah right.
As someone who served in 1983 I would LOVE to know how you received combat wreaths to ANY badge. As an Infantryman, and Air Assault qualified I would be HIGHLY interested in how you LEGITIMATELY obtained these in 1983. Sounds like someone here is a PX Ranger and not very bright to boot. The Panama invasion was not until late December of 89, and I know because I got my Jungle Expert there in 83. Without having made a serious typo on this post - you have lied my friend and been BUSTED by someone who was SERIOUS about collecting the badass badges. There was ZERO combat action in 1983. Even our failed attempt at rescuing the 52 hostages in Iran (why I joined and went Infantry) was 1980, and you would have had to be a member of Delta Force if you participated, and you would not be proud about ANY aspect of that epic failure. 1983 saw no combat action ANYWHERE! So feel free to share with us where you jumped into a combat scenario in 1983... this is not the forum to get away with the fake stories you tell your friends.
October 1983 Invasion of Grenada, 1st, 2nd Ranger Battalions with elements of 82nd jumped into the island of Grenada
Jungle expert, jump wings, EIB, drill sgt
MST BADGE and ranger Tab and all of your Jungle with 3 Oak leaf clusters
Gnarly
Basic Parachute
Senior parachute
Air Assault
Expert rifle , pistol
EIB
CIB
And Pathfinder.
My grandfather had a expert flame thrower and bayonet clasp on his WW II uniform
The flame thrower clasp would be awesome!!!
Christopher Chaos he was in the 82nd Airborne and jumped with a flame thrower on D Day.
now thats bad ass!!
lmao I wanna see how that worked out from the German's point of view xD
Jon W carrying a flame thrower was considered hazzardus duty and thus an extra 15 dollars a month according to my grandfather. 15 dollars might not seem a lot but in 1944. We went to see saving private Ryan. He had never seen the beach aspect of D Day as he parachuted in to France. Went the guy carrying the flame thrower blew up he was startled and when they cleared out the pill box with a flame thrower we said that is how it is done. He also carried a Thompson submachine gun into battle. Said at first he could not hit the broadside of a barn with it but he got really accurate shooting short bursts. MY grandfather's brother scaled point du hock with the 75th rangers now be had some great stories. In my 13 years time on service my grandfather wrote me a letter every week. He did not know how to usef a computer so at mail call I always got a letter every week. I have all 673 of the.
He failed to explain that in order to be awarded the combat infantryman badge that soldier or unit must have closed with and destroyed the enemy. We dont get awarded for just being shot at like the other MOSs we only get awarded for fighting back.
Very interesting Chris. I was 6 years in the Australian Army Reserve and we didn't have nearly the number of badges that the US Army guys had. Also we had far fewer Enlisted ranks. For example a Corporal is regarded as a Junior NCO and is rated as an E-5, which is a Sergeant in the US Army. A Sergeant in the Australian Army was regarded as a Senior NCO and is rated as an E-6, which is equivalent to US Army Staff Sgt. In Australia, the rank of Staff Sergeant is being phased out. It was an E-7 equivalent to US Army Sergeant 1st Class. The Australian Warrant Officer Ranks (WO-2 and WO-1) are regarded as Enlisted Ranks and are equivalent to Sergeant Major (E-8) and Command Sergeant Major (E-9) respectively. Actually the term "enlisted rank" is not used in the Australian Army. These categories are known by the term "Other Ranks". So a Sergeant is actually an OR-6, not an E-6. I have lived in the USA for 22 years and am fascinated by the comparison of the US force rank structure with the one I am more familiar with. God bless all the military though, be it US or Australian.
Lindsay Edwards Australian army is of a very similar structure to the British army.
@@stuartwooding9435 I wonder why.
I have earned the EIB as well as The CIB, plus Jumpwings, I qualified Expert with the Rifle and Pistol. I also attend JOTC ( Jungle Occupation Training Coruse Panama ) and received the patch for it. Love your Videos. Keep up the Good Job.
Sincerely SSG Jay
AATW
That’s awesome!!! Thanks for watching!!!
I want that JOTC
Hoooah
During my life time I have only 2 badges that I have earned in the US Army as life time awards personally for myself. I have the Combat Infantryman's Badge and my Airborne Wings. My prized and always cherished awards that I am proud to have earned in my service to my country. The United States of America!!!
Nice. Really good badges to earn.
Blue Falcon here! Same badges..AATW!
Glad to know Brother! Remember you are in the less than 1 percent of the US population. Besides being an Infantryman in the Army and had to endure the famous Airborne School at Ft. Benning. You are an elite fighting man along side of our other Brothers who are Rangers and SF guys along with the other services elite units like SEALs, CCT, Para Rescue, and Recon guys etc. I respect them because they went through the same school to get Airborne wings like we did. As a Brother Paratrooper you did beyond what we are expected and required to do with our bodies, mind, and soul to be the best the U.S. Military can produce by your own initiative and free will to be an Airborne Warrior made out of flesh, blood, soul, and mind. To make you a lethal weapon of war and deterrent in peace. You are a perfectly molded weapon. I am not talking shit because I went through the same training as you did. I am drinking right now and inspired by your testimony as a fellow Paratrooper I kind of go off on a rant to inspire myself that there are other men like you and I am not alone. AIRORNE ALL THE WAY!!!
AATW guys! Hoooah
Thank you for your service.
My only complaint is that no one wears their expert grenadesmen badges. :(
Thanks for this explanatory video. I’ve always wanted to decipher my father’s Vietnam dress uniform pins.
In Vietnam in 68 our CSM had three stars on his CIB. One for WWII, one for Korea, and one for his three RVN tours. A real badass!
Combat Action Badge and Drivers Badge is what I have from my tour 2009-2011 in Afghanistan. CAB not fun to get, but it gives me the most pride. Grandfather got Combat Infantryman Badge in WWII. It was his favorite as well. We are a wreath wearing family!
Oh, yes, and sharpshooter marksman badge. But that's required every 6 months in the Army, so that goes without saying.
Ah man these bring back memories, I was 92R (rigger) from 98 - 07, left with Senior Jump Wings & Space Operations (Not Astronaut) i just moved a ton of rocket related tools around and in some cases those big ass after burners at Vanderburg AFB for a year, had no idea that qualified me for it, pretty cool!
That’s awsome!! Thanks for watching the video.
Yo i also want to join the parachute regiment
Out of all the stuff I have, the two things I value the most are my CIB and Big Red One. C/2/16 1st Inf Div 1969 RVN.
Brother, I have both and was in country same time. Was with 35th Infantry Platoon Scout Dog (IPSD) in dau tuang, supporting 1/2; 2/2 and 2/28...welcome home...
I take pride in my Special Operations Astronaut badge. I was a space shuttle door gunner.
L Warrior Very nice amigo! Were you the one in the picture at NASA at the door with your gun and no suit? Caption said you held your breath the whole time! That's definitely Chuck Norris tough! 😁
Would that make you a member of Space Force?
@@RedStickHistorian nah, he was most likely in pre-SF
I was army rotc in high school. Which I completely understand there is no comparison to what you did for me and I hole heartly thank for your service. We did recive a number of ribbons and metals what we excelled at. I’m in Kentucky so a lot of where we did our test per say was at Fort Knox. I remember the one award I was extremely proud of was in marksmanship with a rife with the flip iron peep sites. Now what we did was 10 shots prone at 100 meter then 10 in prone at 200 meters. I’m sure we was scored completely different from how they scored active real soldiers but I scored expert all four years of high school. So being a kid at that time with recruiters coming to class once a month I couldn’t wait to show him my award my freshman year and that gentleman never forgot me and how I walked up to him before class chest all puffed out like I was a big dog. His first visit my jounier year he pulled me aside and asked if I would be interested in taking the asvab test just for fun. I’m 40 so this was long time ago I have no idea what my score was I just remember him acting like he had never had anyone my age score that high and just continued completing me, called my parents several times. By the last few months before summer break he had me so big headed I was really to sign at 17 and my parents was on board as well. Now for the kicker.... my mom took me for just a yearly eye examination. Never wore glasses always 20/20. One thing that they checked this visit they hadn’t done before was for colorblindness. Which was found I was mildly colorblind. Mainly just some shades. But after the recruiter was told about it talking to my parents he was like a ninja and I never heard anything from him again. Can you shed some light on this for me I’ve wondered for years why and never seemed to get a clear understanding answer
I served during the Cold War in Europe. I was US Army attached to US Air Force Base in England as air defense radar and fire control specialist. Attended Jump School in Germany. Second deployment was to Italy. After my eight years, I went into the Aerospace and had a long career in the Space program.
Jump Wings and the CAB can be awarded to members of other services if they meet the requirements, the CAB also means that the service member was engaged in combat while attached to an Army unit, it's pretty rare for other services to get it but I'm in the Air Force and have met a total of 3 Airmen in my 4 years with it, 2 of them were Security Forces airmen amd one was a Civil Engineer.
Today I learned my dad is a badass
Lol
Yes, there are many 'badges'. My grandson has his 'wings' now. He's an AH-64/Blackhawk helo mechanic. Just graduated from AIT at Ft. Eustis, VA.
I was 11H MOS and went to Fort Benning over 40 years ago for basic and AIT. I kept my badges and have the Expert qualification badge for rifle, pistol, grenade and missle (TOW). I had the 4 bars hanging from the expert badge and I see now you're only supposed to have a max of 3 per badge. I don't remember if that was the case then, but I kept them all on as I remember.
Navy/Marine Corps Parachutist - 8023,
Basic Airborne Parachutist - 8023,
Air Delivery Specialist(Army Rigger) - 0451,
Military Freefall Parachute Course - 8023,
Marine Corps Rifle Expert(3rd Award),
Marine Corps Pistol Expert,
USMC Rifleman & Automatic Rifleman(M249 gunner) - 0311,
Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal(2nd Award), & the
National Defense Service Medal.
....did 7+ total & have been out for 17yrs and still miss it every single day.
Semper Fidelis and Aarruugaahh!!!!
I was an Infantryman with the 10th Mountain Division. Earned EIB, CIB. AIR Assault, Jungle Operations Training Center Patch, PT "Excellence" Patch and let's not forget that Blue Infantryman's Cord!!
My Grandfather served in the Army Reserve for 25 years. Prior to that he was in the Navy during WW2 serving on Submarines.
I have a Picture of him taken when he made 1st Sgt. He proudly wore his Dolphins.
Note: When I was in if you wore more than one weapon type on your qualification badge you earned the title of PX Commando.
What does PX Commando mean? It's a good thing or a bad thing to be called PX Commando?
I cracked up when I read this.....so funny and true. Back in the draft days, things were different.
Fuck that. I earned my expert grenade badge 🤣🤣🤣
@@mamneo2 It's bad. You can purchase all kinds of badges and awards and whatnot at the PX, so if you go over the top (such as building a little ladder of bars under your Marksmanship badge, like Rifle, Pistol, Grenade etc.), you are called a PX Commando. Soldiers typically just put one qualification bar on their badge.
Well, I guess I’m a “PX Commando” then since I qualified expert on rifle, pistol and grenade. But I was an Infantry Medic too. 🤷♂️
Awesome.. I was in Air Assault School in Jan 1997... froze my ass off at Ft. Campbell..lol..I loved that badge. and I had a Drivers Badge for a wheeled vehicle. earned that in 1998. damn I'm old..lol
Nice. I had thought about going to Air Assault school before but did not know how i would actually do with heights. Im not really afraid of heights but im also not a fan. lol.
I went to rappel master school in 2001 and was a day 2 fail.. lmmfao... fail rate was like 80%.. . I messed up on the knots.. never went back.
98 I was in the second grade
you are still young, I got the jungle school tab from Ft Sherman in panama in 1989.
Drivers badge , grenade badge rifle badge , airborne and air assault. Ranger tab airborne tab. Ohh and G.A.F.E.T.
CIB in Vietnam, DI at Ft Sill, Pathfinder in Panama.
The army has drill sergeants.
CIB is all you need.
it is the best
easy badge all you have to do is show up
EIB
CIB>EIB
Yeah and all the winey babies complained that. They couldn't get CIB....so they got a CAB
I've been in the US Army Reserves for 6 years now. I only have the marksman and mechanic badges right now but I hope to add the airborne or air assault badge when I reenlist.
If you already have the mechanics badge...then you should also have the driver badge as well.
Mechanics have to have a military drivers license and drive the vehicles
I was with Helo assault companies from 92-96 in the USMC. We were constantly trying to get the air assault badge authorized (we could go to Army jump school for jump wings) but alas, the Commandant wouldn't authorize it. I personally became a HRST (Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique) Master and rigged the birds for fast roping and rappelling. Damn I wanted that badge.
I had a guy in my unit that had a star on his CIB and he was old as hell.
my dad served in Vietnam he told me a story about an col that had two stars on his CIB... that means he served in WW2, in Korea, and Vietnam
Hey, my little brother is in the Army 13f Forward Observe. He has his Wings and Marksman's badges and is currently in Air Assault school in Fort Hood I believe
I’m most proud of my crewman wings, or enlisted aviation wings. You earn those by being or have been qualified in an MOS in the 15 series. A lot of hard work, 8 months long, got me that badge.
You also have the grenade clasp or bar after basic training. What surprised me the most was that I got a Driver & Mechanic Badge for PCMSing a generator and a SUV at the motor pool.
As a former Force Recon Marine, we were only authorized to were two badges at a time, ( other than marksmanship qualification badges) parachutist badge (basic or Navy Marine Corps gold wings) and Scuba diver’s badge or combatant diver’s badge. Most recon marines have multiple qualifications,.. ie pathfinder, Military Free Fall, Jump Master, Ranger school, Special Forces Q course,... etc. Now I believe there’s a Raider badge for MARSOC marines. The Marine Corps has always been a bit schizophrenic about badges, patches and labels, ( it took over 70 years to officially designate a Special Operations Force), so to say that the Entire Marine Corps is a special operations force serves no real purpose in today’s world.
Even Marine admins, cooks, drivers, mechanics & supply guys, huh?
One of their mottos is, "Every Marine a rifleman." They are big on shooting skills.
Yup... I use to always get questioned about my Pathfinder torch and MFF wings on display in my USMC shadow box. Until I jumped shipped to the AF where they were authorized, now they sit in my AF shadow box.
MARSOC set up a big wierd SEAL trident type pin in the 2010s. I think it's a tad much. USMC guys used to be bold, let their actions speak for them.
I qualified on the 16 back in 1969 with a sharpshooter badge. I might have gotten expert if my rifle hadn't jammed while I was on the range and having to clear it while targets were going up and down :( I didn't have to qualify on the M-14 but did have to fire familiarization and preferred it to my jam-o-matic M-16, despite the harder recoil.
I'd add that the US army has a few other badges & skill awards not listed in the video. air crews & pilots wear wings, the pathfinder badge was common in my era(90s). The eod & diver badges were rare but some wore them too. a new bad %&* SOF diver badge came out about ten years ago. The US army had "recondo" & jungle expert badges too but both were phased out. Green Hell jungle school was in Panama for many years.
I was an Expert Rifleman and Sharpshooter with a pistol but we did wear them on our Class As. In the NYG, we had an MP badge that was worn on the button of the breast pocket flap of the BDU rather than a brassard.
Since your video, the Army has created a few new badges.
They have this “space/satellite” badge I don’t know much about.
They have Instructor badges now to go along with the 8 SQI in 3 levels (Basic, Senior and Master)
And they also now have a Master Gunner Badge as well.🐼💯
I am a high school junior and I plan on joining the military. But right now I just collect stuff from the military like uniforms, badges and other relics.
My unit got ours CIB recently in Somalia right at the very end of the deployment...as NJ NG.
Airborne, Air Assault, and I would have expert for rifle and pistol but as an Officer, we don't wear marksmanship badges. I also have the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge in silver (missed getting gold, but I think silver looks better on the ASUs anyways lol). Would love the opportunity to go to Pathfinder, but as an MP, chances are slim that they'd send me unless I get stationed at Benning and manage to walk on. Great work on the videos!
I know that you weren't going to list them all, but I really earned my Pathfinder
I was in Aviation, and fellow Aviation soldiers would lose their minds when I came around. Remember that in Aviation, it's extremely difficult to have your command pay for you to go to these schools. I contractually obligated my unit to send me to Airborne, and Air Assault on my second contract. I refused to reenlist without them being in, and sure enough, within 8 months of reenlisting I had my jump wings and Air Assault badge. Combined with Aviation Wings, CAB, and Pathfinder Torch (which I was lucky enough to get a slot for because I was on a TTCS team), I had a 5 stack. Even outside of Aviation, that wasn't all too common. I would go to WLC, or TERPS School, or ALC, or wherever else, and I always just felt a sense of immediate respect from people. I don't mean that in an arrogant way, because I'm one of the most laid back people on Earth, and I don't have a cocky bone in my body, but it just felt good to be able to have that sense of pride when I saw other looking and saying things like "holy shit, that stack" or other things. I'll never forget that feeling.
Nice video Christopher. We also had a zero week at Jump School. It was like football camp in the gig pit. They should give an award for that week. LOL
As a Soldier with the Army National Guard I currently have like you said the rifleman sharpshooter badge and also the Unit career Councelor states level only authorized to be wear in state installation.
I joined the Army in 1/75 after Nam a guy could could only get a medal at the pawn shop. I earned my Aviation wings you needed to have logged 25 flight hours. working on Chinooks and field problems and reforger 76 got me the wings. And I didn't have to go to the pawn shop.
Only badge I cared about was my Crab (EOD Badge) Greatest achievement in my life
Great badge sir.....proud to be a blaster.
got ten badges and I wish I had that
thats a hard one and DEADLY to keep
My only "badge" was Aviator, Senior Aviator, and Master Aviator. best times of my life. You have a very good Vlog and I commend you.
This was very interesting I had a member of my family who was in the military he had the combat action badge.
Nice. Glad the video could be helpful. Thanks for watching!!!
In your shooting or marksmanship badges, you missed the three possible Distinguished badges.
Bronze, Silver and Gold.
You can earn those in EIC (Excellent In Competition) Imatches throughout the country. They reach as high as Gold in Rifle and Pistol.
There is also an international Marksmanship badge.
How to wear and how to get you need to read up on.
These badges are worn instead of standard expert badges. If you can achieve it.
Expert Grenade, Sharpshooter Rifle. I bought a set of jump wings to use as incentive to push myself as I had requested jump school. Having never gone before I ETS'd, I gifted them to a family member who had gone.
My grandfather had the marksman rifle badge that's the only badge I have ever seen of his. He was in the Korean war. I got it today thanks for the tips about it. He was good at shooting his rifle so I think he was in a higher rank but he isn't here to ask since 2011 and I wasn't old enough to know then.
CAB, Air Crew wings, Air assault, Expert Rifle badge. I also had a PT patch too, though those only go on PTs
CIB is sometimes referred to as a Free IB. Sometimes its earned byproxy, simply by being in a combat zone but not actual combat.
There’s only one badge that means more than life itself, the wreath badge. For the honor of the soldiers who sacrificed for this country.
When I served with General Mills, I was deployed to Kellogg's island. After two tours I was awarded the silver spoon with oat clusters. And for outstanding bravery, I was decorated by The Count of Chocula with various lucky charms. The is the true story of how I became *Captain Crunch.* I am and you're not so don't cry in your milk.
One badge i have and a lot of pride in was the German sharp shooting badge.It is a large over 3-4 inch wide with aa German Eagle and silver brad coming down. That and while at Ft Know all the e-1 would ask me what it as. Thanks for the video glad to see another vet putting out quality stuff.
I don't remember having to re-qualify with the M-16 when I was in. I service from 1974-1979, maybe that has change. We did have our PT test every 6 months.
My dad was a food specialist that shot sharpshooter riffles, had a badge for gernades
Planning on enlisting after I graduate college as a 15U (CH-47 mechanic). Hoping I can get skills that way and make it up to crew chief, and maybe put a packet through to Army WOFT from there. So, I'm hoping for at least the mechanic badge and maybe my flight wings one day if I'm lucky.
I gotta Drivers badge. I’m pretty proud of that badge because I got it while responding to Hurricane Sandy. I got the worst truck and It kept breaking down. Every piece of mechanical knowledge I have , I learned from fixing that truck.
Air Borne ,Air Assault and Combat Badges.Because i Played With The Mountains and Skies.
Never a medic, but The Expert Medical Badge hardest to earn. I earned the Expert Infantry Badge while in OCS. Also have the basic Airborne medal jump wings. We were scheduled to jump into Santo Domingo in 1965, but the airfield was secured so we landed. Good thing as our drop zone was then a vinyard with wires and stub poles.
Hi chris! I got out with the marksmanship badge; jump wings, and parachute rigger badge. Keep up the good work!
One of the coolest Looking badges I earned was the GEB. German proficiency badge. .. kinda easy to earn other than the swim and a fast road march..
You didn't cover the "Recon" Badge. It's similar to the Airborne Badge but uniquely different. Also the "Jungle School" badge. That's a cool one. Also the new "Waterborne" school badge. Really kick ass Course they have in Hawaii that the 25 ID offers.
I barely qualified on the rifle range during basic with Marksman but later upgraded to a Sharpshooter about 6 months later. But after my ETS, my DD Form 214 states Marksman . I’m branded for life
Served in Vietnam as a 13E20, went out as an RTO with our Battery’s FO, Quang Tri Province, 1970. No CIB for Red Legs, did air assaults but no Award, Served as Artillery Officer 1980s and 90s, before the combat action badge. Other than a patch on my right shoulder nothing denotes various aspects of my service.
Hi like your channel but you forget about the the Reserve 's I did 28yrs and did 2tours back to back now retired do a thing about reserve patches thank you
I got the EFMB it is a tough one to get as the course was tough only 10% of the class would get them back in the late 70's
Very good Chris, and thank you for your service brother.
As collector, I try my best to find any lost badges, and maintain in prime conditions, I do not wear them, but I do keep them close to my heart
In the Army Signal Corps there is a badge awarded by the Airforce to Satellite Controllers. The story goes that Controllers were primarily AF, the Army was quickly growing its usage of Satcom and needed more controllers than the AF could field. The AF decided to allow Soldiers into the course, but were believed they couldn't pass it. All the soldiers passed (they were 31S, now 25S, literally the smartest and brightest MOS the Army has) with high scores. The AF was impressed and awarded them the badge they normally give Airmen for passing. AF doesn't have a subdued badge since they didn't wear badges on BDUs (the old camo uniform prior to the late 90s). So the soldiers darkened them so they could wear it on the BDU's. Airforce got a little ticked because it was seen as defiling the award. Nowadays the Army primarily handles the course and the controllers are pretty much all soldiers. And as far as I can remember (since I got out 10 years ago), soldiers were still darknenign the award to wear on ACUs.
You missed the Expert Field Medical Badge. I was honored to earn one at Ft. Meade in 1978.
Ive seen some sgts or troops and officers often wearing just a airbourne wings or jump chute badge or the combat infantry badge on their left chest.
Forget to mention that other branches can attend jump and air assault. For air force most badges are dark blue but army badges are sewn on with black thread. So if you see an airman with blue jump wings they are most likely officers that went through air force academy jump school, and if its black then that airman went to army jump school.
CIB
Parachutist Badge
Shot Expert with my M4 and the M240B.
I was a Stryker driver long enough that I probably have the driver’s badge but i never got any paperwork for it.
Ask a medavac medic from Vietnam what CMB they couldn't get! Army considered them support? Even though many received purple Heart. And many crews died from being shot down!
My favorite badge is my jungle expert badge that we earned at Ft. Clayton, Panama back in the seventies.
CORRECTION ON SOME WORDING: In the video i said the CIB and EIB can only be worn by Colonel and below when i should have said it can only be earned by colonel or below as a general can wear one if they earned it when they were a CPT or what ever but cant earn one if they are a general.
Side game..... can anyone figure out what blury movie is playing on a loop over my left shoulder? Hint: Its a comedy movie.
Christopher Chaos hangover ?
It’s not the hangover.
Superbad
Good eye Daniel. It was Superbad.
Apparently there have been four general officers who were awarded an "honorary" CIB: Generals MacArthur; Stilwell; Ridgeway; and Major General William Dean
I'm reminded after watching this of something I read about in Fredrick Forsythe's autobiography when he qualified as a pilot in the RAF and got his wings. He stated a pilot's wings are not something you can inherit, marry a pretty girl to get, or buy. You earn them and they are yours alone. I imagine the same can be said for all these badges listed here.
I was never an Infantryman, but as a POG, I earned my jump wings and the Pathfinder torch, so not too bad...
Hooah
You missed the aviation badges, pilots and crewchiefs. Retired in '95 and wore Airborne, Air Assault, Senior Army Aviator, Ranger tab.
These videos are great information. I’m working on a story where one of my characters has served in the army. WW2 was the last war he served in. While the story doesn’t take place then it is part of his past.
I once knew a guy who had been active then switch to the reserves. He told many stories about the action he'd seen in combat zones. I had no reason to doubt anything he said. He was attending a Police Academy and he wore his dress blues to graduation. I've never been in the military but I've always been fascinated with it and I know just a little something about. I noticed that he was was wearing and EIB instead of a CIB. Considering all the stories he'd told I asked why he wasn't wearing a CIB. He started hemming and hawing and didn't directly answer the question. Finally he stated something like this (EIB) was just as good. I've heard that to many combat soldiers that their CIB was the badge they were most proud of. Is there something off about what he said that made this questionable and would someone who had earned the CIB wear the EIB instead?
texknight67 you are only allowed to wear one combat or special skill badge at a time. So you are only authorized to wear the EIB or CIB separately. The only exception I have seen to this is when units choose to allow their EIB graders who have earned both badges (and only while in the camouflage duty uniform) will sow on a subdued CIB and wear a Stay-Brite EIB on top of it. This would only be during EIB train up and testing weeks while on the EIB site.
I would love to get the airborne, some sort of marksman badge and maybe air assault.
You missed the most important one: The Tomb Badge.
Like, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? Or something else?
yes u complete the course to become a sentinel and guard the tomb for 9months u get the Tomb Badge. Only like 600 have been awarded
Logan Stack LOL
🇺🇸👍
Logan Stack the wreath badge. Wear for life and keep honor for those who sacrificed.
I'm currently going through enlistment process. I want to do heavy equipment operation and get a cdl, but also want to do advanced hand to hand combat training. I may want to do more but not sure at this point
Theres no "advanced hand to hand combat", there is combatives however which is pretty much mma stuff (jui jitsu,kick boxing, boxing) not really what you would think like knife fighting and shit.
Let me see, I got a Combat Infantry Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Expert Field Medical Badge and the Flight Surgeon's Badge. Also the Driver Badge with "W" Wheel and "T" track Bars and the Expert Rifle Badge.
Air Assault (Currahee) and CIB, Expert on pistol, carbine and mortar.
My daddy had CIB he earned it in Korea and had 2 stars on it he was in Korea and 2 tours Vietnam and the first Desert Storm War he was in from 1952-1992
You never seem to touch on aviation, show some love😂
Cool video. You left out the Distinguished Rifleman badge. There have been only 1,200 army awards since 1884.
I'd like to have: Jumpwings and EIB badge(s). I'd also like to the Airborne and Ranger tabs along with the 75th RR Scroll.
A earning a ranger tab is difficult to begin with; earning the right to wear the scroll is living the life of a ranger, is even more difficult, but not impossible.
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been there done that
correction. the recruiter badge IAW 670-1 is only authorized to be worn on the left breast pocket. The drill sergeant badge and career counselor badge are the only badges authorized to be worn on the right pocket. This is for the ACU or BDU or Multicam uniforms. IN ASUs formerly Class A drees greens, if the soldier is wearing the combat patch badge on his right breast pocket then the drill sergeant badge or career counselor badge will be adjusted on the right pocket or center on the left breast pocket. AT no time will the recruiter badge be worn on the right breast pocket. These badges are only awarded to NCOs corporal and above that successfully complete those schools. Usually will be Sergeant E5 to Sergeant first class E7, NO E8 or higher can attend these courses. the career counselor badge is only awarded to NCOs that complete the course and performs that duty successfully for at least one year as a 79S. The recruiter badge has several award phases to it and is permanently awarded once they complete the school. The badge will turn from silver to a gold badge when a recruiter earns award points while serving on duty as a detailed recruiter. The drill sergeant badge is permanent upon completion of the drill sergeant course. The army recruiter course also awards a SQI code of 4. The drill sergeant course awards the SQI code of X. Both can be revoked if misconduct occurs and the code is removed as well as the badge award from the NCOs record. Detail recruiters have the option to change their main MOS to 79R at their 18 month while performing recruiting duty and finish their career as a career recruiter. Drill sergeant duty is the only duty that awards a badge and NCOs can not stay permanently as a career drill sergeant. drill sergeant has no MOS. Drill sergeant is only a special duty assignment to a basic, AIT or OSUT training post for a minimum of 2 years with the possibility of being extended for a additional 1 year tour. Recruiting duty starts off as a special duty assignment of 3 years but NCOs have the option change their MOS at their 18 month and become a 79R. Career counselor 79S must be applied and accepted the same way any NCO would reclass from the primary MOS. IF an NCO completes all three badge courses. He/she are only authorized to where 2 of the 3 badges. I am a SME because I did a tour as a drill sergeant , detail recruiter, and 18 months as career counselor.
You forgot my friend, the air crewmen badge for crewmembers on helicopters, ie: crew chief, and senior crew members (NCO'S). thanks u nice video, Vietnam Vet Crew chief on CH47's
EFMB Expert Field Medical Badge and not easy to earn. There are many Medics who treated casualties under fire, but will never receive the CMB due to not being assigned to a combat arms unit. They will get a CAB. Know a lot of Soldiers who never received any medals or badges for their time in combat.