FORT HOOD, Texas--"They say that the EIB is the mark of a man for an infantry Soldier," stated Spc. Royce Applegren, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th ...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii Ð An Expert Infantry Badge candidate, assigned to 25th Infantry Division, prepares a M98 Javelin to fire during the 25th ID EIB Testing Aug. 26 on Schofield Barracks. The ...

Those three words are the essence of being a soldier, but they especially ring true for the infantry. Infantry soldiers need to have the basics down pat, but they also need to be masters of a wide ...

CAMP BLANDING, Fla.(July 29, 2011) " Recently, 99 Soldiers from the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team set out on a journey many infantrymen take and few complete with success. For the first time in ...

A 2nd Cavalry Regiment soldier handles an AT4 anti-tank rocket as part of EIB and ESB testing in Bemowo Piskie, Poland on March, 19, 2020. (Sgt. Timothy Hamlin/Army) Soldiers deployed to Poland will ...

Army officials at Fort Benning, Georgia, are rewriting the requirements infantry soldiers must meet when they test for the Expert Infantryman Badge. Each year, infantry soldiers who have not earned ...

The Army is planning to rewrite the book on its Expert Infantryman Badge by September. Soldiers in a pilot program at Fort Benning, Ga., recently tested changes to the requirements for the badge, ...

Beginning in October 2019, the U.S. Army plans to require soldiers to compete for the Expert Action Badge, an annual physical and skill-based test similar to the prestigious Expert Infantryman Badge ...

Army officials at Fort Polk, Louisiana, are trying to determine how a soldier was shot during training last week since the incident did not occur during a live-fire event. The soldier from 3rd Brigade ...