More than 200 Soldiers from around the country arrived at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, Oct. 20 to train and compete for the coveted Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) at an event hosted by the 3d U.S ...

1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conducted an Expert Infantryman’s Badge (EIB) exercise on post to test the fundamental skills of 650 paratroopers from across the division, and ...

The Expert Infantryman Badge turns 75 years old next year, and just in time for this milestone birthday, the Army is preparing to rewrite the manual. The infantry branch is in the midst of a pilot ...

On March 27, 160 EIB candidates and 17 ESB candidates “survived” to compete in the final event — a 12-mile foot march in the heat and humidity of Louisiana.

“To earn the EIB, it distinguishes you from other infantrymen, that you have completed 33 infantry tasks superbly, that you are an expert at your profession,” said Martinez, from San Diego, Calif.

Each year, infantry soldiers who have not earned the distinctive badge, consisting of a silver musket mounted on a blue field, must go through EIB testing, a series of 30 infantry tasks, ranging ...

“The Expert Infantryman Badge, often referred to as the “EIB” is unique among skill qualification badges,” said Capt. Jason Horton, the assistant adjutant of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat ...

The Expert Action Badge would be generally for the remainder of the military occupational skills that don't have a formal way of certifying competencies like the EIB and EFMB, Davenport said.

Approximately 900 paratroopers from across the 82nd Airborne Division participated in training and testing to earn the Expert Infantryman Badge at Fort Bragg, Aug. 13-31. The paratroopers trained f… ...

The EIB awards ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. today on Todd Field. The guest speaker will be CSM Chris Hardy, the Maneuver Center of Excellence and post command sergeant major.

With fewer EIB holders in the Army, some younger soldiers admit knowing little about the badge, even though it’s been around since the early 1940s when then-Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C ...