FORT MCCOY, Wis. - A Wisconsin Army National Guard combat medic has a coveted badge and some bragging rights after two intense weeks. Sgt. 1st Class Talon Dumke of Sun Prairie, a member of the ...

The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring, according to an internal service memo reviewed by Military.com. For ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Over the course of a week, more than 50 Army medical soldiers from around the country came to Fort McCoy in an attempt to complete a test to earn the coveted Expert Field Medical ...

WASHINGTON — Set between the Adirondack Mountains and the Great Lakes, Fort Drum’s forests posed an imposing obstacle for medical Soldiers last September while testing their field skills during an ...

You’re in the checkout line at the shoppette on base, just picking up a few cans of energy drinks to get you through the day. Then you see it. You can’t help but look. Some super-soldier walks in ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, Aug. 26, 2002. It is republished unedited in its original form. Grueling course singles out the medics to wear ‘experts badge’ CAMP ...

Staff Sgt. Wai Kin Tee receives his Expert Soldier Badge on Oct. 3, 2025, in Baumholder, Germany. (Sgt. Griffin Payne/Army) Soldiers of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command recently undertook two of ...

Soldiers will soon be able to show that they served in combat and excel in their job field by wearing a single badge on their uniform. A new Master Combat Badge is being rolled out for combat veterans ...

“Across Pennsylvania there are veterans who put everything on the line for our country, and they deserve to be recognized for the sacrifices they’ve made,” Casey said in a statement. “The Army did the ...

Soldiers who’ve both served in combat and mastered their job skills will soon earn a new badge recognizing both achievements. The Master Combat Badge indicates that the soldier wearing the new device ...