Posted on Jan 13, 2017
Can someone be a "twice awarded Combat Infantry Badge recipient" from different wars (Korea & VN)?
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Um, duh. Actually can earn 3; basic bar (1), bar with star (2), bar with star and oak cluster (3). Maybe able to earn more, not sure, but have seen one with 2 stars and oak cluster but not sure that's real.
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SFC Kevin Zoll
There is no Oak Leaf cluster for the CIB. Stars for awards 2-4 & 6-8, silver stars for awards 2-5, Gold badge is 5th award, awards 6-8 are gold stars. No one has ever received more the 3 awards of the CIB.
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I got two and they took them both back. Once as a Forward Observer with 1/27th Inf. 25th Inf Div. the other by 1st Inf Div at Dau Tieng. Both were cancelled because as an FO I did not have an Infantry MOS. Some Bean Counter also revoked the CIBs of 5th Special Forces Group
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The qualifying eras for the CIB began in WWII; there are only four qualifying era's and therefore, the max anyone could have is four. Probably not possible because of the time periods required would mean at least 37 years of service (1945 through 2001). The eras are listed at this site:
https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/Combat%20Infantry%20Badge%20CIB
https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/Combat%20Infantry%20Badge%20CIB
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I had a SGM with a CIB with 2 stars. 82d Abn in WW 2, Ranger Rgt in Korea , Special Forces in Vietnam. He was one real bad ass!
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When I was a newly promoted Captain, assigned to Ft Benning for the Infantry Officers Advanced Course, I was assigned as the Escort Officer for LTG (Ret) Robert H. York, who was a good friend of my dad. He was at Ft Benning to attend the 200th Anniversary of the Infantry celebration. When I picked he and his wife up at the airport, I reported to him as LT Burleson (I had been promoted that morning). He looked at me and the rank I had on and said, "Don't you know what fu*king rank you are Captain"... I explained that I had been promoted that morning and we both laughed about it. He could not wait to tell my dad.
I got them to their DVQ went over the schedule with him, giving him my phone number should he need anything when I was not with them. I then left them to get settled, telling them I would pick them up for dinner in a couple of hours. When I returned, LTG York told me that he had been getting his uniform ready for the events of the next day and had forgotten to pack his CIB. He asked if I could go to Clothing Sales or the Infantry Bookstore to pick one up for him. He stated he needed one with two stars. Needless to say, I could not find one, as they had to be special-ordered. He wore one with one star for the events.
As I recall, he said the CIB with two stars were for Korea, Vietnam, and the Dominican Republic.
I got them to their DVQ went over the schedule with him, giving him my phone number should he need anything when I was not with them. I then left them to get settled, telling them I would pick them up for dinner in a couple of hours. When I returned, LTG York told me that he had been getting his uniform ready for the events of the next day and had forgotten to pack his CIB. He asked if I could go to Clothing Sales or the Infantry Bookstore to pick one up for him. He stated he needed one with two stars. Needless to say, I could not find one, as they had to be special-ordered. He wore one with one star for the events.
As I recall, he said the CIB with two stars were for Korea, Vietnam, and the Dominican Republic.
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COL Jean (John) F. B.
COL Johnny Brooks - Hi Johnny ... It has been a long time. I hope all is well with you.
I did not even think about Ranger Joe's at the time. You are probably correct; they might have had one. :-)
I did not even think about Ranger Joe's at the time. You are probably correct; they might have had one. :-)
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SFC Kevin Zoll
CPT Mark Tobin those periods only qualify for 2 awards. Panama & Desert Storm are both 3rd era conflicts and only rate one award for that period.
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