Posted on Jun 15, 2019
If a POG, awarded with a CAB (combat action badge), were to transfer to Infantry, would the soldier be authorized to wear the CIB?
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If anyone is honored for something they have done, I say wear it proudly. Whose right is it to say, you can't wear that even though you earned it. Sounds like someone needs to get over their jealousy to me.
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POG's, because some people joined the military to do more than cut grass, police cigarette butts and sweep the motor pool.
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No, The soldier is authorized the CAB award, until that soldier earns the EIB or CIB.
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This is a permanent award and will appear on your ERB. Not to wear it is to be out of uniform.
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You are authorized to wear what you were awarded, nothing else. To be awarded a CIB you have to have engaged the enemy as an Infantryman.
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Go easy on him, he's a PFC. CABs and CIBs are awarded by order. They are not interchangeable.
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