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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No. You, he or she can only wear what you have been awarded. An award does not transform itself into a different award even if you change paths in your career.
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Any Award or badge you earn you can wear (well there are one or two that you can only wear with a unit your with). As a Marine that went to the Army I do get some odd looks at my badges and ribbons, and some I had to get permission from the command to wear.
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SGT Jay Holland
There are no Marine Corps awards you need permission from your command to wear. There is a published list of transferrable awards between branches of service, if it is not on the list you can not wear it.
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No, they would have to be in a 11 series unit before he is awarded the CIB
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I suppose we should examine your POG closely, huh?
What’s the likelihood your POG may be placing a tourniquet around one of your limbs? Maybe they might recover the vehicle you disabled in a firefight? Maybe they might use a paper clip to jump a connection on a radio you desperately need to call for fire. Maybe they are the POG that straightens out your pay issue. How about the POG who quickly repairs your M-4 so you can continue the good fight? What about the POG who becomes your First Sergeant who could be the difference between your probable discharge characterizations? Will your POG help you in the future to re-enlist for a sweet gig at a duty station you always wanted but couldn’t get? Will your POG be fighting for you because that’s what NCOs do? Suppose your POG becomes your ONLY eye wittiness to defend you during a court marshal? Then what? Will your POG be tasked to help your loved ones when you are called to lay down your life for your country? Will they still be a POG?
Is it our responsibility to help our fellow POGs to better themselves and help them become the best Soldier they can be? What’s your ethos? Labeling a Soldier in the US Army as a POG, is that in keeping with the best traditions and core values?
I challenge you to examine your own life and bear true faith and allegiance to your unit and your brothers and sisters in arms. Become a champion yourself to those around you who will remember you as a great Soldier and hopefully the best NCO the Army has ever seen.
What’s the likelihood your POG may be placing a tourniquet around one of your limbs? Maybe they might recover the vehicle you disabled in a firefight? Maybe they might use a paper clip to jump a connection on a radio you desperately need to call for fire. Maybe they are the POG that straightens out your pay issue. How about the POG who quickly repairs your M-4 so you can continue the good fight? What about the POG who becomes your First Sergeant who could be the difference between your probable discharge characterizations? Will your POG help you in the future to re-enlist for a sweet gig at a duty station you always wanted but couldn’t get? Will your POG be fighting for you because that’s what NCOs do? Suppose your POG becomes your ONLY eye wittiness to defend you during a court marshal? Then what? Will your POG be tasked to help your loved ones when you are called to lay down your life for your country? Will they still be a POG?
Is it our responsibility to help our fellow POGs to better themselves and help them become the best Soldier they can be? What’s your ethos? Labeling a Soldier in the US Army as a POG, is that in keeping with the best traditions and core values?
I challenge you to examine your own life and bear true faith and allegiance to your unit and your brothers and sisters in arms. Become a champion yourself to those around you who will remember you as a great Soldier and hopefully the best NCO the Army has ever seen.
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