If a POG, awarded with a CAB (combat action badge), were to transfer to Infantry, would the soldier be authorized to wear the CIB?

POG? Sorry POG docent ring a bell.

No. You earn what you earn. Even as an 11B that soldier will still be allowed to wear the CAB until they earn a CIB and then I believe it’s up to them but you can only wear one type of combat badge at a time

I don’t know if I can take anymore of rallypoint.com.

I agree CSM Hayden!! Does he not even know what POG stands for??

If only there was a book or regulation that could answer suck questions.

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All. Reference AR 600 -8-22 Military Awards for the specific criteria for a CAB and CIB.

To the best of my recollection, to be awarded the CIB, the Soldier has to have been assigned to an Infantry position on the UMR (Unit Manning Report). Additionally, I was under the impression that the Soldier should be branched Infantry. I had a battalion Commander who was Armor but in an Infantry position ( Infantry Platón Leader). Things might have changed since the Vietnam War.

My platoon was it's own task force. We came from armor, engineers, infantry, artillery, & even medical units & deployed as combat MPs. The CAB had first come out. The deal was that we would all get the CAB. We all did the same job despite our individual MOS's. Just think if the CAB wasn't a thing. The 11Bs would get their CIB, Engineers maybe a sapper tab, medics a CMB. The rest of us would get nothing. The Army used to make fun of the USAF with all of their bling on their uniforms but now the Army has gone crazy. I agree with others here. The Navy & Marines get a Combat Action Ribbon. That's it. It does not matter what your MOS is. If you are doing battle with the enemy, your duty at that moment is that of a rifleman.

I have seen responses here on the word "POG", I, like many I assume served in both Combat Arms and Combat Support. I agree we are all one team, with that said I can say based on MY experience and MINE alone that Combat Arms and Combat Support are different sides of the same coin. I carried my Infantry standards into my second MOS 92A. I can tell everyone this, when I applied the same standard that was applied to me in the Infantry to the troops I was in charge of as a 92A, I was told numerous times "This is not Infantry, you are not Combat Arms, you are being to harsh" This came from my SGM. This happened when I asked a soldier to come over to me, I was ignored once, so I asked again, granted a bit more sternly and this soldier looked me in my eyes and gave me a dismissive wave and kept talking to another soldier, both Privates and me being an SGT. Now for those who are Combat Arms you can probably imagine how I reacted, I got in that solider's arse and push-ups followed. I was "unofficially" reprimanded for being to "mean" .. I can also say that the majority of my leaders appreciated my standards. Yes, we are all one team but the standards are different, very different between Combat Arms and Combat Support. Again I can only speak for MYSELF and MY OPINION.