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

Short answer... NO

Look up the MOS with the highest mortality rate during the first Gulf War. Then tell their families they were POGs.

no. Because that soldier was not either 11B/ C or 18 series when it was awarded. You can wear the CAB until you see combat and are then awarded the CIB. Until then, you can wear your CAB

If it’s on your awards page you are entitled to wear it

Only Infantry soldiers are authorized to earn CIB. The only way a POG would be able to wear one is if they where infantry at the time of CIB was earned and then later switched MOS. There was an Artillery office I served under who wore an EFMB. He waned He earned it when he was enlisted medic then went dark side. He can still wear it since he was eligible and completed the standard when he was a medic. When it comes to questions about awards the two regs you need to use are AR 670-1 which will how to wear an award, and AR 600-8-22 which talks about ellibility. I hope this helps.

Short answer, no. Long answer read your Army regulations that pertain to the CIB.

Would also like to add that CIB, EIB and CAB all have the same special 'badge' pay and get you the same benefits at the PX, Starbucks and your future employer. :)

No, because you must hold the EIB prior to CIB. CIB is not retroactive.

The CIB is awarded too soldiers in an infantry MOS in an infantry battalion or smaller serving in a declared hostile fire zone for at least 30 days and have had a firefight.

I seriously doubt that... Its awarded to Infantry who have been in combat... In Vietnam it was given after 30 days in active combat, now I think its only a day or after the first bullet (so the already weakened the standards), I hope that they do not weaken it any more...