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

Would somebody tell me what a POG stands for??

Smh......no, just.....no.......

I began as a 92Y, transferred to Infantry and earned my MOSQ prior to a deployment for OIF. I was awarded a CIB. Had I served under my 92Y MOS, under the same unit, I would have received a CAB. As I understand it, the award was created for servicemembers who would otherwise have no acknowledgment of their efforts in a combat situation.
If I were to get an ARCOM and then get promoted, would that become a bronze star?

1st. If he transfers to the infantry he ceases to be a POG.

You know that old joke about the difference between the Boy Scouts and the Army? We're getting more like BSA every day. A badge for this, a ribbon for that. Waters everything down.

It would seem that if the POG has the badge entered in his/her service record and the event can be verified as a combat action, he/she has earned the right to wear that badge.
It's very possible that he/she was placed in a position although temporary, with a unit that while there was forced to fight in defense of that unit.
I am a Marine that fought in Vietnam and was trained that each Marine is a basic rifleman regardless of MOS !!
Again, if that person's service record can verify's the action then that person should be entitled to the award.

When our unit was thrown together from various units to deploy to Iraq, we had everybody. From medics to 11Bs & everything in between. We became in lieu of combat MPs. We got bounced around between who we worked with in country. Marines & Navy mostly. We all got CABs. We had our medics doing combat medic stuff while being MPs. Our 11Bs were kicking in doors. But b/c we all had the duty MOS of combat MPs, nobody got CMBs or CIBs. Just CABs. Some even tried to get up a CAR from the Navy or Marines. That wasn't happening. Some folks did get Navy medals but somehow we did not qualify for joint service awards either. It is what it is.

Nope!

No.
CIB is for infantry only. CAB is for all other mos

Hell no. You wear the one that is awarded to you. They are NOT interchangeable. Be careful what you call people who where awarded the CAB, I have one and trust me when I tell you that I have boots with more time on them than you have in.