Should the EIB/EFMB be changed to become a true qualification?

I earned my EIB in December 1983 as a corporal at Fort Ord California. I was a reservist. We were attached for training to one of the brigades over there I suppose that was putting on the test. Very few qualified. You can have it when you pry it grill my cold, dead, hands. 22 years later I had to replace it with a combat action badge from my service in Iraq. I think I may have worked harder for the EIB.

It's a skill badge like airborne, pathfinder,etc. where once is enough. Not like an annual trip to the range.

This award is designed to test the skills of an Infantryman or Medic, you earn these awards through hard work, preparation and execution, to even consider that this award would be removed because of some predetermined time limit and require requalification is a ridiculous idea, not to mention the logistical nightmare that requalifications would cause. I suppose the next suggestion would be a "shelf life" on the Combat Infantry Badge?
We should continue to reevaluate the standards by which we measure ourselves as soldiers, to ensure that our soldiers are the best prepared, most ready, most capable fighting force in the world, we should show great care in reducing any standards that effect the performance of our soldiers, but to change awards such as the EIB and the EFMB provides no improvement to performance or readiness. DX this idea, move out, draw fire...

Ah heck no . i've never served in a combat zone , i did serve though 12 yrs in AKRNG i know this is an honor , to get so lets leave it as such.

Absolutely not, the EIB is an incredibly difficult accomplishment, to think that you would achieve this to only have to re-qualify the following year is ridiculous. There are plenty of yearly based mileposts for the success or the fully trained determination of an Infantryman, the Expert Infantry Badge should not be changes. Sgt. Patrick Lovell