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Soldiers can do EIB and EFMB, but cannot wear those badges unless they are in that field. I think it would be a good idea to have an expert Soldier/Field badge to display proficiency and expertise in being a Soldier.
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Edited 8 y ago
Posted 8 y ago
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If you are in the Army for badges and awards then you are in the wrong career field and need to look else where for a source of income. When Soldiers occupy themselves with what award or badge they get for a deployment or training it really takes away from what you have learned or taught your Soldiers. Just saying
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I agree with the statement that there are
Too many badges. Armor has Excellent in Armor and Master Gunner both are very difficult to get. Neither has a badge
I also think all badges should be saved for the dress uniform
Too many badges. Armor has Excellent in Armor and Master Gunner both are very difficult to get. Neither has a badge
I also think all badges should be saved for the dress uniform
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SSG Marc Aberg I think that you might be on to something. But what you suggest might already be embodied by something called a Drill Sergeant. Think about it... an Expert Soldier would have to max out PT, have to show Expert qual on assigned weapon, get all Go on Common Tasks. Besides you would want them to be otherwise a role model. So short of adding an extra qualifier like the Schutzenschnur you wear, we are basically looking at what is a requirement of a Drill Sergeant, don't you agree?
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CW4 Tim Claus
But does that mean they can actually do their MOS' under harsh environments such as field conditions? All these proposed ideas are whether soldiers can do a grunts job. Can the combat arms guy fix the tank, comms, fired control systems, figure out how to ship their gear all over the world, manage convoys, fly or maintain the helicopters, patch folks back up? There are far more MOS' in the Army than 11 bang bang that actually are essential for them to do their jobs. Without all those other folks, the 11 series folks are stuck on PX runs at home station.
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Completely not needed. Your evaluations, achievements and other opportunities like samc show just this. i won't elaborate any further
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I think you Army guys have a lot of chest candy for doing basically what you are supposed to be doing in the first place. Keep the certs for your SRB and medals and ribbons should be for above and beyond or I was there stuff. Just my 2 cents. SF-
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I don't know about a badge, but a recognized award or certificate, something that can be added to a signature block. something that proves you are an expert at all 20/30 level basic solider tasks. I would like to add to that an MOS based certificate of the same weight that is only attainable after the general solider one is attained.
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1SG (Join to see)
So, you want soldiers to be issued some sort of certificate of proficiency at -10, -20, and -30 level milestones? If only we had some sort of doctrinal way to do that already... Wait, I've got it. How about a certificate of completion for basic/AIT AND NCOES schools. I know, we can call them DA Form 1059s!!!
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