What do you think of the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge?

I prefer the German Parachutist Badge. Since you can only wear one foreign award on ASU's, that's definitely the one I would want to (and do) wear! ATW!

You should go for it.

The MA NG had this even last year. Unfortunately, my unit was on its way to A-Stan when it took place so we missed out. I would have loved to have done it.

Make sure you get your orders translated into English before you try to add them to your records or it will be returned (or is that old school info I'm spewing?)

Get rid of the damned thing, and I got it to, never wear it unless told to

I found it to be very prestigious, especially the gold rating. I’ll say this, you better be able to swim and fast. Seriously

I had a good time doing it. I got mine at Fort Rucker in 2013, but I choose to wear my foreign parachutist badges instead.

I earned it in gold back I was stationed in Germany with Btry B 1-94FA. It's challenging and a good gut check.

Consider it as an equivalent to the EIB or EFMB. Criteria for earning it is fairly same.

I participated in 2014. Swimming is by far the hardest part. If you get passed the swim you are pretty much on a downhill slope from there when It comes to at least getting a badge. Now, when it comes to getting the gold, make sure you can shoot straight. As far as I can recall, its a double action handgun you shoot. The first shot was the one I missed because it was harder to pull the trigger. Every shot after that was pretty much a go, however that was enough to bust me down to silver. Now, many get complacent during the ruck march. Do not get complacent during that phase. I've seen soldiers drop out because they became lazy.