Armored Division infantrymen test for Expert Infantry Badge

Photo By Sgt. Aura Conejos | Sixty Soldiers with 1st Armored Division, earned their Expert Infantry Badge, Aug. 7, 2015, on Fort Bliss, Texas. The EIB qualification week requires Soldiers to complete progressive Army-related and infantry-specific tasks to a high standard, for the opportunity to advance to the next task. (Photo by Spc. Aura E. Sklenicka, 2/1 ABCT PAO)  

FORT BLISS, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

08.06.2015

Story by Spc. Aura Conejos 

2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

More than 700 infantrymen from across 1st Armored Division tested to earn their Expert Infantry Badge during Aug. 3-7 on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Soldiers began by completing a physical fitness test to EIB standards and progressed through the week, receiving a ‘Go’ or ‘No-Go’ for completed tasks and training.

There were 60 infantrymen left after completing the 12-mile ruck, and the disassembly/ assembly and functions check of the M4 rifle.
In 1944, the EIB was initiated by the Army Chief of Staff.

One-hundred non-commissioned officers with the 100th Infantry Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, were selected to undergo three days of concentrated testing to determine the Army’s first Expert Infantryman.

• Date Taken: 08.06.2015
• Date Posted: 09.16.2015 10:45
• Story ID: 176207
• Location: FORT BLISS, TEXAS, US