The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army has expanded eligibility for earning combat patches to soldiers deployed across 14 countries in the Middle East and ...

The US Army has a long history of combat patches, but restrictions on their use have somewhat loosened—partially in ...

The Army approved soldiers deployed in support of the war in Iran to wear a unit patch on their right shoulder as a combat ...

STUTTGART, Germany — Combat patches are now authorized for U.S. soldiers who deployed to a select group of countries in the Middle East and Africa over roughly the past two years, the Army announced ...

The latest memo applies to those deployed during a period from Feb. 28, the date Operation Epic Fury was announced, to a date ...

The Army has approved soldiers deployed to the Middle East and Africa in support of Operation Epic Fury to wear combat ...

Eligibility for the patch “does not authorize pay entitlements such as hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, or combat zone tax exclusion,” the Army noted. United States Army soldiers who were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE: A soldier receives his 3rd Infantry Division combat patch during a combat patch ceremony at Forward Operating Base Smart, ...

Indiana National Guard Brig. Gen. Larry Muennich, the adjutant general, right, pins the Combat Action Badge onto now Lt. Col. Brandon Williams during a ceremony at Camp Atterbury, near Edinburgh on ...

The Army has expanded eligibility for earning combat patches to soldiers deployed across 14 countries in the Middle East and Africa, a shift that comes as attacks from Iran and its sanctioned militias ...