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Article: Earning the EIB: "EIB testing measures an infantryman's skill. When you see a Soldier with an EIB on his uniform, you know that Soldier knows his trade.".(Expert Infantryman Badge)
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- Soldiers Magazine
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- November 1, 2004
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It's just two-by-three inches of olive-drab-colored cloth that costs $1.50 at military clothing sales stores. But some infantry Soldiers are willing to shed blood, sweat and tears to get it.
It is the Expert Infantryman Badge. And recently, at Fort Bragg, N.C., 132 infantrymen from the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 325th Inf. Regiment, vied for the coveted badge during two days of rigorous tests in the field.
"EIB testing measures an infantryman's skills," said CSM Kenneth Riley, the 325th's command sergeant major. "When you see a Soldier with an EIB on his uniform, you know that Soldier knows his trade."
During the two days of EIB ...