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Panther paratroopers strive to become Expert Infantrymen

Story by Spc. Terrance Payton | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | Date: 10.29.2012

On the morning of Oct. 22, 2012 hundreds of paratroopers stood in formation at Pike Field to take the first steps needed to earn their Expert Infantryman Badge. Read More

A test of mind and body: Soldiers become expert infantrymen in northern Kuwait

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Drumsta | 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment | Date: 09.22.2012

Being an infantryman is pushing yourself to limit, then turning around and pushing yourself more, according to Maj. Brian Murphy, an expert infantryman and chaplain of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New... Read More

Soldiers take on EIB Challenge

Story by Staff Sgt. Johnathan Hoover | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs | Date: 05.05.2012

Soldiers strive for excellence and the infantrymen assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry division, were given the chance to achieve it by earning the Expert Infantryman Badge April 23-27, here. Read More

27 soldiers earn the title of expert infantryman

Story by Sgt. Lance Pounds | 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs Office | Date: 05.01.2012

Weeks of training and testing concluded with a ceremony, which inducted a chosen few who have proven themselves worthy of displaying the mark of an expert. It is the Expert Infantryman Badge, a 1795 model... Read More

Soldiers rely on training to guide them - Troopers prepare for unit’s first Expert Infantry Badge course

Story by Sgt. Lance Pounds | 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs Office | Date: 04.18.2012

Soldiers from 3rd Cavalry Regiment tested their land navigation skills during a practice run of the unit’s 1st Expert Infantry Badge course at a training site on the outskirts of Killeen, April 16. Read More