The Combat Medical Badge (CMB) is one of the least known but most revered of Army awards. Established in 1945 by the War Department, it was a companion to the Combat Infantryman Badge that recognized ...

Soldiers who've both served in combat and mastered their job skills will soon earn a new badge recognizing both achievements.

An curved arrow pointing right. A US Army combat medic breaks down every piece of gear they carry on deployment, including medication, bandages, airway-management devices, and surgical tools.

As a warrant officer class II in the Ghana Armed Forces with 15 years of combat medical experience and a Ghana Jungle Badge, he believed he was ready for any challenge — until he faced the Army ...