Soldiers who deployed in 14 countries between October 2023 and June 2025 are eligible to wear the patches on their uniform sleeves. By Nicholas Slayton Published Jul 5, 2025 2:10 PM EDT U.S. Army ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FILE: A soldier receives his 3rd Infantry Division combat patch during a combat patch ceremony at Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2012. (Airman Patrice Clarke/U.S. Air Force) U.S.

Indiana National Guard Brig. Gen. Larry Muennich, the adjutant general, pins the Combat Action Badge onto now Capt. Josh Boren during a ceremony at Camp Atterbury, near Edinburgh, Wednesday, June 25, ...