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 ...

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.

CAMP SIMBA, Kenya - Task Force Paxton’s command team, Lt. Col. Eric Ponzek and Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Barclay, led one of the most memorable moments of a Soldier’s career at a Camp Simba ceremony ...

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 ...

On July 2, the Army announced authorization for the wear of the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia for Military Operations in Hostile Conditions (SSI-MOHC), commonly known as a combat patch, for soldiers who ...