Posted: 12/14/2008 7:17:37 AM EDT
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Congratulations to BD1a for getting his Expert Infantryman Badge.
Always too busy being shot at to get it, he finally found some time to earn one of the symbols of a professional soldier. It is a fitting honor that he earned. CHEERS! |
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Congrats BD1a!
I'm jealous, though- my unit has "never had the time." For about 6 months in Iraq, battalion talked about standing down a couple platoons at a time to take the EIB and then return to the line. Unfortunately, optempo didn't allow it. Unfortunately, the wars have made the EIB a forgotten thing. I wish there was a concerted effort to make time for infantrymen to earn the badge in between deployments. |
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Congrats BD1a! I'm jealous, though- my unit has "never had the time." For about 6 months in Iraq, battalion talked about standing down a couple platoons at a time to take the EIB and then return to the line. Unfortunately, optempo didn't allow it. Unfortunately, the wars have made the EIB a forgotten thing. I wish there was a concerted effort to make time for infantrymen to earn the badge in between deployments. + 1 |
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Congratulations! I was fortunate enough to get mine while I was still a private E-1. As soon as I processed through the Repl Det my sqd ldr said, "Welcome to the 82nd - start getting ready for EIB. We're testing in a week." I only got to wear it for 1 year before I swapped it out for a CIB though. I imagine that's the same situation for most Infantrymen these days - earn the badge but no chance wear it.
No matter. As Tweeter said, it's a mark of a professional Infantryman. You are a cut above. Great job. 
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Great Job!
Got mine in 74 at Bragg. While enlisted, I was also to get my Master Parachutist Badge before going to flight school. Both the EIB and Master Blaster wings worked well in my favor over the years. When I finally retired, I had earned my Master Avaitor Wings. However, I still regret not being able to get a wreath around my EIB. |
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Thank you all. Took 5 years and some change but atleast I was a first time go. Youd think Id get a 4 day or something but that PSG of mine is just a slave driver.  No passes in conjunction with leave. "Beatings will continue until morale improves!" 
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Thank you all. Took 5 years and some change but atleast I was a first time go. Youd think Id get a 4 day or something but that PSG of mine is just a slave driver. No passes in conjunction with leave. 'You will have a mandatory phone check-in between the last day of leave and the first day of your pass' Hey, just an idea! Good job BD1A |
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in 1987 my unit took all the people who qualified expert onour annual rifle shoot and forced them into the battalion EIB contest.
in my company only 5 people qualified expert. I was one of them. I passed all the hands on tests 100%. I passed the run, the sit ups and then I screwed up the push ups  . It was too late to re-test as I received ordered to ETS the following week.
oh well, woulda shoulda coulda. Can I wear a EIB that is only 3/4 long? 
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in 1987 my unit took all the people who qualified expert onour annual rifle shoot and forced them into the battalion EIB contest. in my company only 5 people qualified expert. I was one of them. I passed all the hands on tests 100%. I passed the run, the sit ups and then I screwed up the push ups . It was too late to re-test as I received ordered to ETS the following week.
oh well, woulda shoulda coulda. Can I wear a EIB that is only 3/4 long?
BD1a doesn't have a problem scoring with a rifle. In fact, it's hard for him to not score 40 with a normal qual. |
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Thank you all. Took 5 years and some change but atleast I was a first time go. Youd think Id get a 4 day or something but that PSG of mine is just a slave driver. No passes in conjunction with leave. "Beatings will continue until morale improves!" 
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Hey, BD1A, congratulations on earning the mark of a professional Infantryman. Or as I refer to mine, "the Combat Infantryman's Badge with blank adaptor affixed".
Hell, I was (and still am) proud of mine because it took me 3 attempts to earn it. I double NO-GO'd shift from a known point 2 years in a row, then earned it 3rd time out with all "GO's". Yeah, yeah, my math skills weren't so good and I freaked when they clicked that damned timer. Had I not redeemed myself like that, my PSG would have bagged on me until I ETS'd.......LOL. CONGRATS, HOOAH! |
to all the EIB winners! I salute you all!
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Good job BD1a! I was always blade-running on day 1 and bolo on day 2.
I'd train the tasks, conditions and standard for a week without a flaw and then screw up the minute I get to the station.
I once saw a guy come in 1 minutes late on the road march and he already had 2 strikes, but the (7th ID) Division Commander granted him a re-do. They drove him back to the start point and he immediately did it again and passed! He must have REEEEALLY wanted that thing. |
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I've been in 7 years and never had the time....too many deployments, I want the EIB because too many S$$theads have made the CIB into a joke  They haven't made the CIB a joke, they've made themselves a joke. If you "earn" a CIB it should be worn with pride. |
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I've been in 7 years and never had the time....too many deployments, I want the EIB because too many S$$theads have made the CIB into a joke They haven't made the CIB a joke, they've made themselves a joke. If you "earn" a CIB it should be worn with pride. Absolutely, 100% correct. |
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I've been in 7 years and never had the time....too many deployments, I want the EIB because too many S$$theads have made the CIB into a joke They haven't made the CIB a joke, they've made themselves a joke. If you "earn" a CIB it should be worn with pride. If you earned it, how is it a joke? |
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I've been in 7 years and never had the time....too many deployments, I want the EIB because too many S$$theads have made the CIB into a joke They haven't made the CIB a joke, they've made themselves a joke. If you "earn" a CIB it should be worn with pride. If you earned it, how is it a joke? Ranger is saying the people who haven't "earned" their CIB make themselves into a joke. If someone has REALLY earned their CIB, it's never a joke.* *See: All the people who live on a FOB all day and a mortar strikes halfway across the FOB and they put themselves in for a medal. These are the ones that turn medals into jokes. |