Reply #71

Response to oneshooter (Reply #69)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 09:35 PM

glacierbay (2,477 posts)

71. It was originally a Navy/Marine Corps ribbon but Army personell could also wear it

Last edited Sun Oct 28, 2012, 09:42 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) if certain conditions were met. Personnel who earned the Combat Infantryman Badge or Combat Medical Badge while a member of the United States Army may be authorized to wear the Combat Action Ribbon upon application to the Department of the Navy. As of May 2005, the United States Army has created a new decoration known as the Combat Action Badge (previously known as the Combat Recognition Ribbon) which is considered the direct Army equivalent to the Combat Action Ribbon, though the CAB is not available to infantry or medical Soldiers who are in combat arms units, and is available to officers at or below the rank of Colonel. This is what the new Army Combat Action Badge looks like'

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