200327-A-DX878-127
Candidates from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, JRTC Operations Group and several other installations participated in Expert Infantry Badge and Expert Soldier Badge training and testing at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Soldiers were trained and tested on land navigation and patrol, medical and weapons tasks. They were given a physical fitness assessment and they had to complete the final task, a 12-mile ruck march in under three hours.
158 Soldiers earned the coveted badges at a ceremony that was streamed on Facebook live, March 27, 2020.
200327-A-DX878-127
Candidates from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, JRTC Operations Group and several other installations participated in Expert Infantry Badge and Expert Soldier Badge training and testing at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Soldiers were trained and tested on land navigation and patrol, medical and weapons tasks. They were given a physical fitness assessment and they had to complete the final task, a 12-mile ruck march in under three hours.
158 Soldiers earned the coveted badges at a ceremony that was streamed on Facebook live, March 27, 2020.