Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army has expanded eligibility for earning combat patches to soldiers deployed across 14 countries in the Middle East and ...

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 ...

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Task Force Nighthawk, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division receive their Shoulder Sleeve Insignia – Military Operations in Hostile Conditions (SSI- MOHC) ...

The Army approved soldiers deployed in support of the war in Iran to wear a unit patch on their right shoulder as a combat patch.

The US Army has a long history of combat patches, but restrictions on their use have somewhat loosened—partially in recognition that the “battlefield” is far broader today than ever before.

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 Get Task & ...

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 ...

Col. Brian Fletcher, Task Force Spartan Division Tactical Officer in Charge, places a TFS combat patch on Spc. Alondra Santos, Geospatial Engineer with the 36th Infantry Division, Intelligence and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE: A soldier receives his 3rd Infantry Division combat patch during a combat patch ceremony at Forward Operating Base Smart, ...