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The
Combat Infantryman Badge (
CIB) is a United States Army military award. The badge is awarded to infantrymen and
Special Forces soldiers in the rank of
Colonel and below, who
personally fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of either an
infantry,
Ranger or
Special Forces unit, of brigade size or smaller, any time after 6 December 1941. The CIB and its non-combat contemporary, the
Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) were simultaneously created during
World War II to enhance the morale and prestige of service in the infantry. Specifically, it recognizes the inherent sacrifices of all infantrymen, and that, in comparison to all other
military occupational specialties, infantrymen face the greatest risk of being wounded or killed in action