What are the four specific eligibility requirements for the Combat Action Badge (CAB)?
• May be awarded to any soldier. • Soldier must be performing assigned duties in an area where hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay is authorized. • Soldier must be personally present and actively engaging or being engaged by the enemy, and performing satisfactorily in accordance with the prescribed rules of engagement. • Soldier must not be assigned/attached to a unit that would qualify the soldier for the CIB/CMB. Can the Combat Action Badge be awarded to members of the other U.S. Armed Forces and foreign Soldiers? Yes, provided they were assigned to a U.S. Army unit and meet the four specific eligibility requirements for the award of the CAB. May Soldiers may be awarded the CIB, CMB and CAB for the same qualifying period? Yes, provided the criteria for each badge is met. However, subsequent awards of the same badge within the same qualifying period are not authorized. Who is eligible to be awarded the Combat Medical Badge (CMB)? The following medical personnel, assigned or attach
