IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 11 June 2008 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20080007053 THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: 1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). 2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests award of the Combat Infantryman Badge. 2. The applicant states he served in a combat infantry unit. 3. The applicant provides a copy of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), dated 7 February 2008, in support of his application. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant's records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army for a period of 5 years and 16 weeks on 31 August 2005. He completed basic combat and advanced individual training and was awarded military occupational specialty (MOS) 11C (Indirect Fire Infantryman). The highest rank/grade he attained during his military service was specialist (SPC)/E-4. He was honorably discharged on 7 February 2008. 2. The applicant's records further show that he served in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 25 August 2006 to 21 November 2007. He was assigned to the Brigade Combat Team (Forward), 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. 3. Item 13 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Awarded or Authorized) of the applicant's DD Form 214 shows he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Army Service Ribbon. Item 13 does not show award of the Combat Infantryman Badge. 4. Section VIII (Awards and Decorations) of the applicant's Enlisted Record Brief does not show award of the Combat Infantryman Badge. 5. Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) prescribes Army policy and procedures concerning awards. Paragraph 8-6 provides for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge. That paragraph states that there are basically three requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge: an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties; assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat; and actively participate in such ground combat. Campaign or battle credit alone is not sufficient for award of the CIB. The Soldier must be an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties, he must be assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and he must actively participate in such ground combat. Specific requirements state, in effect, that an Army enlisted Soldier must have an infantry or special forces specialty, satisfactorily performed duty while assigned or attached as a member of an infantry, ranger or special forces unit of brigade, regimental, or smaller size during any period such unit was engaged in active ground combat. Eligibility for special forces personnel (less the special forces medical sergeant) accrues from 20 December 1989. Retroactive awards for special forces personnel are not authorized. A recipient must be personally present and under hostile fire while serving in an assigned infantry or special forces primary duty, in a unit actively engaged in ground combat with the enemy. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The applicant's infantry MOS and/or his service in combat in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom are not in question. However, there is no evidence in the available records and the applicant did not submit substantiating evidence that shows he was assigned to an infantry unit of brigade, regimental, or smaller size, or that he was an active participant in combat while assigned to that infantry unit. In the absence of evidence that the applicant actively participated in combat while assigned to an infantry unit, there is insufficient evidence upon which to base award of the Combat Infantryman Badge in this case. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ___X____ ___X____ ___X ___ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned. __________X_____________ CHAIRPERSON I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case. ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20080007053 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20080007053 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1