Reports about six women being the first in Army to earn EIB are not true
By Staff Writer| January 26th, 2018|Military News, U.S. Army|0 Comments
Reports this week claim that six female soldiers at Fort Bragg quietly became the first women to earn the Expert Infantry Badge (EIB), awarded to them last year for completing the EIB course.
“Women quietly broke through barriers last fall when they became the first in the Army to earn the prestigious Expert Infantryman Badge at Fort Bragg, North Carolina,†an article from Military.com stated.
Only it wasn’t true, well, not technically. A female commander, Captain Michelle Roberts, of an infantry battalion’s support company earned the EIB in 2011 while at Fort Jackson, SC.
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