To be able to wear it, you must hold an 11 series, and currently be serving in that MOS. If, for example, you were 11B, then you reclassed to a non-infantry MOS, you wouldn't be authorised to wear the shoulder cord anymore.
No. The infantry cord is for wear only by infantrymen of the U.S. Army.
Fort Benning's TRADOC unit is the Infantry School, so you'll wear their patch.
The 81st Infantry Division is usually considered the first to be authorised to wear a unit insignia on their shoulder. They may or may not be the first to actually do it.
Q: Are you referring to WW2 or Modern army? There was no "4th brigade" in WW2. The unit you ask about appears to be 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division. I believe the current 1st Infantry Division is divided into brigades. The 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry has the following US unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MATEUR, TUNISIA, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SICILY, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORMANDY, Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HURTGEN FOREST,Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HAMICH, GERMANY, Valorous Unit Award IRAQ-KUWAIT (Desert Storm 1991), Company C additionally entitled to: Valorous Unit Award for COURTENAY PLANTATION A soldier currently serving in 2-16 Infantry would wear a Presidential Unit Citation with 4 oak leaf clusters and the Valorous Unit Award, additionally soldiers assigned to Charlie Company would wear one oak leaf cluster on the Valorous Unit Award. Soldiers that were assigned to the unit during the timeframe during which an award was earned may wear that award after leaving the unit.
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The EIB or CIB, you can wear after you reclass. The blue cord, however, may not be worn once you reclass, nor are the blue discs worn behind the infantry branch insignia worn with any other branch insignia.
I'm guessing you mean the shoulder cord that we wear in our dress uniforms. There is no set color for the whole army, mostly the cord is reserved for combat MOS's, Infantry wears blue, Artillery wears a red one. Not really sure of all the different colors that are authorized but vanguardmil.com has all of the cords colors, and which MOS is authorized that color.
There is no unit of measure called a cord.
A Cavalry unit is made up of a, Regiment Squadron Platoon Troop Squad Unless of course they are a unit of Mounted Infantry, then they keep their normal Infantry sub-unit designations.
The 142nd Infantry Division was a unit of the German Army during World War II. It was involved in various actions on the Eastern Front, including being encircled and destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943. The division was officially disbanded in 1943 after suffering heavy losses.
You wear the Expert Infantry Badge above the Airborne Wings on all Army uniforms. The Expert Infantry Badge is Skill level 1. Airborne Wings are level 4.
The 54th infantry was a unit mdae out of all blacks and led by a white colonel, Robert Gould Shaw