It's a timeless fact that Girl Scouts go to summer camp. But not all of their activities are traditional. Look at the badges, those hard-earned emblems of achievement and adventure affixed to uniforms ...

SAGAMI GENERAL DEPOT, Japan — Spc. Ryan Lastrapes’ day job is playing the French horn for the U.S. Army Japan Band, but he is now also considered one of the most skilled Soldiers in the Army.

So you’re not infantry. You’re not a medic. You don’t have any brushed-metallic way of signaling you’re kind of a big deal in your particular military occupational specialty. You know what this means?

Earlier this year, the Army announced plans for a new badge to test soldiers from military occupational specialities who don’t have a formal way to certify their skills. Under the plan, everyone — not ...

Infantryman Badge in a ceremony April 1 at the Post Theater. Once the rain-soaked Soldiers sloshed through the rain and successfully navigated Objective Bull, where they would treat and move a ...