The new scoring standards for the Corps’ marksman, sharpshooter and expert badges are part of an ambitious plan to replace the current Annual Rifle Training (ART) qualification course with the ...

The ESB is the equivalent of the Expert Infantry Badge and Expert Field Medical ... who attain excellence in physical fitness and marksmanship and a high standard of expertise in land navigation ...

The 2,000 Expert Soldier Badges, or ESBs, have been awarded to ... developing a more combat-focused marksmanship test and reintegrating land navigation into noncommissioned officer leadership ...

The Expert Soldier Badge tests a Soldier’s performance ... The ESB measures a Soldier’s proficiency in physical fitness, marksmanship, land navigation, and other warrior tasks to demonstrate ...

Beltway sniper suspect John Muhammad earned an “expert” marksmanship badge while serving in the Army. What does that mean? It means Muhammad got the same basic rifle training as other soldiers ...

A Marine who received a marksman score on his or her first qualification attempt, but returned to the range and shot expert, would thus be able to wear the expert badge for the remainder of the ...

from marksmanship to land navigation. Two other badges are awarded along similar lines to other MOSs: the Combat Medical and Expert Field Medical devices for medics; and the Expert Soldier and ...

Military records obtained by The Associated Press on Monday show 45-year-old Lloyd Dean Buie received an expert marksmanship badge during his stint as an infantryman from 1991 to 1995. Oklahoma ...

Around 700 soldiers are training for their Expert Infantry Badge, Expert Soldier Badge ... they’re required to meet minimum standards of physical fitness and marksmanship, and they’re tested on their ...