Department of the Army, DoD § 578.89

may be awarded the badge if he or she (2) Sixty months cumulative service meets, or has met, all the following re- assigned to a TOE or TD officer or non- quirements: commissioned officer EOD position (1) Successful completion of conven- since award of Senior Explosive Ord- tional render safe qualification as pre- nance Disposal Badge. scribed for the Explosive Ordnance Dis- (3) Must be recommended for the posal (EOD) course of instruction (min- award by immediate commander. imum requirement). (4) Explosive ordnance disposal quali- (2) Assigned in a TOE or TDA EOD fications must be current at the time position for which basic EOD course is of recommendation for the award. a prerequisite. (b) Who may award. See § 578.84 of this (3) Service in a position in paragraph part. (a)(2) of this section must be satisfac- tory for a period of 18 months for the § 578.88 Pathfinder Badge. award to be permanent. (a) Eligibility criteria. (1) Successful (4) Officers must have a special skill completion of the Pathfinder Course identifier of 91E, and enlisted personnel conducted by the U.S. Army Infantry must hold the military occupational School. specialty 55D. (2) Any person previously awarded (b) Who may award. See § 578.84 of this the Pathfinder award for completion of part. Pathfinder training is authorized award of the Pathfinder Badge. § 578.86 Senior Explosive Ordnance (b) Badge approval authority. The Disposal Badge. Pathfinder Badge may be approved by (a) Eligibility requirements. Any com- the Commandant, U.S. Army Infantry missioned officer or enlisted soldier School. may be awarded the badge if he or she (c) Description. A gold color metal has: and enamel badge 13⁄16 inches in height (1) Been awarded the basic Explosive and 11⁄2 inches in width, consisting of a Ordnance Disposal Badge and effective gold sinister wing displayed on and May 1, 1989, has served 36 months cu- over a gold torch with red and gray mulative service assigned to a TOE or flames. table of distribution (TD) EOD position following award of basic badge. § 578.89 Badge. (2) Effective May 1, 1989, has served 36 (a) Basic eligibility criteria. The basic months cumulative service assigned to eligibility criteria consist of satisfac- a TOE or TD EOD position following tory completion of— award of the basic badge. Prior to May (1) An air assault training course ac- 1, 1989, must have served 18 months cu- cording to the TRADOC standardized mulative service assigned to a TOE or Air Assault Core Program of Instruc- TD EOD position following award of tion. the basic badge. (2) The standard Air Assault Course (3) Been recommended for the award while assigned or attached to 101st Air- by immediate commander. borne Division (Air Assault) since April (4) Current explosive ordnance dis- 1, 1974. posal qualifications at the time of rec- (b) Badge approval authority. Badge ommendation for the award. approval authority is as follows: (b) Who may award. See § 578.84 of this (1) Commanders of divisions and sep- part. arate brigades. (2) The Commander, 101st Airborne § 578.87 Master Explosive Ordnance Division (Air Assault). Disposal Badge. (c) Description. An oxidized silver (a) Eligibility requirements. Any com- badge 3⁄4 inch in height and 117⁄32 inches missioned officer, or enlisted soldier in width, consisting of a helicopter, may be awarded the badge if he or she frontal view, superimposed upon a pair meets, or has met, all the following re- of stylized wings displayed and curv- quirements: ing. The wings suggest flight and to- (1) Must have been awarded the Sen- gether with the helicopter symbolize ior Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge. individual skills and qualifications in

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assault landings utilizing the heli- (2) An officer on flying status as an copter. aerial observer may be awarded the Basic Aviation Badge. U.S. Army per- § 578.90 Aviation Badges. sonnel assigned to a Joint Service Air- (a) Badges authorized. There are three borne Command Post and serving as degrees of Aviation Badge (formerly members of an operational team on fly- the Aircraft Crew Member Badge) au- ing status manning the Airborne Com- thorized for award, Basic, Senior and mand Post are eligible for the award of Master. the Basic Aviation Badge. Concurrent (b) Badge approval authority. Com- with such assignment, these personnel manders exercising jurisdiction over are authorized temporary wear of the the individuals’ personnel records will Basic Aviation Badge until relieved make permanent award of these from such duty or until such time as he badges. Permanent award of these or she fulfills the mandatory require- badges based upon wounds or combat ments for permanent award. missions will be referred to Com- (3) An individual who has been inca- mander, USA HRC (see § 578.3(c) for ad- pacitated for further flight duty by dress). Request for award of the Senior reason of being wounded as a result of and Master Aviation Badges that can- enemy action, or injured as the result not be resolved at the MPD/PSC will be of an aircraft accident for which he or forwarded to the Commander, U.S. she was not personally responsible, or Army Aviation Center, ATTN: ATZQ– has participated in at least 15 combat AP, , AL 36362–5000. missions under probable exposure to (c) Special policy. (1) The retroactive enemy fire while serving in a principal date for these badges is January 1, 1947. duty outlined in paragraph (a)(1) of (2) The Master Aviation Badge and this section, is permanently authorized the Senior Aviation Badge are author- to wear the Basic Aviation Badge. ized for permanent wear. The Basic (4) The Basic Aviation Badge may be Aviation Badge may be authorized for permanently awarded to soldiers upon temporary or permanent wear. An offi- successful completion of formal ad- cer awarded an Aviation Badge while serving in an enlisted status is author- vanced individual training (AIT) in Ca- ized to wear the badge as a permanent reer Management Field (CMF) 67 and part of the uniform. CMF 93 MOS’, and to soldiers who pre- (d) Eligibility requirements for each viously completed AIT in CMF 28 badge are provided in §§ 578.91, 578.92, MOS’. This includes soldiers who grad- and 578.93. uated from AIT for MOS’ in the 68 se- (e) Description. An oxidized silver ries. Soldiers holding MOS’ 35L, 35M, 35Q, and 35W who graduated from a badge 3⁄4 inch in height and 22⁄12 inches in width, consisting of a shield with its CMF 67 AIT prior to September 30, 1996 field scored with horizontal lines and and MOSs 93C and 93P who graduated bearing the coat of arms of the United from a CMF 67 AIT after December 31, States on and over a pair of displayed 1985 are authorized based on docu- wings. A star is added above the shield mented prior AIT. to indicate the degree of Senior Avia- (5) Individuals who meet the criteria tion Badge and the star is surrounded for award of the Army Astronaut De- with a laurel wreath to indicate the de- vice and are not authorized an Aviator, gree of Master Aviation Badge. Flight Surgeon or Aviation Badge will be awarded the Aviation Badge in addi- § 578.91 Aviation Badge—Basic. tion to the Army Astronaut Device. (a) Permanent award. (1) For perma- (6) The Aviation Badge may be per- nent award of this badge, an individual manently awarded to soldiers upon suc- must be on flying status, (physically cessful completion of formal AIT in qualified-class III), IAW AR 600–106 or CMF 93 MOS’. Soldiers previously hold- be waived by HQDA, have performed in- ing MOS 93B who graduated from a flight duties for not less than 12 hours CMF 93 AIT prior to January 1, 1998 (not necessarily consecutive), or is and soldiers previously holding MOS school trained. 93D who graduated from a CMF 93 AIT

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