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EXPERT FIELD MEDICAL BADGE
(A Portrait of Excellence)
The Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) was designed as a special skill
award for recognition of exceptional competence and outstanding
performance by field medical personnel and approved by the Department of
the Army on 18 June 1965. The Expert Field Medical Badge may be awarded to
all officers assigned or detailed to an Army Medical department corps;
Army officers in training at the Uniformed Services University of Health
Sciences; Army officers enrolled in the Health Professions Scholarship
Program; warrant officers who have an AMEDD primary Military Occupational
Specialty (MOS) controlled by The Surgeon General; warrant officer pilots
that have a Special Qualification Identifier "D" (Aeromedical Evacuation
Pilot) and are assigned to an air ambulance unit; and enlisted personnel
who have a primary MOS in the Career Management Field (CMF) 91.
Establishment of an Expert Field Medical Badge as a Department of the Army
special skill award for recognition of exceptional competence and
outstanding performance by field medical personnel was recommended in a
letter, dated 20 Jan. 1964, from MG Duncan, Chief of Staff, US Continental
Army Command to Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, (DCSPER), in
accordance with correspondence between General Waters, and General Heaton,
The Surgeon General. (An earlier request, in 1963 for the same badge, was
not favorably considered by DCSPER with ACSFOR concurring with that
decision.)
On 14 May 1964, tentative approval of the recommendation was received from
the DCSPER subject to submission of criteria, to be developed by
Headquarters, US Continental Army Command and Assistant Chief of Staff for
Force Development, DA. Design of the badge, with criteria for award, were
forwarded by Summary Sheet to DCSPER, 2 Feb. 1965. The Summary Sheet was
returned without action on 27 February 1965, having been deferred pending
further study of questions posed by the Vice Chief of Staff, US Army.
By DF dated 6 July 1965, from DCSPER to Commander, The
Institute of Heraldry, (TIOH), US Army. TIOH was advised that Summary
Sheet establishing an Expert Field Medical Badge was approved on 18 June
1965. TIOH was charged with preparing the necessary Army Regulation and
commencing action on procurement of the new badge.
A reproduction sample of the Expert Field Medical Badge
was approved on 8 December 1965. The badge was oxidized silver consisting
of a litter, placed horizontally, behind a caduceus with a cross of the
Geneva Convention at the junction of the wings, 15/16 inch high and 1 7/17
inches long. There have been no changes in the badge design since its
inception.
Authority for the award of the badge was prescribed in
AR 672-10, dated 1 March 1966.
Current Regulations: TC 8-100, January 1988 (Pending
rewrite) AR 600-8-22, 25 February 1995 AR 840-10, 29 October 1990
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