The Army has expanded eligibility for earning combat patches to soldiers deployed across 14 countries in the Middle East and Africa, a shift that comes as attacks from Iran and its sanctioned militias ...

FILE: A soldier receives his 3rd Infantry Division combat patch during a combat patch ceremony at Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2012. (Airman Patrice Clarke/U.S. Air Force) U.S.

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Soldiers from the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, received combat patches for their support to critical operations across the ...