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Blanket CIB orders (Combat Infantryman Badge) are unit-level award orders that list all eligible infantrymen during a deployment, rather than requiring individual citations. They are commonly issued for operations where the entire unit meets eligibility, but require strict oversight to ensure all listed personnel are entitled. These lists are generally generated and verified by unit S1 sections and approved by commanders to authorize wearing the badge.  

• Definition & Controversy: Blanket orders are valid if everyone listed is authorized (i.e., actually assigned to an infantry unit and engaged in active ground combat). 

• Approval Process: Per Army Regulation 600-8-22, these require proper documentation (e.g., this DA Form 4187 sample). 

• Frequency: Common in early or high-intensity deployments (e.g., Desert Storm, early OIF), but became less common as requirements tightened. 

• Documentation: While individual awards require, a CIB does not require a specific narrative citation, making the order itself the primary record. 

• Verification: To confirm or request a CIB award for a service member, the documentation would typically be requested through the National Archives. [1, 2, 3, 5]    

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[1] https://www.quora.com/What-are-blanket- ... troversial[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/army/comments/ ... he_combat/[3] https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/Combat ... adge%20CIB[4] https://www.facebook.com/nationalinfant ... 877764480/[5] https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/202 ... to-medals/  

Huey » 01 May 2026, 9:03 am » wrote: ↑

01 May 2026, 9:03 am

He never served because he had options and was prepared to run off to Canada (ROTC) if drafted.  He also claimed a particular officer, Pete Hegseth, Cos played as a soldier.  Pete earned the CIB.

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Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 2:06 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:06 pm

The blanket cib you repeatedly asserted doesn't exist?


Absolutely unbelievable. 

 

Not in the matter of awarding to EVERYONE in a unit if they did not actively engage in combat.  There is no such thing.  They still have to meet requirement. 

I'll let the Army tell you:

2)  Be assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat.
(a)  A recipient must be personally present and under hostile fire while serving in an assigned infantry or SF primary duty in a unit actively engaged in ground combat with the enemy. The unit in question must be a brigade, regiment, or smaller size. For example, personnel possessing an infantry MOS in a rifle squad of a cavalry platoon in a cavalry troop would be eligible for award of the CIB. Battle or CPC alone is not sufficient. The unit must have been in active ground combat with the enemy during the period.

https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/Combat ... adge%20CIB

Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 2:14 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:14 pm

Blanket CIB orders (Combat Infantryman Badge) are unit-level award orders that list all eligible infantrymen during a deployment, rather than requiring individual citations. They are commonly issued for operations where the entire unit meets eligibility, but require strict oversight to ensure all listed personnel are entitled. These lists are generally generated and verified by unit S1 sections and approved by commanders to authorize wearing the badge.  

• Definition & Controversy: Blanket orders are valid if everyone listed is authorized (i.e., actually assigned to an infantry unit and engaged in active ground combat). 

• Approval Process: Per Army Regulation 600-8-22, these require proper documentation (e.g., this DA Form 4187 sample). 

• Frequency: Common in early or high-intensity deployments (e.g., Desert Storm, early OIF), but became less common as requirements tightened. 

• Documentation: While individual awards require, a CIB does not require a specific narrative citation, making the order itself the primary record. 

• Verification: To confirm or request a CIB award for a service member, the documentation would typically be requested through the National Archives. [1, 2, 3, 5]    

AI responses may include mistakes. 

[1] https://www.quora.com/What-are-blanket- ... troversial[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/army/comments/ ... he_combat/[3] https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/Combat ... adge%20CIB[4] https://www.facebook.com/nationalinfant ... 877764480/[5] https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/202 ... to-medals/  

 

They are commonly issued for operations where the entire unit meets eligibility, but require strict oversight to ensure all listed personnel are entitled.

lanket orders are valid if everyone listed is authorized (i.e., actually assigned to an infantry unit and engaged in active ground combat)

Thank you for verifying my position.  There are no blanket orders to allow the award to those who were not engaged in active ground combat
 

Huey » 04 May 2026, 2:27 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:27 pm

Not in the matter of awarding to EVERYONE in a 

Admit that you lied.

Then we can move on.

My way.

Huey » 04 May 2026, 2:30 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:30 pm

They are commonly issued for operations where the entire unit meets eligibility, but require strict oversight to ensure all listed personnel are entitled.

lanket orders are valid if everyone listed is authorized (i.e., actually assigned to an infantry unit and engaged in active ground combat)

Thank you for verifying my position.  There are no blanket orders to allow the award to those who were not engaged in active ground combat

but became less common as requirements tightened. 

What does that tell you, Impenetrably Stupid Piece of ****?

Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 2:31 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:31 pm

Admit that you lied.

Then we can move on.

My way.

 

Even your own sources are telling you that you have to have been engaged in active ground combat.  No blanket order can get around that requirement.

Admit Hegseth earned the badge by being engaged in active ground combat

Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 2:33 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:33 pm

What does that tell you, Impenetrably Stupid Piece of ****?

I am not the Impenetrably Stupid Piece of ****.  Your own sources are telling you can't use blanket orders to give everyone the badge if they were not engaged in active ground combat.

Next, if that is how Pete got it it would have come out by now.
 
 

Huey » 04 May 2026, 2:40 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:40 pm

I am not the Impenetrably Stupid Piece of ****.  Your own sources are telling you can't use blanket orders to give everyone the badge if they were not engaged in active ground combat.

Next, if that is how Pete got it it would have come out by now.

What would have come out would have been his citation.

Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 3:13 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 3:13 pm

What would have come out would have been his citation.


 

Why?  I don't believe anyone has questioned it.  Well, except jealous Office Boy Types.

Remember, you still have to be engaged in ground combat to earn it.  
 
 

Huey » 04 May 2026, 3:22 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 3:22 pm

Why?  I don't believe anyone has questioned it.  Well, except jealous Office Boy Types.

Remember, you still have to be engaged in ground combat to earn it.

Because it would become part of his public bio.


Remember, you've now lied twice on this thread.

Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 2:16 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:16 pm

Mods!

Please remove this dead thread....it stinks..

           

Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 5:34 am » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 5:34 am

go 

#tracks…train
 

Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 9:21 am » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 9:21 am

"Participating" is a matter of interpretation. 

 

who is personally present and actively engaging the enemy during active ground combat while assigned to an infantry unit.

​​​​​what’s to interpret?

#****’ddamnedstupid
 

Huey » 04 May 2026, 2:30 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:30 pm

They are commonly issued for operations where the entire unit meets eligibility, but require strict oversight to ensure all listed personnel are entitled.

lanket orders are valid if everyone listed is authorized (i.e., actually assigned to an infantry unit and engaged in active ground combat)

Thank you for verifying my position.  There are no blanket orders to allow the award to those who were not engaged in active ground combat

and then there’s this ****…

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Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 2:33 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:33 pm

What does that tell you,

it tells him you lost…

Impenetrably Stupid Piece of ****…
 

Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 5:41 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 5:41 pm

Because it would become part of his public bio.

Remember, you've now lied twice on this thread.

Remeber you lying POS, I have not.   Remember, ya lying POS, your original point, with no proof whatsoever, was Hegaeth never actively engaged the enemy  in Combat.  Remember, ya lying POS, Your other claim was that someone could receive the badge even if they did not engage the enemy in combat thru a unit award.  Your own sources showed you to ba a POS liar.




could 

Blackvegetable » 04 May 2026, 2:33 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:33 pm

Huey » 04 May 2026, 2:30 pm » wrote: ↑

04 May 2026, 2:30 pm

They are commonly issued for operations where the entire unit meets eligibility, but require strict oversight to ensure all listed personnel are entitled.

lanket orders are valid if everyone listed is authorized (i.e., actually assigned to an infantry unit and engaged in active ground combat)

Thank you for verifying my position.  There are no blanket orders to allow the award to those who were not engaged in active ground combat

but became less common as requirements tightened. 

What does that tell you, Impenetrably Stupid Piece of ****?

 

Do you understand what this means, ya lying POS?

Blanket orders are valid if everyone listed is authorized (i.e., actually assigned to an infantry unit and engaged in active ground combat)

Huey » 05 May 2026, 5:05 am » wrote: ↑

05 May 2026, 5:05 am

Remeber you lying POS, I have not.   could

Remarkable...

This is why you sleep with the water heater.

Huey » 05 May 2026, 5:07 am » wrote: ↑

05 May 2026, 5:07 am

Do you understand what this means, ya lying POS?

Blanket orders are valid if everyone listed is authorized (i.e., actually assigned to an infantry unit and engaged in active ground combat)

Tiny,

You've lost.