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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe Army Times<\/a> writes an article about how testing for the Expert Infantry Badge will change. <\/p>\n The infantry branch is in the midst of a pilot program, with soldiers testing out ideas to update the evaluation\u2019s 30 tasks and the way they\u2019re graded, led by a senior NCO at Fort Benning, Georgia.<\/p>\n \u201cTheir feedback was really essential to rolling out this new standard, making sure it was validated before it hit the horse,\u201d Master Sgt. Charles Evans, from the office of the Chief of the Infantry, said in a Monday release. \u201cJust working out all the kinks and making sure that all the tasks were applicable, realistic and up to date with the latest doctrine.\u201d<\/p>\n EIB testing consists of 30 tasks carried out in three lanes: a weapons, patrol and medic lane. The basics will be the same, the release said, but there will be some reworking to the way soldiers complete indirect fire, move under fire, grenades, CPR and care under fire.<\/p>\n Mostly, changes will affect the options units have for conducting testing in general, in order to standardize and streamline the process, the release said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, I don’t understand what the big deal is, other than that comment about “working out all the kinks and making sure that all the tasks were applicable, realistic”. I guess they might be making it easier for people who are joining the infantry based on their gender.<\/p>\n