The badges will recognize proficiency in mariner operations at three different levels of skill and proficiency in mountaineering operations.

The Army recently approved the designs for both badges, which the service’s top enlisted leader first announced in October.

The Army has announced the establishment of the Mountaineering Badge, making a long-recognized achievement available to wear for the first time for active-duty soldiers. The badge recognizes ...

Following on eleven days of activities including search and rescue operations and survival in Antarctic territory, Chilean and Argentine army patrols ended on Sunday the “SAR Land 2011 ...