Thumma, a native of Watsonville, Calif., has made history at the Fort Campbell NCO Academy by becoming the first recipient of the prestigious Master Army Instructor Badge.

The service also awards expert badges to medics and the expert soldier badge to non-infantry soldiers. The Army plans to award the Master Combat Infantryman Badge, the Master Combat Medical Badge ...

FORT LEE, Va. — Demonstrating her single-mother-of-two toughness and barrier-breaking persistence, an Army sergeant first class recently became the first active-duty female Soldier to earn the ...