Parachute infantrymen assigned to U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division register for testing testing as candidates for the Expert Infantryman Badge on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 22, 2013, with Staff Sgt. Lonnie Koons, right, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Battalion (Airborne) 501st Infantry Regiment, a native of Homer, Mich. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War Oct. 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)