Close Combat Badge

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The Close Combat Badge (or CCB) was an approved badge that was never issued. It was quickly scrapped and replaced by the Combat Action Badge.

The U.S. Army would have awarded the CCB to Armor, Cavalry, Combat Engineer, and Field Artillery Soldiers in Military Occupational Specialties. It could also have been awarded to corresponding officer branch/specialties recognized as having a high probability to routinely engage in direct combat, and they must be assigned or attached to an Army unit of brigade or below that is purposely organized to routinely conduct close combat operations and engage in direct combat in accordance with existing rules and policy.

Actually it is the exact same badge as the Combat Action Badge, but was originally intended for Armor, Scout, Artillery, and Combat Engineer soldiers who were redesignated in an Infantry role, as a supplement for the Combat Infantryman Badge which they were not authorized to wear regardless of combat experience. The badge was scrapped and renamed the Combat Action Badge, and made available to anyone who engaged in active combat.