<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Infantry Blue Cord is a United States Army decoration worn over the right shoulder of all qualified U.S. Army infantrymen . It is a fourragere in light blue ("Infantry Blue") worn under the right shoulder and under the right epaulette of a U.S. Army infantryman's Class A dress blue uniform jacket or Class B shirt . The cord is composed of a series of alternating left and right half knots that are tied around a leader cord to form a "Solomon bar". </P> <P> The Infantry Blue Cord is presented to all qualified infantrymen in the U.S. Army at the end of their Advanced Individual Training . Commissioned officers earn their blue cord after graduating from the U.S. Army Infantry School's Infantry Officer Basic Course (IBOLC). Enlisted infantrymen earn their Blue Cords after successfully completing all Infantry Training Brigade requirements required for achieving the infantry MOS by graduating from 16 weeks of Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT), or six weeks of Infantry Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for those who go through "Basic" and AIT via Split Training Option (Split - Op) which is conducted at the 233rd Regional Training Institute at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas or the U.S. Army Infantry Center's Infantry Training Brigade at Fort Benning, Georgia . </P> <P> The Infantry Blue Cord is authorized to be worn only by qualified U.S. Army Infantrymen currently assigned to an infantry unit in the Active Army, or Army National Guard . Only those with an Infantry MOS Military Occupational Specialty such as 11A (Infantry Officers), 11B, 11C, (NOT 11X as this is an "unassigned" position designated for recruits who are contracted into the CMF (Career Management Field) 11 - Infantry) may wear this cord . Other 11 series MOS holders (as both their primary and duty MOS) who may wear the cord are Infantrymen assigned to an Infantry slot that is not in an Infantry unit (such as with Infantry assigned to a cavalry unit) if authorized, or Instructors, Drill Sergeants, or Recruiters . </P>

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