However, to earn a proficiency badge from another country can be an accolade worthy of boasting about for years to come. Eighteen U.S. Army Soldiers ... a flexed-arm hang for time, a 12-kilometer ...

VICENZA, Italy -- U.S. Army paratroopers ... a flexed-arm hang, and a 1,000-meter run. "Having the opportunity to earn the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge from our German counterparts ...