Guides
What each test involves, how it is graded, and how to prepare, written against the official publications, with the source named when a fact comes from doctrine.
Expert Field Medical Badge
What Is the EFMB? How to Earn It
The Expert Field Medical Badge is the Army medic’s expert-skill badge, earned by passing a written test, a fitness assessment, land navigation, three hands-on lanes, and a 12-mile march, most of it single-attempt. Who can test, and what it takes.
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EFMB Written Test: What's on It
The EFMB written test is 60 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, drawn from Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guidelines, and it is the only EFMB event you can retest. The format, the 24 source CPGs, and how to prepare for it.
6 min read
The Three EFMB Lanes, Explained
EFMB lane testing covers 41 hands-on tasks (21 TCCC, 10 evacuation, and 10 warrior skills), graded GO/NO-GO against MEDCoE PAM 350-10 score sheets, with no retests. How each lane works and where the standard actually lives.
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How Hard Is the EFMB? Pass Rates
EFMB pass rates published by the Army have ranged from single digits to about a third of candidates: 27% in FY21, 33% in FY23. Why the badge is hard: single-attempt events, all-steps-or-NO-GO grading, and where candidates actually fail.
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How to Study for the EFMB
A preparation plan built around how the EFMB actually eliminates candidates: knowledge first (the written test and its 24 CPGs), then score-sheet drilling for the lanes, with the physical events trained in parallel from day one.
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