Infantry Shoulder Cord

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Infantry Shoulder Cord
Type	Military insignia
Awarded for	Completion of One Station Unit Training or Advanced Individual Training (enlisted) or completion of U.S. Army Infantry School's Infantry Officer Basic Course (officers)
Description	The shoulder cord is infantry blue. It is formed by a series of interlocking square knots around a center cord.
Country	United States
Presented by	Secretary of the Army
Eligibility	U.S. Army Infantry personnel
Status	Currently awarded
Established	1952; 72 years ago (1952)

The Infantryman Shoulder Cord is a United States military decoration worn over the right shoulder of all infantry-qualified U.S. Army soldiers. It is a fourragere in light blue, specifically PMS 5415 (dubbed "Infantry Blue" by the U.S. Army), worn under the right shoulder and under the right epaulette of a U.S. Army infantry soldier's Class A dress blue uniform jacket^[1] or Class B shirt.^[2] 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".