The final design of the MGIB was officially approved by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry (TIOH) on 31 January 2019 but was awarded to the first graduating classes of key U.S. Army fires schools on 8 January 2018. According to the U.S. Army's NCO Journal, the MGIB was designed to recognize both the schools and different U.S. Army branch histories with gunnery:
