| Special Forces Tab | |
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| Awarded by United States Army | |
| Type | Tab |
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| Status | Currently awarded |
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| Established | 1983 |
| Last awarded | On going |
| Related | President's Hundred Tab, Ranger Tab, Sapper Tab |
The Special Forces Tab is a service school qualification tab of the United States Army, awarded to any soldier completing either the Special Forces Qualification Course, or the Special Forces Detachment Officer Qualification Course (formerly known as the Special Forces Officer Course), at the U. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The President's Hundred Tab, a full-color embroidered tab of yellow 4 1/4 inches (10 The Ranger Tab is a service school military decoration of the United States Army signifying completion of the 61-day long U The Sapper Tab is a military badge of the United States Army which was authorized on June 28, 2004 by the Army Chief of The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The Special Forces Qualification Course, or "Q-Course" is an intensive selection and training course conducted by the United States Army for the purposes of preparing S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (previously known as the U. John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS trains United States Army personnel for the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States S. Army Institute for Military Assistance). Soldiers who are awarded the Special Forces Tab are authorized to wear it for the remainder of their military careers, even when not serving in a Special Forces command.
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Description and history
The Special Forces Tab was created in 1983 and is an embroidered quadrant patch worn on the upper left sleeve of a military uniform. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The cloth tab is 3 1/4 inches wide and is teal blue with yellow embroidered letters. A metal Special Forces Badge is authorized for wear on the mess/dress uniforms and green shirt. The metal badge is teal blue with a gold edge and gold letters. [1]
At the time of its creation, the Special Forces Tab was retroactively awarded to any Army soldiers previously Special Forces-qualified. In addition, as set forth in Army regulations, veterans of certain categories of former wartime service are also eligible for retroactive awards of the tab. Among these are:[2]
- personnel who served with a Special Forces unit during wartime between 1942 and 1973 and were either unable to or not required to attend a formal program of instruction but were awarded the proper Special Qualification Identifier by a competent authority,
- personnel with at least 120 days' wartime service prior to 1955 in certain units, including the 1st Special Service Force, OSS Detachment 101, OSS Jedburgh teams, OSS Operational Groups, and the Alamo Scouts, and
- personnel captain and below awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge or Combat Medical Badge while serving at least 120 days wartime service between 1955 and 1975 in a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha or certain other units. Properly designated as the 1st Special Service Force, The Devil's Brigade was a joint World War II American - Canadian Detachment 101 of the Office of Strategic Services operated in the China Burma India Theater of World War II. Jedburgh was an operation in World War II in which men from the British Special Operations Executive, the U The Office of Strategic Services ( OSS) was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. The Alamo Scouts (US 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit was a reconnaissance unit for the U The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB is an award of the United States Army which is presented to those officers warrant officers and enlisted soldiers in the grade The Combat Medical Badge is a decoration of the United States Army which was first created in January 1945.
Before creation of the Special Forces Tab, Special Forces status was indicated by wearing a full-size unit flash on the green beret. The green beret is the official Headgear as part of the uniform of several military forces A support soldier (signals personnel, parachute riggers, clerical and administrative personnel, etc. ) assigned to a Special Forces unit wore a 1/4" high bar below the Special Forces Crest on his green beret. The green beret is the official Headgear as part of the uniform of several military forces The bar matched the colors of the unit's flash. After the creation of the tab and until January 1993, all personnel in a Special Forces unit wore the same beret and flash. Today, only Special Forces-qualified soldiers may wear the green beret, making obsolete the unit flash and bar.
Other tabs
- The Ranger Tab is a similar qualification tab authorized upon completion of the U.S. Army’s Ranger School. The Ranger Tab is a service school military decoration of the United States Army signifying completion of the 61-day long U The United States Army Ranger School is an intense nine-week-long combat leadership course oriented to small-unit tactics and conducted in three separate three-week-long
- The Sapper Tab is a similar qualification tab which is authorized for completion of the U. The Sapper Tab is a military badge of the United States Army which was authorized on June 28, 2004 by the Army Chief of S. Army’s Sapper School.
- The President's Hundred Tab is a similar qualification tab which is authorized for soldiers who qualify among the top 100 scoring competitors in the President’s Match held annually at the National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. The President's Hundred Tab, a full-color embroidered tab of yellow 4 1/4 inches (10
The order of precedence for the four permanent tabs is: President's Hundred Tab, Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab, Sapper Tab. Only three may be worn at one time.
External links
- PERSCOM: Special Forces Tab - official information.
See also
Notes
- ^ U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum: Special Forces Tab
- ^ Army Regulation 600-8-22, Section 8-49. Military badges of the United States are awards authorized by the United States armed forces that signify rating qualification or accomplishment in several career fields and
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