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The Special Forces Tab is one of four permanent individual skill/marksmanship tabs (as compared to a badge) authorized for wear by the U.S. Army. In order of precedence on the uniform, they are the President's Hundred Tab, the Special Forces Tab, the Ranger Tab, and the Sapper Tab. [1] Only three may be worn at one time. [2]
Only three skill tabs may be worn at one time. A soldier wearing three tabs is said to have achieved the "tower of power" in military slang. Prior to the creation of the Sapper tab, this required a soldier to earn both a Special Forces tab and Ranger tab as well as serve in a unit with an Airborne tab or Mountain tab as part of its SSI. [1] [2] [6]
The Ranger tab was created in 1950 and is an embroidered quadrant patch worn on the upper left sleeve of a military uniform. The cloth tab is 2 + 3 ⁄ 8 inches (6.0 cm) long, 11 ⁄ 16 inch (1.7 cm) wide, with a 1 ⁄ 8 inch (0.3 cm) yellow border and the word "RANGER" inscribed in yellow letters 5 ⁄ 16 inch (0.8 cm) high.
The cloth tab is a teal blue colored arc tab 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (8.3 cm) in length and 11 ⁄ 16 inch (1.7 cm) in height overall, the designation "SPECIAL FORCES" in gold-yellow letters 5 ⁄ 16 inch (0.79 cm) in height and is worn on the left sleeve of utility uniforms above a unit's Shoulder Sleeve Insignia and below the President's Hundred ...
The U.S. Army currently authorizes four permanent individual skill/marksmanship tabs. Under current Cadet Command regulation, cadets are specifically authorized to wear the Ranger tab and the Ranger Challenge tab, as well as those "approved by The Institute of Heraldry" (TIOH) [1] Other tabs approved by TIOH include the President's Hundred tab, the Special Forces tab, and the Sapper tab. [3]
One badge from either group 1 or group 2 may be worn with badges from groups 3 and 4 above the ribbons, so long as the total number of badges above the ribbons does not exceed three. Only three badges (from groups 3, 4, or 5) can be worn on the dress uniform pocket flap at one time. This total does not include special skill tab metal replicas.
The training involves two stages: (1) the Special Operations Combat Medic (SOCM) course, which Special amphibious reconnaissance corpsmen (SARC) and medics in the 75th Ranger Regiment, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, and the United States Navy SEALs also attend and (2) the Special Forces Medical Sergeant course (SFMS), which just ...
Most U.S. Army Special Forces L.R.R.P.s assigned to the U.S. Army Ranger Battalions were not allowed to wear the U.S. Army Special Forces L.R.R.P. Tab and could not wear the U.S. Army Ranger Battalion shoulder patch either, until finishing "In Country" (Republic of Vietnam) U.S. Army Ranger Training.