I shoot almost every year in the pistol phase in the Presidents 💯. Military and civilians compete during this match at Camp Perry Ohio. The course of fire is 20 shots slow fire at 50 yards, 10 shots timed and 10 shots rapid fire at 25 yards. You must use one hand only. This is a prestige match but the Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge is the highest US shooting award for the military and civilians. It’s one of the most difficult marksmanship awards to earn. Each badge is made with coined gold, has your name, serial number and year engraved on the back. My badge was awarded in 2011.
Wow! Congrats! Do you have expert marksmanship medals for all sorts of cool things? My father served in the 80s and he said that their was a shoulder sash for getting expert level with every NATO weapon... Do you know if that still exists?
I worked for Marine Corps shooting team when they came to Okinawa to train people, made friends with two Sgts who are Distinguished Pistol shooters, while the rest of the team are all operator looking combat vets, those two are just 24 years old dudes who love Japanese cars and animes. I was going everywhere with them for two weeks, on the range and off range. good times.
As a parachute rigger, we had to graduate airborne school before even starting AIT so we would be so smug walking around fort lee with an airborne tab on our uniforms. Ah good memories!
I always forget, which of the riggers/packers wear the red ballcap? Quite the unique differentiation for the uniform solely for those specialized personnel, saw a few in my time at Benning.
Derek J. Certified riggers wore red baseball caps so they can be easily identified on an airfield or in a pack shed. Back when I was in, we wore a red baseball cap with the riggers badge and rank on it. I’ve heard it’s changed a bit since but they still wear them.
I’m a bandsman (42R) currently serving with the 10th Mountain Division Band. The band tab is interesting because many bands don’t wear a band tab, but some bands do, like the 8th Army band from Korea, the US Army Field Band, and TUSAB. The idea for a 10th Mountain Division band patch to be worn was floated around, but never came to fruition. We just wear the mountain tab like the rest of the division.
It's true that you can be in a "Airborne" tabbed unit and not be Airborne qualified. I was in the XVIII Airborne Corps but never went to Airborne School because there was no way in hell I'm jumping out of a perfectly good airplane and it was not a requirement in the Corps unit, although preference was given if you wanted to go to Airborne School. 82nd Airborne Division, on the other hand, does require all of it's members to be Airborne qualified.
I had both Ranger and Airborne tabs, but was not considered a Ranger until I was posted to the 2nd Battalion 75th Rangers. I miss my black beret, why couldn’t they give the legs the tan one!!!!
Yeah true, u don't need to be an airborne qualified to wear the airborne tab, but u need to be in an airborne unit. Anyways the airborne tab comes along with a unit's SSI, it's not an individual tab like the Ranger tab or SF tab. So u can't just wear the airborne tab, u have to be part of an airborne unit. Like 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division, Army Special Forces, units under the 1st Special Forces Command, units under the 18th Airborne Corps or other airborne units.
@@josephvalvano829 u are considered a Ranger qualified. Graduates of the Ranger school are not ful fledge Army Rangers but are considered Ranger qualified.
I was in the XVIII Airborne Corp Coscom as well, Stationed at Hunter Army Airfield Savanna, GA K Co 4/159th Aviation brigade from 97-99. Just a leg with an maroon beret and an Airborne tab. First duty station, nobody went to jump school in my company. We were just supply and helicopter mechanics.
imagine getting all 3... I'm the illegitimate son of jonh wick when he raped rambo and all the cast of mercenaries combined... the true chuck noris... ahahah
Might be a tough one because I have limited knowledge on aviation units but possibly at some point I might. I do know some people that were pilots in the Army.
@@maxbelflower2617 The Army has very little fixed wing aircraft. Most are VIP aircraft like the C-20 (Gulfstream GIII & GIV) and C-37 (Gulfstream GV & G550).
@@swann3482 yes, but its only authorised to be worn by soldiers who graduated Cold Weather Leaders' Course and are stationed in Alaska. Its not like the other permanent individual tabs like President's Hundred, Special Forces, Ranger & Sapper which can be worn forever once they received it regardless of where they are station.
A small note regarding Ranger identifiers: The Ranger tab is achieved by completing Ranger School, not RASP/RIP-- RASP/RIP is the training and selection program for going into Ranger-specific units, whereas the Ranger School is a certifying school you apply to and undertake, and receive the tab at the end of if you pass. Also, Ranger unit tabs are also called scrolls, more commonly for the right-shoulder placement for going into theater in a Ranger unit or attached to one with recognition/given under special programs and joint ops circumstances. A few other tabs not detailed: Sniper tab (fairly self-explanatory, received once Sniper qualified after the school) Sentinel tab (for old guard/tomb of unknown soldier) Diver tab (technically another special unit within the Army, not well known but there is an episode of "Surviving the Cut" on that school) Great video brother.
@@christopherchaos Really? When did that policy change? Had several DS's and other NCO's I knew who wore the tab in several different units (granted that was '05 to '08).
@@christopherchaos Huh, just seems odd to me since I saw them quite a bit being worn and knowing some dudes were designated Snipers and DDM's in their units (I worked at the AMU and the school's ranges from time to time), do you know if that was a policy change in more recent years or with certain units? 3rd Armored, 3rd ID, 10th Mtn. and Rangers all seemed to o.k. it when I was in, just interesting to me I wonder why it isn't an approved one now.
Dont forget GI Joe, a top secret tier 1 SFOD unit set up in 1982. 🇺🇸. They wore regular dress uniforms or class As but in the late 1980s, some US Army Joes wore GI Joe shoulder tabs 🇺🇸. So much for top secret, 😁. Yo Joe!
The Sapper School is a lot more that blowing things up, they do a lot of Ranger training too, like escape and evasion, rappelling with a buddy as a casualty, etc. At least that is what they did as they started the school back in the 80's. The tab wasn't approved until the early 2000's.
Korea has a “Soju Forces” tab 😂. Within US Army Pacific, soldiers are authorized wear of “Jungle” and “Arctic” tabs if they have completed the appropriate courses (jungle school in Hawaii and arctic warfare in Alaska)
The mountain tab is also worn by soldiers assigned to the 172nd infantry (Mountain) HQ'd in Vermont. Not just the instructors at the Mountain Warfare School in Vermont.
Funny the things you learn from anime, the Rangers tab isn’t only worn by Americans, there’s a show (originally a book) called Gate where the protagonist is JSDF 2nd Lt who is a Ranger being deployed to a high fantasy land after the titular gate opens in Tokyo and an army of cavalry (on horseback), ogres and dragons attack Japan.
Great vid. We've been Marine Corps since WW II so all the tabs and patches are something I never dealt with. The only patches we have are on our "tour jackets". Like we say, "The Eagle, Globe & Anchor says it all". If you haven't already done so, would you please do a vid on Army badges?
How recent is your reference info on who wears what tab(s)? I retired in Nov. 1984 from the Army after 20 years 1965-1968 & 1977-1984. During those years the only personnel authorized to were the SF, Ranger, Paratrooper/Airborne, Sapper and Army Band tabs actually completed those special training courses. Just being assigned with any such unit in a support position did not authorize you to wear those tabs without having completed the respective courses or in the case of the Army Band tab, you had to hold an Army Band MOS. Any MOS could wear the Airborne/Paratrooper and Ranger tabs provided they successfully completed the course. Only SF soldiers having completed that course were authorized to wear that tab, but not anyone otherwise assigned to an SF unit. Same held true for Congressional and Presidential Unit Citation medals…the red and blue rectangular gold framed medals worn over right breast pocket. Only soldiers assigned to the unit when awarded the medal were authorized to wear the medal regardless of what other units they may subsequently be reassigned to during normal rotation; but soldiers not assigned to the unit when the medal was awarded to the unit were only authorized to wear the medal while assigned to that unit. All other medals/ribbons and qualification badges were worn on an individual basis regardless of unit they are/were assigned to. ~~ SSG, US Army (Ret.) 1965-1968 & 1977-1994 ~~
@@FBIAGENT725 That doesn't figure since Snipers normally don't wear patches at all in combat. Not to mention if they're captured, that damn rifle with a scope is a dead giveaway. IMHO the real reason why the Sniper tab is not Authorized is that Officers can not attend Sniper School, and there's no push by the brass to authorize it. It is Tradition to sew the Sniper tab UNDER the pocket flap on the uniform, while not in combat. Something of a Secret Fraternity. SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
Jungle Expert is back but only authorized in the pacific theater. Once a soldier leaves USARPAC they have to remove it. There is also and arctic tab for the soldiers in Alaska. Same rules apply, only authorized in Alaska.
As a retired Infantryman i liked howxyou explained the ranger tab, they would always get mad when you tell them they are just tab wearers! ❤ Don't get me wrong excellent school!
Though its not an Authorized tab, the Sniper tab is customarily sewn UNDER the pocket flap (left chest for the old BDU's and left arm for the ACU's and OCP's). IMHO being a Sniper warrants a tab, but (also IMHO) it seems that since Officers can not attend Sniper School, there's no push by the brass to get it approved. SSS. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
I had to sterilize once. Slick sleeve. I came back with the coveted "brown stain wings".. I showered in my Battle Dress from that day forward. They finally rotted off.
Three isn’t the most that is soldier can wear. I’ve seen an SF guy rock’n the Airborne, Sapper, Ranger & SF tab before. Unless things have changed, then oh well - but if you earned, you can wear it on your acu’s. Like seeing a guy walk around with 5 skill scare badges on CIB, Jump, Air Assault, Pathfinder & Spec Ops Combat Diver D. Not everyone wears everything because they don’t wanna come off super douchie’ lol.
Technically, you can have 4 tabs at once. The 4th one being the airborne "tab" which is just part of the unit patch. It's not a special skill tab, so it doesn't count towards the 3.
One of the most distinctive unit patches ever. (Service Battery, 1/41. 1976-78) Always liked the tab and my "Pershing Pickle" (Pershing Professional Badge)
I was station in Neu Ulm, Germany from Dec 1979 to Aug 1981 on the 3rd Platoon, 'B' Battery 1st/81st F.A Brigade, Wiley Barracks - Under the 56th Field Artillery Command... and also had the pleasure of wearing the "PERSHING TAB! It was beautiful and very colorful on the Class A uniform.
@@magicfan4ever888 C Battery 1/81 6 January 1981 to 23 December 1982, may be we bumped into each other at the Sportszahn or the bar by the railway station?!
I have a unique set of tabs I've been told. I have airborne, ranger and sapper tabs. I enlisted as a combat engineer option 40 contract. Why I chose to reclassify to an direct fire infantryman I am not sure but I did.
I wore an additional badge which is not seen or obtained very often. It is the French Commando badge, earned while completing French Commando training while serving in Germany. This course is the equivalent to our special forces training.
Regarding unit insignia patches, I served in the New Jersey army national guard in the the 1960s at the time the 50th armored division was assigned to New Jersey to be enlisted in a non-divisional unit of the New Jersey army national so I did not wear the 50th armored division but I wore was the first army patch this caused a lot of confusion between regular army folks assigned to the first United States army add to those of us in non-divisional New Jersey army national guard units they didn't know if we were regular army or army national guard I believe nowadays the entire state of New Jersey is assigned the 42nd infantry they wear the rainbow division patch
Don't forget about special tabs such as Jungle and Arctic that are earned at their respective schools but can be only worn while in the Unit. Also, specialty cases where the 101st is authorized to where the Airborne tab but no longer are jumping....etc...
I currently wear the honor guard tab... The third infantry regimen is the oldguard and used to Echo company was the only one that wore Honor Guard the other companies were complaining that we got something special and so the whole regiment was allowed to wear Honor Guard tab when used to it was company-specific
Don't forget the extra long "Space Shuttle Door Gunner Tab" and the "Secret Squirrel Eagle Scout Warrior Tab" 😂😂😂 These should be top priority as they are the most Super Duper Top Secret Task Force-Mt. Dew and they are part of the Doritos/Taco Bell Battalion.
Actually the President's Hundred tab is worn at the top. That tab is longer than the Special Forces tab. The Special Forces unit patch/SSI is not just for SF personnel or SF support personnel but for the entire 1st Special Forces Command. There are other units under the 1st Special Forces Command. So personnel in these units will wear the same SSI as Green Berets. And yeah only 3 tabs can be worn at a time. But those 3 tabs are individual tabs. The airborne tab doesn't count bcoz it's part of the unit SSI. If a Green Beret has the Special Forces tab, the Ranger tab and the Sapper tab, he is allowed to wear 3 of them along with the unit SSI and the airborne tab, which is part of the SSI. So he will have Special Forces tab, Ranger tab, Sapper tab and the airborne tab (along with SSI).
@@jamierodg1 The 75th Ranger Regiment is not the same unit as the Ranger Battalions. The Ranger Battalions from WW2 were were all disbanded after the war. During Korea and Vietnam the Army formed several independent Ranger companies but all of them were disbanded when the those wars ended as well. The Rangers in Vietnam fell under the command of the 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger). In 1974 the 1st Ranger Battalion was established with the 2nd Battalion being formed in 1984. The 75th Ranger Regiment was first formed in 1986. The Ranger tab as an award was established in 1950
With the advisor tab being a job does that mean that people in SF only work with their ODA now? Or are they the ones that might get volun-told to go advise?
Yes, I believe that's true. It's the only award a civilian or a former soldier can still be awarded if competing in the contest, and placing in the top 100... Anyone correct or verify that please.
there's also the Pathfinder tab which is a qualification school for aviation units to help land helicopters. It's considered a relatively minor patch but is a necessary course to take to advance in the aviation branch.
My dad had the Airborne Ranger and Special Forces tabs but he was not a Green Beret he served two combat tours with the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne in Vietnam 69&70 as an Airborne Raider I'm not sure if that still exists in the 82nd or not but they did long range reconnaissance patrols as well as other special forces type missions
@@grantewald1901 he had earned a special forces tab before it was made exclusive to the Green berets only they reorganized everything after the Vietnam war
I was wondering if I could wear the Ranger and Airborne tab because I was the medical support for these soldiers. I was with the 2nd Combat Support Hospital at Ft. Benning, GA and our mission was to provide medical support to the Ranger and Airborne students at all their phases. I went to all phases of their Ranger trainings from Darby, Mountain training in Dahlonega Georgia, to their Swamp training at the Florida ranger camp in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida and of course their Airborne training at Ft. Benning GA.
The ranger tab can only be worn if you graduated from ranger school and it's documented on your ERB. The Airborne tab is something that is only worn with a unit patch of an Airborne unit. The tab does not indicate that the person is Airborne, that's what the badge is for but you also must have graduated from Airborne school and have it on your ERB.
“Recondo” was a short name for the “reconnaissance commando” course the Army used to teach, and rather foolishly stopped teaching. While I wasn’t able to attend this course, my older brother did back in the ‘70’s when he (and many others like him) was an Air Force Academy cadet (summer training for them). Just as the Army, back in the late ‘70’s, was training, and graduating, approximately 18,000 students per year from the Airborne school at Benning--which was a far, far greater number of airborne-qualified soldiers than our military needed--because it was such an effective confidence-building course that taught individuals how to overcome very legitimate fears of falling to their death, or being injured otherwise, and helping them learn what they were capable of accomplishing with proper training and good equipment, so should the Recondo course have been continued. The skills learned in that course would have benefited any downed aircrew, or any individuals/small units who became separated from their larger, “parent” unit in combat--basically, a very good course on escape & evasion skills, which were the same skills a recon unit would need/use when operating independently as a small team. And, just like graduating far more airborne-qualified soldiers than we actually needed each year, a hell of a course to teach you how to survive, and get home, as a combat-effective team, and maybe bring back some useful knowledge about the enemy as well. Another good course lost to stupidity and cost cutting by idiots who would never, themselves, be in a situation to need that training. But, such is the modern philosophy of our American military leadership.
Shortly after Vietnam, the 101st was redesignated as an “air mobile” division. They have been allowed to keep the airborne title because they were an effective airborne unit during WWII (Re: HBO’s “Band of Brothers” series, based on the book of the same name, if you want to see some of their history.). When I went through the Air Assault course at Campbell, back in ‘78, the official title for the unit that was displayed at the main gate was “101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)”.
And, no, my real name is not “soo mi,” but unless we served together, I’m not going to bother trying to explain the humor behind it (and if we did,serve together, you wouldn’t need the explanation).
I was stationed at ft Hood in the aviation sector worked with two former enlisted men that became pilots after Vietnam that wore the jungle expert badge. If they were as good at being a pilot as a jungle expert I feel sorry for the VC..
What about the Jungle Expert Tab. I went to jungle school at Fort Sherman and was awarded the Jungle school Patch back then your wore it on your pocket, but when we transferred to the ACU's the patch became obsolete but I could wear the Jungle Expert Tab. In a way it looked out of place when you are wearing an Armored Division patch, LOL
Can you make a video on the patches they wear on their chest? I’ve heard of the the term for it “tower of power”. I’ve seen some that I don’t know and I would like to know if it’s able to achieve as NG or only for Active Duty.
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SF tab is known as being a long tabber, and if they wear SF, Ranger, and Airborne tabs, they're known as triple tree.
Good to know as I was wonder some about this. In my day the wasn't an SF tab and I never seen a ranger and AB together. Thanks
We called it Tower of Power ⚡... 😉... you'd see a few combat arms or tier 1 dudes with 3 tabs & airborne/SF patch.
@@DavidLLambertmobile we called it the trifecta or tower of power.
what about Sapper?
Tower of power
My tab says Special Needs does that count? Lol
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I shoot almost every year in the pistol phase in the Presidents 💯. Military and civilians compete during this match at Camp Perry Ohio. The course of fire is 20 shots slow fire at 50 yards, 10 shots timed and 10 shots rapid fire at 25 yards. You must use one hand only. This is a prestige match but the Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge is the highest US shooting award for the military and civilians. It’s one of the most difficult marksmanship awards to earn. Each badge is made with coined gold, has your name, serial number and year engraved on the back. My badge was awarded in 2011.
Wow! Congrats! Do you have expert marksmanship medals for all sorts of cool things? My father served in the 80s and he said that their was a shoulder sash for getting expert level with every NATO weapon... Do you know if that still exists?
And my P100 was awarded in 1989.
I worked for Marine Corps shooting team when they came to Okinawa to train people, made friends with two Sgts who are Distinguished Pistol shooters, while the rest of the team are all operator looking combat vets, those two are just 24 years old dudes who love Japanese cars and animes. I was going everywhere with them for two weeks, on the range and off range. good times.
P100 earned in 1981 with an M14. Distinguished Rifle and Distinguished International.
*HONOURABLE MENTIONS OF CLASSIFIED TABS:*
Chairborne
Keyboard Warrior
Call Of Duty
360 No Scope
Tacticool
Special Need tab that "authorize" to wear on a long buttclenching FTX.
Don't forget the extra long "Space Shuttle Door Gunner Tab" and the "Secret Squirrel Eagle Scout Warrior Tab"
😂😂😂
Thank you I was feeling bad for my Chairborne comrades. I would of said brothers in arms but well didn’t feel right
You forgot Entitled/Karen Tabs
I just want the tacticool one 😂
As a parachute rigger, we had to graduate airborne school before even starting AIT so we would be so smug walking around fort lee with an airborne tab on our uniforms. Ah good memories!
I always forget, which of the riggers/packers wear the red ballcap? Quite the unique differentiation for the uniform solely for those specialized personnel, saw a few in my time at Benning.
Hang out in the BDU club. 🍻...
Derek J. Certified riggers wore red baseball caps so they can be easily identified on an airfield or in a pack shed. Back when I was in, we wore a red baseball cap with the riggers badge and rank on it. I’ve heard it’s changed a bit since but they still wear them.
@@jthavorn Thanks for the clarification! Saw them all the time in the early 2000's on base, was pretty unique.
Graduate airborne school first before going to AIT? That's a little weird.
I’m a bandsman (42R) currently serving with the 10th Mountain Division Band. The band tab is interesting because many bands don’t wear a band tab, but some bands do, like the 8th Army band from Korea, the US Army Field Band, and TUSAB. The idea for a 10th Mountain Division band patch to be worn was floated around, but never came to fruition. We just wear the mountain tab like the rest of the division.
It's true that you can be in a "Airborne" tabbed unit and not be Airborne qualified. I was in the XVIII Airborne Corps but never went to Airborne School because there was no way in hell I'm jumping out of a perfectly good airplane and it was not a requirement in the Corps unit, although preference was given if you wanted to go to Airborne School. 82nd Airborne Division, on the other hand, does require all of it's members to be Airborne qualified.
As well as the 101st which is air assault but still bears an airborne tab
I had both Ranger and Airborne tabs, but was not considered a Ranger until I was posted to the 2nd Battalion 75th Rangers. I miss my black beret, why couldn’t they give the legs the tan one!!!!
Yeah true, u don't need to be an airborne qualified to wear the airborne tab, but u need to be in an airborne unit. Anyways the airborne tab comes along with a unit's SSI, it's not an individual tab like the Ranger tab or SF tab. So u can't just wear the airborne tab, u have to be part of an airborne unit. Like 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division, Army Special Forces, units under the 1st Special Forces Command, units under the 18th Airborne Corps or other airborne units.
@@josephvalvano829 u are considered a Ranger qualified. Graduates of the Ranger school are not ful fledge Army Rangers but are considered Ranger qualified.
I was in the XVIII Airborne Corp Coscom as well, Stationed at Hunter Army Airfield Savanna, GA K Co 4/159th Aviation brigade from 97-99. Just a leg with an maroon beret and an Airborne tab. First duty station, nobody went to jump school in my company. We were just supply and helicopter mechanics.
This really helped me understand the tabs and special insignias, nice video! 👌
Alex you have the police activity profile pic 😂
"Presidents 100"
"Governers 20"
Mayor's 4 when?
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imagine getting all 3... I'm the illegitimate son of jonh wick when he raped rambo and all the cast of mercenaries combined... the true chuck noris... ahahah
It should be noted too that MoH awardees can wear the blue class A Medal of Honor ribbon on their BDU, OCS uniform chest-above the pocket. 🇺🇸😎👍
I'm a civilian employee new to the Army. Your videos have been very helpful. How about some on Army Aviation?
Might be a tough one because I have limited knowledge on aviation units but possibly at some point I might. I do know some people that were pilots in the Army.
Yes army aviation; what type fixed wing do they school flight training in?
@@maxbelflower2617 The Army has very little fixed wing aircraft. Most are VIP aircraft like the C-20 (Gulfstream GIII & GIV) and C-37 (Gulfstream GV & G550).
I got a Death by Power Point tab.
American Marauder website joke. 🤡
😂😂😂
There is the Arctic tab for completion of CWLC. It’s only authorized for wear while stationed in Alaska.
Yup true
@@swann3482 yes, but its only authorised to be worn by soldiers who graduated Cold Weather Leaders' Course and are stationed in Alaska. Its not like the other permanent individual tabs like President's Hundred, Special Forces, Ranger & Sapper which can be worn forever once they received it regardless of where they are station.
Yeah for the 25th on Oahu we had a jungle tab.
A small note regarding Ranger identifiers:
The Ranger tab is achieved by completing Ranger School, not RASP/RIP-- RASP/RIP is the training and selection program for going into Ranger-specific units, whereas the Ranger School is a certifying school you apply to and undertake, and receive the tab at the end of if you pass. Also, Ranger unit tabs are also called scrolls, more commonly for the right-shoulder placement for going into theater in a Ranger unit or attached to one with recognition/given under special programs and joint ops circumstances.
A few other tabs not detailed:
Sniper tab (fairly self-explanatory, received once Sniper qualified after the school)
Sentinel tab (for old guard/tomb of unknown soldier)
Diver tab (technically another special unit within the Army, not well known but there is an episode of "Surviving the Cut" on that school)
Great video brother.
The sniper tab is actually not authorized. Some people will actually get one but it is not an official tab that can be worn.
@@christopherchaos Really? When did that policy change? Had several DS's and other NCO's I knew who wore the tab in several different units (granted that was '05 to '08).
Some units would let people wear them but they were technically not authorized.
@@christopherchaos Huh, just seems odd to me since I saw them quite a bit being worn and knowing some dudes were designated Snipers and DDM's in their units (I worked at the AMU and the school's ranges from time to time), do you know if that was a policy change in more recent years or with certain units? 3rd Armored, 3rd ID, 10th Mtn. and Rangers all seemed to o.k. it when I was in, just interesting to me I wonder why it isn't an approved one now.
Dont forget GI Joe, a top secret tier 1 SFOD unit set up in 1982. 🇺🇸. They wore regular dress uniforms or class As but in the late 1980s, some US Army Joes wore GI Joe shoulder tabs 🇺🇸. So much for top secret, 😁. Yo Joe!
They had Recondo & LRRP; Long Range Reconicance Patrol but that was not around very long. Mostly SE Asia. 1970s/1980s era.
It became today's Army Rangers.
No one mentioned my Artic tab 😭
Or my Jungle tab 😂
Same!!
I got and earned my Honor Guard tab and I'm proud of it.
FYI. I am doing the Honor Guard for the Texas Guard
The Sapper School is a lot more that blowing things up, they do a lot of Ranger training too, like escape and evasion, rappelling with a buddy as a casualty, etc. At least that is what they did as they started the school back in the 80's. The tab wasn't approved until the early 2000's.
ESSAYONS 🏰 Sappers Clear The Way!
Jungle tab is still a thing. Went to air assault school with a dude this last may, who wore it.
Yeah Jungle Expert tab is still allowed. It's awarded for those who graduate the Jungle Warfare school.
But it's not so popular
Its not popular cause onñy the 25th id can go
@@alonso1924 im pretty sure anyone can go to that training
@@camerongeorge4246 only people assigned to US pacific command can wear it tho from what I’ve heard.
Korea has a “Soju Forces” tab 😂. Within US Army Pacific, soldiers are authorized wear of “Jungle” and “Arctic” tabs if they have completed the appropriate courses (jungle school in Hawaii and arctic warfare in Alaska)
I remember when Sapper school was a closed school. We had to wear the tab under our pocket flap. We starched it till you could see the outline lol.
Due one on the unauthorized tabs and patches in Vietnam
MAC-V-SOG 😎
Every unit in RVN had their own unauthorized patch or crest. Just too many of them floating around.
We still have the Jungle tab in Hawaii, I failed the first time :/ but I’m going back in August. Really good school though!
Yeah, it's still there but not so popular. It teaches u about jungle warfare.
How’d you fail if you don’t mind me asking
@@ethanmoreno3737 I failed the Z-Pulley, it was the last graded system. I don't know if its still a graded system anymore.
The mountain tab is also worn by soldiers assigned to the 172nd infantry (Mountain) HQ'd in Vermont. Not just the instructors at the Mountain Warfare School in Vermont.
Funny the things you learn from anime, the Rangers tab isn’t only worn by Americans, there’s a show (originally a book) called Gate where the protagonist is JSDF 2nd Lt who is a Ranger being deployed to a high fantasy land after the titular gate opens in Tokyo and an army of cavalry (on horseback), ogres and dragons attack Japan.
Love that show
Thanks for sharing.I did not know some of the ins and outs of the different tabs.
Great vid. We've been Marine Corps since WW II so all the tabs and patches are something I never dealt with. The only patches we have are on our "tour jackets". Like we say, "The Eagle, Globe & Anchor says it all".
If you haven't already done so, would you please do a vid on Army badges?
Cuz Marine Corps wants every marine to be equal and same, not saying one is better or special than the other, that's why they don't have tabs.
How recent is your reference info on who wears what tab(s)?
I retired in Nov. 1984 from the Army after 20 years 1965-1968 & 1977-1984.
During those years the only personnel authorized to were the SF, Ranger, Paratrooper/Airborne, Sapper and Army Band tabs actually completed those special training courses. Just being assigned with any such unit in a support position did not authorize you to wear those tabs without having completed the respective courses or in the case of the Army Band tab, you had to hold an Army Band MOS.
Any MOS could wear the Airborne/Paratrooper and Ranger tabs provided they successfully completed the course. Only SF soldiers having completed that course were authorized to wear that tab, but not anyone otherwise assigned to an SF unit.
Same held true for Congressional and Presidential Unit Citation medals…the red and blue rectangular gold framed medals worn over right breast pocket. Only soldiers assigned to the unit when awarded the medal were authorized to wear the medal regardless of what other units they may subsequently be reassigned to during normal rotation; but soldiers not assigned to the unit when the medal was awarded to the unit were only authorized to wear the medal while assigned to that unit.
All other medals/ribbons and qualification badges were worn on an individual basis regardless of unit they are/were assigned to.
~~ SSG, US Army (Ret.) 1965-1968 & 1977-1994 ~~
I know there was a sniper tab at one point before it became unauthorized.
Why did it become unauthorized?
Yeah, there was once.
@@mr.m1garand254 not sure
@@mr.m1garand254 maybe because if you got captured the enemy would see it and kill you instead? Just my guess
@@FBIAGENT725 That doesn't figure since Snipers normally don't wear patches at all in combat. Not to mention if they're captured, that damn rifle with a scope is a dead giveaway. IMHO the real reason why the Sniper tab is not Authorized is that Officers can not attend Sniper School, and there's no push by the brass to authorize it. It is Tradition to sew the Sniper tab UNDER the pocket flap on the uniform, while not in combat. Something of a Secret Fraternity.
SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
You forgot to mention the unit patch and tab for the 56th Field Artillery the Pershing Tab. Thanks 🙏
Jungle Expert is back but only authorized in the pacific theater. Once a soldier leaves USARPAC they have to remove it. There is also and arctic tab for the soldiers in Alaska. Same rules apply, only authorized in Alaska.
As a retired Infantryman i liked howxyou explained the ranger tab, they would always get mad when you tell them they are just tab wearers! ❤ Don't get me wrong excellent school!
I remember the "Jungle Expert" patch and tab. It was worn on the breast pocket of the BDUs.
Yep, I had the "Magellan" so did everyone else in my unit.
I always thought it was the ship Balboa used to "discover" Panama 🇵🇦. Panama Fort Clayton had the US Southern Command for many years.
It may have been, I just remember my 1st SGT saying that we earned the Magellan when we got back to our unit. That was almost 35 years ago.
Though its not an Authorized tab, the Sniper tab is customarily sewn UNDER the pocket flap (left chest for the old BDU's and left arm for the ACU's and OCP's). IMHO being a Sniper warrants a tab, but (also IMHO) it seems that since Officers can not attend Sniper School, there's no push by the brass to get it approved.
SSS. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
I had to sterilize once. Slick sleeve. I came back with the coveted "brown stain wings"..
I showered in my Battle Dress from that day forward. They finally rotted off.
SFAB here 🙋🏾♂️
Future US Army CID 31d here! Hooah
56 FA in Germany used PERSHING tab as part of the unit Patch.
Three isn’t the most that is soldier can wear. I’ve seen an SF guy rock’n the Airborne, Sapper, Ranger & SF tab before. Unless things have changed, then oh well - but if you earned, you can wear it on your acu’s. Like seeing a guy walk around with 5 skill scare badges on CIB, Jump, Air Assault, Pathfinder & Spec Ops Combat Diver D. Not everyone wears everything because they don’t wanna come off super douchie’ lol.
Kevin Cash the unit tab such as Airborne or Mountain doesn’t count towards the three...only the ones you earn count
I was stationed at Ft. Campbell, Ky. I was authorized to wear the Airborne tab.
Technically, you can have 4 tabs at once. The 4th one being the airborne "tab" which is just part of the unit patch. It's not a special skill tab, so it doesn't count towards the 3.
The Honor Guard in South Korea actually guards the CINC and different facilities along with their ceremonial duties.
56th field artillery in the 80s with the Pershing tab
One of the most distinctive unit patches ever. (Service Battery, 1/41. 1976-78) Always liked the tab and my "Pershing Pickle" (Pershing Professional Badge)
I was station in Neu Ulm, Germany from Dec 1979 to Aug 1981 on the 3rd Platoon, 'B' Battery 1st/81st F.A Brigade, Wiley Barracks - Under the 56th Field Artillery Command... and also had the pleasure of wearing the "PERSHING TAB! It was beautiful and very colorful on the Class A uniform.
@@magicfan4ever888 C Battery 1/81 6 January 1981 to 23 December 1982, may be we bumped into each other at the Sportszahn or the bar by the railway station?!
I have a unique set of tabs I've been told. I have airborne, ranger and sapper tabs. I enlisted as a combat engineer option 40 contract. Why I chose to reclassify to an direct fire infantryman I am not sure but I did.
Not that odd for combat engineers A lot of drill seargents and first seargents I've seen have that
@@mondaysinsanity8193 I was only s combat engineer for 4 seasons then infantry for 11 seasons. infantry guys though it was an odd combo.
@@SuperWagner23 probably just not used to seeing sapper tabs its weirder for me to just see a sapper tab then sapper and ranger
Monday's insanity .
@@peterwall1394 ???
The Arctic tab.
I wore an additional badge which is not seen or obtained very often. It is the French Commando badge, earned while completing French Commando training while serving in Germany. This course is the equivalent to our special forces training.
The Cavalry Scout Tab Goes On Top you didn’t mention this Tab
Because it not a real thing. There is no scout tab.
I was stationed at fort drum I had the 10th mountain tab
Regarding unit insignia patches, I served in the New Jersey army national guard in the the 1960s at the time the 50th armored division was assigned to New Jersey to be enlisted in a non-divisional unit of the New Jersey army national so I did not wear the 50th armored division but I wore was the first army patch this caused a lot of confusion between regular army folks assigned to the first United States army add to those of us in non-divisional New Jersey army national guard units they didn't know if we were regular army or army national guard I believe nowadays the entire state of New Jersey is assigned the 42nd infantry they wear the rainbow division patch
Don't forget about special tabs such as Jungle and Arctic that are earned at their respective schools but can be only worn while in the Unit. Also, specialty cases where the 101st is authorized to where the Airborne tab but no longer are jumping....etc...
They have Arctic tab also
Time for an update. Us Army begins awarding Jungle and Arctic tabs. May, 2020.
Now, there's also an Arctic tab for the SSI of the 11th airborne division
I currently wear the honor guard tab... The third infantry regimen is the oldguard and used to Echo company was the only one that wore Honor Guard the other companies were complaining that we got something special and so the whole regiment was allowed to wear Honor Guard tab when used to it was company-specific
People have different tabs... Lets talk about tabs.
Makes sense
You know how there are tabs on army uniforms tabs also can stand for totally accurate battle simulator
The jungle tab came back in 2014. I did the course in 2016. But you can only wear while in Hawaii so you didn’t wear it for long
Don't forget the extra long "Space Shuttle Door Gunner Tab" and the "Secret Squirrel Eagle Scout Warrior Tab"
😂😂😂 These should be top priority as they are the most Super Duper Top Secret Task Force-Mt. Dew and they are part of the Doritos/Taco Bell Battalion.
Tabs that are part of unit patches are not skill tabs, they are simply part of the SSI.
Good video... it's true there's not a lot of soldiers walking around with the President's Hundred tab...... there's well..... only a hundred. LOL
Actually the President's Hundred tab is worn at the top. That tab is longer than the Special Forces tab. The Special Forces unit patch/SSI is not just for SF personnel or SF support personnel but for the entire 1st Special Forces Command. There are other units under the 1st Special Forces Command. So personnel in these units will wear the same SSI as Green Berets. And yeah only 3 tabs can be worn at a time. But those 3 tabs are individual tabs. The airborne tab doesn't count bcoz it's part of the unit SSI. If a Green Beret has the Special Forces tab, the Ranger tab and the Sapper tab, he is allowed to wear 3 of them along with the unit SSI and the airborne tab, which is part of the SSI. So he will have Special Forces tab, Ranger tab, Sapper tab and the airborne tab (along with SSI).
Theres a jungle tab now for JOTC for the 25th id
The irony is the Ranger Tab preceded the 75Th Ranger Regiment by at least 20 years.
@@jamierodg1 The 75th Ranger Regiment is not the same unit as the Ranger Battalions. The Ranger Battalions from WW2 were were all disbanded after the war. During Korea and Vietnam the Army formed several independent Ranger companies but all of them were disbanded when the those wars ended as well. The Rangers in Vietnam fell under the command of the 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger). In 1974 the 1st Ranger Battalion was established with the 2nd Battalion being formed in 1984. The 75th Ranger Regiment was first formed in 1986. The Ranger tab as an award was established in 1950
I had a Pathfinder pin more than a tab as well as air assultand Jungle training out of Panama!
#RLTW
Sappers lead the way.
Leading edge
With the advisor tab being a job does that mean that people in SF only work with their ODA now? Or are they the ones that might get volun-told to go advise?
I wear the10 mountain tab and I love being in the US Army I’ve been in for 24 years and still going
“THAT GUY”
We earned the Airborne tab
If I'm not incorrect civilians can receive the presidents hundred tab too
Yes, I believe that's true. It's the only award a civilian or a former soldier can still be awarded if competing in the contest, and placing in the top 100... Anyone correct or verify that please.
Forgot the PowerPoint and Sick Call Ranger Tabs
Last in first out! 🎶🎤📯...
Is there a tab for soldiers who went through the Army Sniper School?
Yes technically
No. There are some people that would wear one but it’s not actually authorized to wear on the uniform.
I saw a "Regular Forces" tab on the Milspec Monkey 🐵 website... 😁
Sappers are highly underrated and not talked about much for some reason
Recondo tab from Vietnam era.
there's also the Pathfinder tab which is a qualification school for aviation units to help land helicopters. It's considered a relatively minor patch but is a necessary course to take to advance in the aviation branch.
My dad had the Airborne Ranger and Special Forces tabs but he was not a Green Beret he served two combat tours with the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne in Vietnam 69&70 as an Airborne Raider I'm not sure if that still exists in the 82nd or not but they did long range reconnaissance patrols as well as other special forces type missions
He does not have the special forces tab if you say he was no a green beret.
@@grantewald1901 he had earned a special forces tab before it was made exclusive to the Green berets only they reorganized everything after the Vietnam war
How about Recondo from Vietnam? A history of that would be interesting.
I use to have a Pershing tab. It was fazed out and the unit.
I was wondering if I could wear the Ranger and Airborne tab because I was the medical support for these soldiers. I was with the 2nd Combat Support Hospital at Ft. Benning, GA and our mission was to provide medical support to the Ranger and Airborne students at all their phases. I went to all phases of their Ranger trainings from Darby, Mountain training in Dahlonega Georgia, to their Swamp training at the Florida ranger camp in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida and of course their Airborne training at Ft. Benning GA.
The ranger tab can only be worn if you graduated from ranger school and it's documented on your ERB. The Airborne tab is something that is only worn with a unit patch of an Airborne unit. The tab does not indicate that the person is Airborne, that's what the badge is for but you also must have graduated from Airborne school and have it on your ERB.
you overlooked "Jungle Expert"
Jungle? I think 25th now wears it as a unit tab for the school.
Airborne Ranger Army Band?
Have you gotten the question of what is the USO located at different Airports, who has access to them and what do they have?
Triple canopy is the goal.
Please can you do a video on how to join the 160th SOAR
Jungle tab is a thing now and so is Arctic tab
I remember seeing one that said "Recondo". I never did learn what that was about.
“Recondo” was a short name for the “reconnaissance commando” course the Army used to teach, and rather foolishly stopped teaching. While I wasn’t able to attend this course, my older brother did back in the ‘70’s when he (and many others like him) was an Air Force Academy cadet (summer training for them). Just as the Army, back in the late ‘70’s, was training, and graduating, approximately 18,000 students per year from the Airborne school at Benning--which was a far, far greater number of airborne-qualified soldiers than our military needed--because it was such an effective confidence-building course that taught individuals how to overcome very legitimate fears of falling to their death, or being injured otherwise, and helping them learn what they were capable of accomplishing with proper training and good equipment, so should the Recondo course have been continued. The skills learned in that course would have benefited any downed aircrew, or any individuals/small units who became separated from their larger, “parent” unit in combat--basically, a very good course on escape & evasion skills, which were the same skills a recon unit would need/use when operating independently as a small team. And, just like graduating far more airborne-qualified soldiers than we actually needed each year, a hell of a course to teach you how to survive, and get home, as a combat-effective team, and maybe bring back some useful knowledge about the enemy as well. Another good course lost to stupidity and cost cutting by idiots who would never, themselves, be in a situation to need that training. But, such is the modern philosophy of our American military leadership.
I could have sworn I heard their was a sniper tab.
It's already disbanded. Last time there was.
I had the Honor Guard tab while i was serving in The Old Guard
I have my power point master tab as well you forgot that one
I'm surprised you didn't mention that the 101st is not an airborne unit anymore, but still keeps the airborne tab.
Shortly after Vietnam, the 101st was redesignated as an “air mobile” division. They have been allowed to keep the airborne title because they were an effective airborne unit during WWII (Re: HBO’s “Band of Brothers” series, based on the book of the same name, if you want to see some of their history.). When I went through the Air Assault course at Campbell, back in ‘78, the official title for the unit that was displayed at the main gate was “101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)”.
And, no, my real name is not “soo mi,” but unless we served together, I’m not going to bother trying to explain the humor behind it (and if we did,serve together, you wouldn’t need the explanation).
Always great info, thanks!
I was stationed at ft Hood in the aviation sector worked with two former enlisted men that became pilots after Vietnam that wore the jungle expert badge. If they were as good at being a pilot as a jungle expert I feel sorry for the VC..
What about the Jungle Expert Tab. I went to jungle school at Fort Sherman and was awarded the Jungle school Patch back then your wore it on your pocket, but when we transferred to the ACU's the patch became obsolete but I could wear the Jungle Expert Tab. In a way it looked out of place when you are wearing an Armored Division patch, LOL
Can you make a video on the patches they wear on their chest? I’ve heard of the the term for it “tower of power”. I’ve seen some that I don’t know and I would like to know if it’s able to achieve as NG or only for Active Duty.
I was surprised that the air assualt tab was phased out. I went through it years ago. Shame no one can wear it anymore.
They still have the badge that is on the chest but no tab.
@@christopherchaos Thats true
I was in a Cav Scout unit and we were allowed to wear a recon tab on our boonie hats while in field environments as well as combat
I want that Combat Army Band tab.
Arctic tab
Went to an arctic course while at fort wainwright. Tough 2-3 week course in arctic conditions.
Don’t forget the new jungle tab brother