Do you think the Airborne tab was ever thought as being a individual's tab skill identifier (instead of a unit tab)?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:22:38 -0400

Also the mountain tab as well so that even if you leave an airborne assignment you keep your tab.

Response by LTC Yinon Weiss made Jun 7 at 2016 12:24 PM

LTC Yinon Weiss — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:24:07 -0400

The tab is a unit identifier, as it's part of the unit's patch. The badge is the individual skill identifier. You can have the tab but not the badge, or the badge and not the tab.

Response by SPC Rory J. Mattheisen made Jun 7 at 2016 12:34 PM

SPC Rory J. Mattheisen — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:34:03 -0400

With the 101 changing to the "AIR ASSAULT" identifier 1 Jan 2017, a new beret following, and the culture in today's Army I believe the AIRBORNE, MOUNTAIN, and AIR ASSAULT identifiers will be "Tabs" within the next three years.

Response by CSM Michael Chavaree made Jun 7 at 2016 12:36 PM

CSM Michael Chavaree — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:36:32 -0400

Nah, I think maintaining it as a unit identification is appropriate, more patches and badges is not always better...

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2016 12:37 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:37:36 -0400

Since I have never worn the tab, and since I have not the badge....I actually never put much thought into it.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2016 1:27 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 13:27:56 -0400

I feel as if more candy is too much. Keep it simple. Don't over complicate things.

Response by SFC Everett Oliver made Jun 7 at 2016 1:44 PM

SFC Everett Oliver — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 13:44:12 -0400

I've never been Airborne qualified yet I've worn the airborne patch in two different units.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2016 3:36 PM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:36:26 -0400

Always been a unit identification, the parachute badge is the individual, I never wonder why not the tab

Response by LTC George Tobias III made Jun 7 at 2016 5:16 PM

LTC George Tobias III — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:16:52 -0400

I think it should be a individual identifier like Ranger!

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Jun 7 at 2016 5:22 PM

LTC Paul Labrador — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:22:59 -0400

Nope. Airborne and Mountain tabs were never individual skill identifiers.

Response by SSG John Erny made Jun 7 at 2016 6:00 PM

SSG John Erny — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 18:00:59 -0400

Your Wings are what set you apart from nasty legs. The only thing that would change that in MHOP is if an actual Airborne Infantry school were developed to train troops to a higher level and thus earn a tab. Not likely at all though. Still it would be a great way to keep the higher Airborne Standard.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 8 at 2016 7:31 AM

TSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:31:09 -0400

They may have thought about doing that. However, the Ranger Tab, Sapper Tab, and so forth that you keep are earned through intense training. The airborne tab is for the unit to have the Airborne status that ensures their ranking on the JA-ATT OML. I am sure it is something similar for the Mountaineering Training.

Response by SSG Leo Bell made Jun 8 at 2016 9:39 AM

SSG Leo Bell — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:39:04 -0400

It would be nice if you could keep them, but you must remember that not all personal in the airbourn units are airborne. So it would be right for them to keep there tab when they leave there unit. The only tabs your are allow to wear always is Special Forces, Ranger, and I think Sapper. Those are earned by really had training and have special units. The military personal that serve in these units do not wear these tabs. You have to be qualified to wear them.

Response by PVT Ryan P. Quirk made Jun 13 at 2016 4:05 PM

PVT Ryan P. Quirk — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:05:14 -0400

The Tab use to be an individual identifier back in WW2. The tab went with you. But your identifier was the sliver wings.. Then the tab later on it only stayed with the airborne unit patch.

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Jun 13 at 2021 7:35 PM

SSG Edward Tilton — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:35:09 -0400

You can have a unit patch without an airborne tab OR an Airborne Tab over a patch. Should be