Given how important tabs are in the Army, should a prior service Marine now in the Army have a special tab indicating their background?

I was talking about this. I start Ranger School on Sunday to get my Ranger Tab. I would say that some schools are a bit for show. Like Air Assault and Airborne. I don't see how they can develop or define a leader. Schools like Ranger, Sapper, and the SF Qualification Course do however seperate those who strive to be the best. That is why they are there for. I am not saying that everyone with a Ranger, Sapper, or Long Tab is squared away but they have been pushed harder than most and know they can handle it. I have deployed twice prior to being commissioned and I can clearly state that being a 2LT is not easy but being a 2LT with wings, CIB and combat patch is. I am put ahead of other in my peer group. Is this right? Yes and no. I don't fault the other officers who didn't get a chance to do what I have done but on the reverse I have done more then they have. I am tested and I know what I am doing. Of course I would be the likely candidate to lead your Platoon if you needed a PL over a brand new officer. Is it wrong, no.

There are expectations that some must have. If you are in a Airborne unit you are expected to be a Jumpmaster. If you are in a infantry unit you are expected to be a Ranger if you are in the light world or Master Gunner if you are in the Mech world. We all know this. I can't stand when soliders in the infantry complain that they can't get promoted because they don't have a tab or they are just as good as anyone with a tab. that is fine. That soldier realized what it was there and went what was expected. It is a leadership school.