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|name=Ranger Tab |
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|image=Ranger Tab.svg |
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|awarded_by=[[United States Army]] |
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|type=Tab |
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|for= Graduation from U.S. Army Ranger School |
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|status=Currently awarded |
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|established={{start date and age|1950|11|06}}<ref name="qmmuseum">[http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/airborne/ranger_tab.htm Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia, U.S. Army Ranger Tab]</ref> |
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|higher=[[Marksmanship badges (United States)|Marksmanship Qualification Badges]]<ref name="AR600-8-22">[https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN6265_AR600-8-22_FINAL.pdf Army Regulation 600-8-22 Military Awards], Table 8-2, U.S. Army Badges and Tabs: Orders of precedence, dated 5 March 2019, last accessed 26 May 2019</ref> |
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|lower=[[Special Forces Tab]]<ref name="AR600-8-22"/> |
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| filename = USA Ranger Tab.ogv |
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| title = Earning the Ranger Tab |
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| description = Official U.S. Army video about the Ranger Tab |
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The '''Ranger Tab''' is a service school [[Military badges of the United States|military decoration]] of the [[United States Army]] signifying completion of the 61-day-long [[Ranger School]] course in small-unit infantry combat tactics in woodland, mountain, and swamp operations. |
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Those graduating from Ranger School are presented with the Ranger Tab, which is worn on the upper shoulder of the left sleeve of the [[Army Combat Uniform]], as specified in Army Regulation 670–1, "Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia."<ref name="670-1">[http://www.armyg1.army.mil/hr/uniform/docs/r670_1.pdf AR 670-1: Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia]</ref> A smaller metal version of the tab is worn on the [[Army Service Uniform]].<ref>[http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/julqtr/32cfr578.98.htm 578.98 Ranger Tab]</ref> Wearing the tab is permitted for the remainder of a soldier's military career. |
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[[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] presented with the Ranger Tab are not authorized to wear it on their [[Uniforms of the United States Military|uniforms]]. U.S. [[United States Air Force|airmen]] presented with the Ranger Tab are authorized to wear it on their uniforms pursuant to AFI 36-2903 (Dress and Appearance).<ref>[http://www.afpc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-140814-096.pdf Air Force Guidance Memorandum to AFI 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel], US Air Force, dated 12 August 2014, last accessed 23 October 2015</ref> The tab must be worn in a properly presented way on the upper crest of the left sleeve. {{As of|2014}}, about 300 airmen have successfully completed the Army Ranger School and have been awarded the Ranger Tab.<ref>[http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/494027/2-airmen-join-armys-elite.aspx Airmen join Army's elite], by Senior Airman Victor Caputo, dated 9 August 2014, last accessed 11 August 2014</ref> |
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In the [[Canadian Army]], personnel who have attained the Ranger Tab are permitted to wear it on their green tunics. |
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==Award eligibility== |
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The Commandant of the [[United States Army Infantry School]] may award the Ranger Tab to any person who successfully completed a Ranger Course conducted by that school. They are then considered Ranger qualified soldiers.<ref name="qmmuseum"/> |
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The Commander, [[United States Army Human Resources Command]], may award the Ranger Tab to any person who was awarded the [[Combat Infantryman Badge]] while serving during World War II as a member of a Ranger Battalion (1st Battalion – 6th Battalion inclusive) or in the [[Merrill's Marauders|5307th Composite Unit, Provisional (Merrill's Marauders)]], to any person who was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge while serving during the Korean War with the [[Eighth Army Ranger Company]] (11 October 1950 to 27 March 1951), or to any person who completed a Ranger Course conducted by the Ranger Training Command at Fort Benning, Georgia.<ref name="qmmuseum"/> |
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==Other tabs== |
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The Ranger Tab is one of four permanent individual skill/marksmanship tabs (as compared to a [[Badges of the United States Army|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]]. Only three may be worn at one time.<ref name="670-1"/> |
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==See also== |
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* [[United States Army Rangers]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{US Army badges}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranger Tab}} |
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[[Category:United States military badges]] |
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[[Category:United States Army Rangers]] |
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[[Category:Articles containing video clips]] |
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