Posted on Jun 24, 2014
Can a Soldier keep an Airborne tab once the unit loses it?
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We are having a debate in our shop...
If a Soldier is deployed and awarded a combat patch that has an Airborne Tab above it, and after redeploying the unit losses the tab... does the Soldier keep the tab on the patch that is on his right shoulder?
If anyone can answer this and include where I can find this in writing, I would greatly appreciate it.
If a Soldier is deployed and awarded a combat patch that has an Airborne Tab above it, and after redeploying the unit losses the tab... does the Soldier keep the tab on the patch that is on his right shoulder?
If anyone can answer this and include where I can find this in writing, I would greatly appreciate it.
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If the unit patch had a tab when you deployed it stays on the combat patch.
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Units are inactivated but their combat patches remain, therefore a change in status from airborne to non-airborne should not have an effect on the patch. It is worn as awarded.
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SSG Fernando Algarin
Look at the 101st ABN (Air Assault) the division is no longer on jump status (since the 70s) but the patch remained the same.
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SFC Douglas Eshenbaugh understands exactly what I was trying to ask.
I understand that some units were wearing things they were not authorized, and some lost the privileges during the force restructure.
My question is in reference to a COMBAT PATCH that was awarded during a deployment WITH the Airborne tab. Then later on lost the right to wear the tab. Obviously the patch on the left shoulder will lose to tab, but does it stay over the combat patch (because that's how it was awarded)?
I understand that some units were wearing things they were not authorized, and some lost the privileges during the force restructure.
My question is in reference to a COMBAT PATCH that was awarded during a deployment WITH the Airborne tab. Then later on lost the right to wear the tab. Obviously the patch on the left shoulder will lose to tab, but does it stay over the combat patch (because that's how it was awarded)?
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