Posted: 9/28/2004 10:00:49 AM EDT
| to be worn on the left shoulder, beneath Special Forces and Ranger tabs. Retroactive to 1985 IIRC. |
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http://www.wood.army.mil/sapper/SapperPicture2004-08-03.jpg The non-subdued is red and white. Info here |
| It's about timehen Just glad to see they are pulling their heads outof their a$$ and finally recognizing graduates. |
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What are the numbers for qualified sappers? Less than 1% of the military? Geez... authorize the dang thing already. If they're going to pass out Ranger berets to pregnant women and everyone else who signed the dotted line, then how about some recognition for the people who go the extra distance. |
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It will be authorized to wear once records are updated... the school here at FLW is in the proccess of compiling graduate lists, scrubbing for any retired or no longer in, and cutting orders for the rest. Once your orders are cut, you can wear the tab. Total # of gradutes since 1985 is under 10,000 IIRC correctly. The only rarer tab to see someone wearing will be a presidents 100. |
Isn't that exclusively for National Guard troops? |
Nope, any qualified soldier. Interestingly enough, it is the only award a new private can enlist and already be qualified to wear if he qualified in the match. |
If your an 21 series officer in an engineer unit, especially a light or mech unit, they should get slots. My USAR unit (Combat Engineer, Corps, Light) gets a few slots per company most years. If your not an engineer, not gonna happen. The only rare exceptions are for support personnel such as medics who are in engineer units, and then it requires the school to approve a waiver. |
| I graduated Sapper School in Aug '86, the firsty "Airborne" Company to go through it ( B 27 EN), Been retired since '93...when we went through it was called Sapper Leader Course and only CPL's and above 12B to the company went...WITH Attached Medics from HHC...we also snuck a few Maint guys in to use all the slots...we all lost weight, but learned a hell of a lot...I think the lads that graduate the course certainly deserve it, as having been a Combat Engineer for 20 yrs and following the Grunts around a lot (but never farther back that about 100 yards and a lot of times out with the Scouts) its good to see some recognition...its an earned Tab for sure...hug.gif |
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Should look pretty good on DCU's. Not too many of us picket pounders out there, far more airborne paches. Wish it had come alot earlier though. On the other hand, if your wearing a combat patch AND a CIB you tell anyone knowedgeable volumes, it aint about braggin. Just setting the mood! SAPPERS HOOAH! JohnM at Home |
It's been updated! It's now authorized for wear on the uniform! www.wood.army.mil/sapper/SapperPage_files/SapperLeaderCourse.htm 
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