SF Tab based on historical review of Army, Continental Army Command (CONARC), and TRADOC regulations prescribing SF qualification requirements in effect at the time the individual began an RC SF qualification program. 4) Unit administered SF qualification programs. The SF Tab may be awarded to all personnel who successfully completed unit administered SF qualification programs as authorized by regulation. The SWCS will determine individual entitlement to an award of the SF Tab based upon a historical review of regulations prescribing SF qualification requirements in effect at the time the individual began a unit administered SF qualification program. 5) Former wartime service. The Special Forces Tab may be awarded retroactively to all personnel who performed the following wartime service: 5.1) 1942 through 1973. Served with a Special Forces unit during wartime and were either unable to or not required to attend a formal program of instruction but were awarded SQI "S", "3", "5G" by the competent authority. 5.2) Prior to 1954. Service for at least 120 consecutive days in one of the following organizations: 5.2.1) 1st Special Service Force, August 1942 to December 1944. 5.2.2) OSS Detachment 101, April 1942 to September 1945. 5.2.3) OSS Jedburgh Detachments, May 1944 to May 1945. 5.2.4) OSS Operational Groups, May 1944 to May 1945. 5.2.5) OSS Maritime Unit, April 1942 to September 1945. 5.2.6) 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit (Alamo Scouts), February 1944 to September 1945. 5.2.7) 8240th Army Unit, June 1950 to July 1953. 5.2.8) 1954 through 1975. Any company grade officer or enlisted member awarded the CIB or CMB while serving for at least 120 consecutive days in one of the following type organizations: 5.2.8a) SF Operational Detachment-A (A-Team). 5.2.8b) Mobile Strike Force. 5.2.8c) SF Reconnaissance Team. 5.2.8d) SF Special Project Unit. Other tabs The Special Forces Tab is one of four permanent individual skill/marksmanship tabs (as compared to a 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. See also Tabs of the United States Army Military badges of the United States Notes External links Army Regulation 600–8–22 Military Awards Archived United States military badges Articles containing video clips