Sapper Tab

Sapper Tab
Full Color Sapper Tab
Awarded by United States Army
Type	Tab
Awarded for	Completion of the Sapper Leader Course
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	June 28, 2004
First awarded	June 14, 1985
Last awarded	Current
Related	President's Hundred Tab, Ranger Tab, Special Forces Tab
Top: Desert Subdued Tab, Bottom: Woodland Subdued Tab

The Sapper Tab is a military badge of the United States Army which was authorized on June 28, 2004 by the Army Chief of Staff, General Peter Schoomaker.

To be awarded the Sapper Tab, a service member may or may not hold the designation (MOS) as a Combat Engineer, but must have graduated from the Sapper Leader Course (SLC), which is operated by the U.S. Army Engineer School at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The school falls under HHC, 577th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade. This award is retroactive back to the graduates of the first SLC on June 14, 1985.

The full color tab is 2 3/8 inches (6.03 cm) long, 11/16 inch (1.75 cm) wide, with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) red border and the word "SAPPER" inscribed in white letters 5/16 inch (.79 cm) high. The woodland subdued tab is identical, except the background is olive drab and the word "SAPPER" is in black letters and the desert subdued tab has a khaki background with the word “SAPPER” in spice brown letters.

It is currently one of four permanent individual skill/marksmanship tabs authorized for wear by the U.S. Army. In order of seniority, they are the President's Hundred Tab, the Special Forces Tab, the Ranger Tab, and the Sapper Tab. However, only three tabs may be worn at one time (not including tabs that are part of the shoulder sleeve insignia such as Airborne or Mountain).

See also

• Engineer Officer Basic Course
• Tabs of the United States Army

External links

• Pentagon Institute of Heraldry's Sapper Tab Page
• About.com Sapper Tab Article