The Special Forces Tab was created in 1983 and is an embroidered quadrant patch worn on the upper left sleeve of a military uniform.

The cloth tab is 31⁄4 inches wide, 3/4-inch high, and is teal blue with gold-yellow embroidered letters.

In addition, as set forth in Army regulations, veterans of certain categories of former wartime service are also eligible for retroactive awards of the tab.

A support soldier (such as military intelligence, signals, parachute riggers, vehicle mechanics, etc.)

assigned to a Special Forces unit wore a 1/4" high recognition bar (nicknamed a "half flash," "striker bar," or "candy stripe") below the Special Forces Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI), officer rank insignia, or chaplain branch insignia on their green beret.