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Jungle Expert Operations Training Center Ft Sherman Panama Army Challenge Coin P
Jungle Expert Operations Training Center Ft Sherman Panama Army Challenge Coin P
Jungle Expert Operations Training Center Ft Sherman Panama Army Challenge Coin P

Jungle Expert Operations Training Center Ft Sherman Panama Army Challenge Coin P

$ 118.8

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    Description

    Jungle Expert
    Jungle Operations Training Center
    Fort Sherman, Panama
    Antique Silver Finish
    Smooth Edge Version
    Army Challenge Coin
    Condition:
    Used, and  in good shape.  Has some surface wear from handling.   Please see pictures.
    This coin is 1 5/8 inches in diameter with a serrated edge.  This is a highly sought after challenge coin and very difficult to obtain.
    NOTE 1:
    We know of 7 versions of this challenge coin: (1) Gold Plated, (2) Silver Plated, (3) Bronze Colored Serrated Edge, (4) Antique Silver Color Serrated Edge, (5)
    Antique Silver Color Smooth Edge
    ), (6) Brass Based and (7) Brass Based TF 2-162 Oregon.
    After the decommissioning of the
    U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps
    the forested area was used by the
    United States Army South
    (
    USARSO
    )
    Jungle Operations Training Center
    (JOTC). JOTC was founded in 1951 to train both US and allied Central American forces in jungle warfare, with an enrollment of about 9,000 a year. The JOTC also taught a 10-day Air Crew Survival Course, open to all branches of service, and a four-week Engineer Jungle Warfare Course. Upon completion of the course the Jungle expert badge or patch was awarded.
    Between 1966 and 1979 1160 sounding rockets with maximum flight altitudes of 99 kilometres were launched at Fort Sherman.
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    (REF:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sherman
    )
    Jungle Expert
    Several tabs are widely worn unofficially by members of the U.S. Army. Often these tabs were worn on the underside of pocket flaps so as not to violate uniform regulations. Such tabs also appear on stickers, shirts, hats, etc. that soldiers would wear with civilian attire. These include tabs containing the words "SNIPER", "AIR ASSAULT", "
    FISTER
    ", "SCOUT", and "RECON" or "
    RECONDO
    ." The "SAPPER" tab was one of these unofficial tabs until 2004 when it became an official special skill badge/tab of the U.S. Army.
    The Jungle Expert Patch was often worn by graduates of the
    Jungle Operations Training Center
    (JOTC) until the school became inactive in 1999. The patch may have been authorized for wear by soldiers assigned to
    U.S. Army South
    who graduate from JOTC but the patch was never recognized Army wide; much like the quasi-official status the
    Cavalry Stetson
    enjoys today.
    In 2014, the JOTC was reopened in Hawaii and the Jungle Expert Patch was revitalized as a tab which is authorized for wear by
    25th Infantry Division
    soldiers who complete the course while soldiers assigned to other units receive the tab as a souvenir.
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    (REF:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabs_of_the_United_States_Army
    )
    NOTE 2:
    Never personally given any of the coins.  They are from either purchases of collections or from professional makers of military challenge coins.  All coins are guaranteed to be in excellent condition unless otherwise specified above.
    The accepted payments are: PAYPAL and please contact seller for other methods of accepted payment, which you may have used in past please contact me through the eBay messaging system.
    Thanks!