He was a dog handler serving in Afghanistan with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force. Tabb worked as a dog handler with a 2 year old black Labrador bomb sniffing dog named “Bo” who was injured in the attack that killed Tabb, but survived. His K-9 partner “Bo” was wounded above his left eye and was sent back to the U.S. to attend his handlers funeral February 16, 2008 who was buried