If you are currently serving in the military and need a replacement set, you can get them issued at no cost.
Contact your personnel unit and they can issue them to you or tell you where you can get a set issued
. These should only be used in the line of duty.
After a soldier is killed in battle, fellow soldiers or officers can use the two tags to mark the body.
One tag goes between the top and bottom front teeth, and the other goes between the toes
. The chains for the tags are each of a specific length.
Metal Dog Tags:
I made these DIY dog tags by picking up a few metal jewelry plates from my local craft store
. You can get them in a bunch of different shapes and even cut your own shapes with the proper tools. I like the basic bone, heart, and circle, it makes adding an engraving pretty easy.
The order was modified in July 1916, when a second disc was required to be suspended from the first by a short string or chain. The first tag was to remain with the body, while the second was
for burial service record keeping
. The tags were given to enlisted men, but officers had to buy them.
The U.S. Army changed regulations on July 6, 1916, so that all soldiers were issued two tags:
one to stay with the body and the other to go to the person in charge of the burial for record-keeping purposes
.
123-45-6789. Blood Type. A POS.
Religious Preference
. PROTESTANT.
The U.S. Navy no longer issues Dog Tags to its sailors
, however you can still order replica mil-spec tags as replacements from us.
Because dog tags are issued to military members for identification purposes only,
there is no provision for getting replacement dog tags for former service members from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard
.
How do you make a custom dog tag?
How do you resin a dog tag?
Add equal parts resin and hardener to the mixing cup. Each mold will need 5 ml of resin for this step. I made extra tags for my sister’s dogs, so I mixed up enough resin for four at a time. Stir the resin mixture together with a stir stick for two minutes, making sure to scrape the bottom and sides of the mixing cup.
In World War II, identification tags started to look more like today’s standard-issue dog tags. They were metal and rectangular, with a notch in a lower corner. The soldier’s information was imprinted on the metal tag. That notch was used
to align the metal plate on the machine that embossed the information
.
Soldiers began taping their tags together so that they wouldn’t make any noise and give away their position. By the end of the war, rubber covers were developed
to keep the tags silent
. Soldiers often put one tag in their boot, tied in with their bootlaces.
Why two dog tags?
The first tag was to remain with the body, while the second was for burial service record keeping
. Like all things military, it is likely the military figured out the need for two dog tags amidst operations.
Bright RED Dog Tags
to help signal to emergency personnel that you have drug Allergies or Medical Conditions
.
Generally,
each soldier is allotted two dog tags
. One of them is worn at the neck as a chain and the other is kept inside the shoes of the soldier.
(1) Soldiers will wear ID tags at all times when in a field environment, while traveling in aircraft, and when outside the continental United States. (2)
Personnel will wear ID tags around the neck, except when safety considerations apply
(such as during physical training).
Can males have dreads in the Army?
Prior to the policy revision,
the Army enacted rules that explicitly prohibited dreadlocks, twists, braids and other hairstyles common in the African-American community
. Now, the Army and Navy joins the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard as military branches that have approved of the hairstyle.
Because dog tags are issued to military members for identification purposes only,
there is no provision for getting replacement dog tags for former service members from the Army, Navy, Air Force
, Marine Corps or Coast Guard.
Allegedly, Hearst referred to them as “dog tags.” A more likely, simpler origin is that
the term came from World War II draftees who felt they were treated worse than dogs
; in protest, they began calling their identification tags “dog tags.”
Today’s identification tags identify vital information about the wearer: name, Social Security number,
blood type
and religious preference.
| first line surname, first name, second initial JONES CLARENCE R | second line army serial number, tetanus immunization , tetanus toxoid, blood type 37337566 T42 43 O | fifth line religion P |
|---|
Check the order of the information on the dog tag. If your dog tag is an authentic U.S. military dog tag, the information should be in the following order:
last name, first name, middle initial, Social Security number, blood type, religion
.
Every officer and enlisted man in the United States Navy will wear a metal identification tag which will bear the wearer’s name, the date of his birth and enlistment, and, in the case of an officer, his rank and date of appointment. On the other side will be etched the fingerprint of his right index finger.
Commander, Air Group
, the informal name for the senior US Navy officer of a carrier air wing.
