- Write on a piece of paper where you found the tags, the date you found the tags, your full name and contact information.
- Place the letter and dog tags into an envelope.
- Seal the envelope and address it to the Secretary of Defense.
Civilians can legally wear dog tags. Yet, attempting to use the dog tags for personal gain may be considered an act of stolen valor, which is a punishable offense.
Some veterans and active military members may consider it disrespectful, while others do not care
.
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.
Targeting civilians, torturing prisoners of war and stealing dog tags are all
illegal actions that have been used in games without penalty
.
The beads allow for keeping track of time, including hours of a day and days of a year.
Soldiers taken prisoner of war typically are allowed to keep their dog tags, although that may not always be the case.
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
.
Today's identification tags identify vital information about the wearer:
name, Social Security number, blood type and religious preference
. During World War II there were only three religious categories that could be put on dog tags: P for Protestant, C for Catholic and H for Hebrew (Jewish).
Why do soldiers wear their uniforms in public?
Soldiers wear uniforms
to increase identification with their fellow soldiers and their mission
. Their uniforms also provide important protection and, sometimes, camouflage to help them do their jobs.
Do you salute a petty officer?
Do not salute noncommissioned officers or petty officers
. One of the most important of military courtesies is the salute. It is a respectful greeting, a sign of recognition between military persons.
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.
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
.
Dog Tags are ideal for Police Officers
, SWAT Teams, Firefighters, Paramedics, EMTs, Search and Rescue, Disaster Response Teams, Public Works, and other trained professionals.
Bright RED Dog Tags
to help signal to emergency personnel that you have drug Allergies or Medical Conditions
.
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
.
What is the Air Force Dog Tags format? Our replica Air Force Dog Tags have Embossed (raised) text on a 2′′ x 11⁄8” dull stainless steel Dog Tag, rolled edge up, hole on left with the suggested regulation format:
[Last Name], [First Name] [Initial] [First Name] [Initial]
.
What's the deal here? In WW2, or in war in general there's been many times where soldiers takes stuff such as dogtags, flags, decorations etc just
to display what they have achieved
. Even personal belonging have been taken from wars across the time.
Upon death,
the identification tag on the shorter chain was placed around the toe of the deceased
, thus the nickname “toe tag” was given to this identification tag. The other dog tag was to either remain with the deceased or collected, as time permitted, by survivors to report back the name of the deceased.
Military dog tag information includes
the wearer's name, blood type, social security number (SSN), and religious preference
. Previously, for “religious preference”, soldiers could only put “Protestant”, “Catholic”, “Hebrew”.
The next rumor is tied in with prisoners of war. Facts are few and far between on this particular piece of folklore, but it is said that “official” issued dogs tags are attached to a 365-bead chain for the first tag and a 52-bead chain for the secondary one. These numbers
represent the days and weeks in a year
.
This order stated: Hereafter
identification tags will be issued to all officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps
. They will always be worn when engaged in field service, and at all other times they will either be worn, or kept in the possession of the owner.
Does the military still use flamethrowers?
Flamethrowers have not been in the U.S. arsenal since 1978, when the Department of Defense unilaterally stopped using them
— the last American infantry flamethrower was the Vietnam-era M9-7. They have been deemed of questionable effectiveness in modern combat.
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.
Fly,
you're required to have dog tags
, just like you're required to have your pubs checked and the “right” kind of boots. However, depending on who does your actual Natops check, none of that may actually be checked.
