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Religious Preference
. PROTESTANT.
What is the fallen soldier dog tag?
There’s a Rambo POW dog tags,
representing a Fallen Soldier
, at every Survival Camp when each game starts (confusingly the challenge calls them Rambo POW dog tags while the in-game item appears as Fallen Soldier Tags). However, they can only be collected once.
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
.
Considerable technological advances have come along since Vietnam, including the ability to use DNA to identify remains. But despite these advancements,
dog tags are still issued to service members today
.
The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Bible verses from being produced on dog tags for U.S. soldiers
. Shields of Strength, a private business that has produced more than 4 million faith-based dog tags, can no longer produce the tags after the Marine Corps Trademark Licensing Office pulled its trademark license.
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
.
Bright RED Dog Tags
to help signal to emergency personnel that you have drug Allergies or Medical Conditions
.
| 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 |
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Every military personnel gets issued two dog tags, one with a short chain and one with a long chain. The reasons for having those different chain lengths is significant.
After a soldier is killed in battle, fellow soldiers or officers can use the two tags to mark the body.
Rambo POW Dog Tags
can be found at Survival Camps across the map
. These camps replace various normal campsites throughout Verdansk and are an homage to Rambo: First Blood Part 2. Each camp contains one Fallen Soldier Tag, and you need three in total to complete the challenge.
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
.
By the beginning of World War I, the “dog tag” as we know it began to take shape. Soldiers deploying to fight in the trenches of WWI were given two coin-like metal discs, each marked with their name. They wore them into combat and, if they were killed, one coin stayed on their remains.
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
.
Its function was
to transfer the wounded soldier’s identification information directly from his dog tags to his medical records
(see above graphic). The notch in the dog tag would align and hold the tag securely in the “Addressograph”.
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
.
Army format tags are formally issued to personnel of the U.S. Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Department of the Army (DA) civilians overseas, and other authorized civilian personnel
.
- 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.
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.
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]
.
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”.
