There are many places that will make custom dog tags
. You can find them on many military installations, military surplus stores, or at dozens of online stores, including USAMilitaryMedals.com.
Dog tag sets produced by
LogoTags, a division of Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., Inc
. Sole manufacturer of dog tag chains for the United States Military. Our custom embossed text military dog tags are the classic style dog tags with five lines of text stamped into a rolled-edge stainless steel tag.
There are specialized machines that are required for the manufacture of these tags. That machine is called a dog tags embosser. First of all,
a sheet of metal is cut into the desired dimensions. Then, it is fed into the dog tag embosser in order to emboss the required details
.
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 World War II, military ID tags were considered an official part of the uniform and had evolved into the uniform size and shape they are today — a rounded rectangle made of
nickel-copper alloy
.
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
.
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
.
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).
How much is it to make a custom dog tag?
As low as $0.38 per dog tag
! These anodized aluminum dog tags come in multiple colors. Your design is laser engraved on the dog tag, creating a beautiful and durable no color imprint. As low as $0.41 per dog tag!
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.
- 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.
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
.
123-45-6789. Blood Type. A POS.
Religious Preference
. PROTESTANT.
MARINE CORPS IDENTIFICATION TAGS. Identification tags, more commonly known as dog tags,
have been used by the Marine Corps since 1916
. They serve to identify Marines who fall in battle and secure a suitable burial for them.
The black dog tag was first used by the military personnel. It was
used as identification for the military personnel
. It is similar to dog tags which are placed on dogs to be able to identify them, if they get lost or killed.
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.
(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).
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.
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]
.
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.
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”.
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
.
