![]() Here are examples of dog tags from each military branch for your reference. There may also be tags for Special Forces used by the Special Operations, like the Army Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, Navy Seals, Commandos, etc. Other examples include “Agnostic” and “Atheist”.Īdditionally, the tag can imprint the wearer’s specific military branch, which is one of the five: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. There is no list of “approved” religions, so technically, soldiers can put down any preference they want on the tag. However, today, there is an option for “None”-no religious preference as well. Previously, for “religious preference”, soldiers could only put “Protestant”, “Catholic”, “Hebrew”. Military dog tag information includes the wearer’s name, blood type, social security number (SSN), and religious preference. Nowadays, the tags are “official” and thus, standardized. By the same token, there were no standards on what information was included. ![]() However, at the time, these were not “official” tags. These tags can be traced back to the Civil War when soldiers wrote their basic information on a strip of paper and pinned it onto their uniforms.Īnother reason is that they can be identified just in case they were severely injured or killed. All soldiers are required to wear the tags at all times. They are for identifying the wounded or dead. The more official and formal name for these, however, are identification tags. This name arose as the tags resemble actual tags that dogs wear. What Put on Military Dog Tags (Then & Now)Īs mentioned briefly earlier, the tags that military personnel wear around their necks are called dog tags.
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