You can also design your tags without a template or use our pen and paper mail fax order form or just send us an email with a photo of the original dog tags.
Army dog tags regulation.
Last name first name middle initial service number or.
Regulations also state that army tags will be 2 long 1 1 8 wide and 016.
Dodi 1000 30 august 1 2012.
Conaton under secretary of defense for.
Dog tags get first update in 40 years.
It is a requirement for each military member to be issued an identification tag when enlisted or appointed.
Customized tag inscription uses up to 5 lines with 16 characters per line.
In addition for those soldiers with serious allergies or who wear contact lens a red medical warning tag must be issued.
This pamphlet prescribes procedural guidance for the issuance of identification id tags to personnel of the united states army army national guard army national guard of the united states and united states army reserve soldier department of the army da civilians overseas and other authorized civilian personnel.
Enter your info into the form below to easily create replica army dog tags 1968 1969 vietnam war era you can often find this information on dd 214 discharge papers.
They are the first ones that need to have the new id tags the removal of the social security number from id tags is one of the ways the army is.
As such they have information about the personnel written on them and convey essential basic medical information such as their blood type and history of inoculations they often indicate religious preference as well.
Dog tags also make excellent medical id tags or medical identification tags medical alert tags diabetic id tags luggage id tags pet id tags cat id tags and dog id tags.
To assist with making replica regulation army dog tags we have created a template that automatically formats the information to the era specific layout.
Change 1 04 15 2020 3 9 effective date.
Regulations state that army id dog tags will be worn by each member of the army of the united states at all times while in the field when engaged in field training when traveling in aircraft or when outside the continental united states except in alaska and hawaii.
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The tags primary use is for the identification of casualties.
Identification tag dog tag 1.
Dog tags have their origin in the civil war but only unofficially.
Soldiers at that time would often write basic information about themselves on a piece of paper and pin it to their uniform in.
Alternatively if you have the original dog tags in hand it may be easier to just recreate them directly on the dog tag maker page or just email us us a photo of them and we can do it for you.
