Posted on Nov 22, 2014
TSgt Joshua Copeland
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Do you wear your dog tags daily? Only when your deployed? Only since you got out?

In my own service it is unusual for SM's to wear their's daily. Often they are kept in the mobility folder.
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Lt Col Instructor Navigator
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Pretty much only when I'm directed to. Deployed, I had one laced into my boot.
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SPC David S.
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I should as it shows blood type which the Illinois driver's license does not. It could speed up the process in the ER if needed, but then again I would bet they test blood type even when known.
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CSM Command Sergeant Major
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I wear Identification Tags. Not trying to be sarcastic, just a big believer in identifying things by their actual name.
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TSgt Joshua Copeland
TSgt Joshua Copeland
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CSM (Join to see), the AFI that covers them refers to them as Identification Tags, however most reporting instructions and Mobility Folders say Dog Tags.
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SPC Christopher Smith
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I only wear my tags while in the work uniform, excluding the pt uniform. I wear them around a belt loop and in my pocket. I do not like them around my neck because they can easily become a choking hazard. In civilian attire they are an automatic target for questioning, or just for identification. Should you lose them in public as well, it is all too easy to steal someones identity.
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SFC Intelligence Analyst
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Every day except during PT
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SSG John Erny
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Not since I took off my uniform for the last time. That was hard by the way.
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Capt Flight Nurse
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It was odd to me when I came over to the AF to see that they were kept in a mobility folder... As a Marine, we wore them all the time in uniform. I still wear mine all the time in uniform, but I do not wear them in civilian status or clothing.
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MSG(P) Talent Acquisition Lead
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Yes. All day, Every Day without fail.
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SSG Visual Information Equipment Operator/Maintainer
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While I'm still in I wear them daily, even when I get out I may still wear them just out of habit.
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CPT Customer Service
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Does it count if they are looped around a belt loop and stuck into my pocket?

1. I dont like my skin turning green
2. Never fails they break when doing the most silly things. Like, sitting. How that works, IDK.
3. The clinking gets on my nerves.

So, into the pocket they go.
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TSgt Joshua Copeland
TSgt Joshua Copeland
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It counts in my book
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