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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SFC Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist
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Not because I don't want to, or because I don't care about regulation, but because the chain we wear them with lasts about a week before it breaks and is too small to get around my neck. They are in the cup holder of my car for the random inspections and PII.
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SFC Counterintelligence (CI) Agent
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My pocket count?
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TSgt Joshua Copeland
TSgt Joshua Copeland
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to me it does.
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1SG Michael Blount
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And I have my Drill Sergeants show me theirs. If Privates are required to wear them, so does cadre. Real simple.
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GySgt Infantry Unit Leader
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One in my left boot and two around my neck. BN policy...
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TSgt Cable &Amp; Antenna Operations Supervisor
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Sadly I do not. But it's mostly due to the nature of being a Cable Dawg and AFI 91-203.

Can't wear them in a manhole

Can't wear them while climbing a tower or pole

Can't wear them by energized equipment

Can't wear them by machinery with moving parts that they could get caught in

So that pretty much leaves wearing them at other times and taking them off to do actual work, which just presents the chance to forget to take them off and get messed up.
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Capt Jeff S.
Capt Jeff S.
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Same goes for the wedding ring...
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LTC Student
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Usually around my neck while deployed and on my righthand beltloop while home.
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SFC Platoon Sergeant
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I only wear them while in uniform and around a belt loop and tucked in my pocket.
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MSgt Tricare Oerations And Patient Administration Flight Chief
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I don't wear them, but I still have the originals from basic training. I don't wear them because I am not going into combat, and I don't consider them fashionable, considering current events.
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For me its a 50-50 I look at them and say I need to put them on in the morning sometimes it works sometimes it does not.
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SPC John Decker
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I lost one of them many years ago. The one I have is on my key ring and has been for almost 25 years now.
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