Do you wear your dog tags?

Does a soldier who is deployed an is going on leave. Does he have to turn in his dog tags an military id

Yes I've always worn my dog tags. through basic and deployment, but theirs something strange about them. Mine are black and yes they are the originals, every time i take them off i cant really think or act normally so i guess its like a security thing. but I've found a way to help solve the chain problem. take 550 cord and run the chain through it, i find its more comfortable and its quite though the jingling gets to me ever now and then. but every time i look at them i can hear the sounds of the battlefield, and remember this is me. this is what i fought for and why i still wear them.

Now that I'm out I don't, and for two reasons. In my mind they are specifically a part of a military uniform, and they also have my SSN on them. Over the years I've toyed with the idea of having a set made with just my last four instead to wear for whatever reason, but never got around to it.

When I was in, though, I wore them every day. Always around my neck up until some point in my second deployment when I started looping them around a belt loop and putting them in my pocket. The reason for that was two-fold: Safety when working on vehicles and (for better or worse) personal comfort as having the chain driven in to my neck by my body armor was rather unpleasant.

Back in garrison, though, I returned to wearing them around my neck except when PMCS'ing vehicles.

I lost mine right after basic. My ex stole them. That was over 31 years ago.

I have one dog tag on the keys to the Harley.........

I wear mine daily as I travel a lot and I feel at ease to have them on me at all times; however, I haven't found anything on AR 670-1 that mentions wearing them while in civilian clothing. I'm in the ARNG so I'm not on active duty at all times. So my question is, can I wear my ID tags on a daily basis and is there anything in AR 670-1 that would suggest otherwise?

When I came through basic training, it was pressed into our consciousness that until told otherwise, our dog tags were a part of our bodies. Has that changed?

Every day.

Yes I have mine just in case General Neller calls me back I have it & be ready to go...

I carry one of my Dog Tags on my key chain... In case the Marines call me back , cough, cough.. No seriously it has my religion and blood type if it is needed ..