ID tag chain covers? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I was active duty back in the 90s it was common practice to hollow out a piece of 550 cord and thread your dog tag chain through it. When I came back on duty in 2008 for OCS, one of the TACs "counselled" a candidate for having the plastic sleeve around their tag chain, saying the chain was designed to break to keep an opponent from using it to choke. <br />So my question is, do you use a cover or not? I still have the covered chain on my original set of tags, but don't use it. Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:58:26 -0400 ID tag chain covers? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I was active duty back in the 90s it was common practice to hollow out a piece of 550 cord and thread your dog tag chain through it. When I came back on duty in 2008 for OCS, one of the TACs "counselled" a candidate for having the plastic sleeve around their tag chain, saying the chain was designed to break to keep an opponent from using it to choke. <br />So my question is, do you use a cover or not? I still have the covered chain on my original set of tags, but don't use it. SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:58:26 -0400 2014-07-22T13:58:26-04:00 Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 22 at 2014 2:00 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers?n=183857&urlhash=183857 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't have mine covered. I find it pointless. 1SG Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:00:20 -0400 2014-07-22T14:00:20-04:00 Response by MSG Wade Huffman made Jul 22 at 2014 2:02 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers?n=183859&urlhash=183859 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I never kept the chain covered. I did use the rubber 'silencers' that went around the outside of the tags, but that was it. MSG Wade Huffman Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:02:51 -0400 2014-07-22T14:02:51-04:00 Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made Jul 22 at 2014 2:04 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers?n=183861&urlhash=183861 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I always had mine covered, the 550-cord kept the chain from pulling my chest hairs out, laugh all ya'll want, that shit hurts!!! SFC William Swartz Jr Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:04:40 -0400 2014-07-22T14:04:40-04:00 Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Jul 22 at 2014 2:49 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers?n=183896&urlhash=183896 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I covered mine both ways for the same reason as <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="8144" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/8144-sfc-william-swartz-jr">SFC William Swartz Jr</a> Too damn funny! There is hardly enough "covering" be it plastic or 550 cord shell to grab onto with one's bare hands to effectively choke someone, even a person with a smaller neck. Since the chain is not fully enclosed, the chain would break as designed upon being grabbed or in a struggle if the perpetrator were solely grabbing at the covered chain. <br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_is_an_official_military_dog_tag_chain">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_is_an_official_military_dog_tag_chain</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/001/733/qrc/default-topic.jpg?1443019937"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_is_an_official_military_dog_tag_chain">How long is an official military dog tag chain</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Standard US military dog tags are issued with one 2.5 mm, 24-inch neck chain and one 2.5 mm, 4-inch chain.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:49:48 -0400 2014-07-22T14:49:48-04:00 Response by SFC Stephen Carden made Jul 22 at 2014 2:55 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers?n=183899&urlhash=183899 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never heard that one about the ID tag chain being designed to break so you don't get choked out. I always thought it was designed like that so if it DID break, you could just refasten it on the next bead. Sounds like some made up TAC crap to me. I used to cover mine with 550 because when I was a young trooper I thought it made me look more tactical and salty (to borrow a Navy term). Nowadays, I just stick them around my belt loop and keep them in my pocket unless I am on a jump, in flight, deployed, or in the field. Meh......whatever. SFC Stephen Carden Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:55:57 -0400 2014-07-22T14:55:57-04:00 Response by SSG John Bacon made Jul 22 at 2014 4:02 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers?n=183957&urlhash=183957 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yep gutted 550 cord on mine but mostly because the body armor we wore tended to press the chain into your neck. I really couldn't see anyone choking you out with it though because the chain will still break if tugged on. SSG John Bacon Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:02:42 -0400 2014-07-22T16:02:42-04:00 Response by CMDCM Gene Treants made Jul 22 at 2014 8:25 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers?n=184097&urlhash=184097 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I used Shrink Wrap or Plastic. As an Electronics Tech, having my tags on a metal chain drop out on a live electrical circuit was electrifying and frightening. Rubber Silencers alone just did not cut it. CMDCM Gene Treants Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:25:40 -0400 2014-07-22T20:25:40-04:00 Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 8 at 2019 4:30 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/id-tag-chain-covers?n=4895645&urlhash=4895645 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;ve used the 550 cord method since AIT without issue. But I haven&#39;t heard of a regulation stating it cannot be covered. If it&#39;s fed through the hollowed 550 cord and scorched to keep place I see no reason to why it still cannot be broken if pulled firmly. SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:30:32 -0400 2019-08-08T16:30:32-04:00 2014-07-22T13:58:26-04:00