Identification braclets

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 09:46:47 -0400

I am glad to see many of the changes in the newest 670-1. The one that I was relieved to see was about the ID braclets. After more than the last decade of war, so many of us have served with people that have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Up until this change the old reg stated that the only ID braclets that were authorized were medical alert and POW/MIA. Those that were wearing the KIA braclets in the honor of our brothers and sisters were wrong.

Here is the new part:

Soldiers may wear a wristwatch, a wrist identification bracelet, and a total of two rings (a wedding set is

considered one ring) with Army uniforms, unless prohibited by the commander for safety or health reasons. Any

jewelry worn by Soldiers while in uniform, or in civilian clothes on duty, must be conservative. Identification bracelets

are limited to the following: medical alert bracelets, missing in action, prisoner of war, or killed in action (black or

silver in color only) bracelets. Soldiers are only authorized to wear one item on each wrist while in uniform, or in

civilian clothes on duty.

And here was the old reg:

Identification bracelets are limited to medical alert

bracelets and MIA/POW identification bracelets. Soldiers may wear only one item on each wrist.

Response by SFC Kayla Sondrol made Apr 2 at 2014 9:48 AM

SFC Kayla Sondrol — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 09:48:39 -0400

I am glad for this change too, but despite this positive change I always wore it even when it wasn't authorized, and I am sure many others did too.

Response by 1SG Mike Case made Apr 2 at 2014 9:56 AM

1SG Mike Case — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 09:56:40 -0400

You can google it, but there was an ALARACT message, ALARACT 140/2007, that authorized the wear of KIA/MIA bracelets.