Posted on Jun 13, 2017
What do you think about the Army changing the dog tag system?
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For some 40 years, the U.S. military has required all service personnel to wear identity tags, also known as dog tags, which include each soldier’s Social Security Number (SSN).
In the recent years, dog tags provide a name, SSN, blood type and religion. The Army is now changing all of that - check it out: http://rly.pt/2thP6bQ
In the recent years, dog tags provide a name, SSN, blood type and religion. The Army is now changing all of that - check it out: http://rly.pt/2thP6bQ
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Responses: 13
I think it's a great change. It's merely following suit with ID cards. Now, if only the military paperwork will follow suit, as well.
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I had a Service Number instead of SSN on my Dog Tags. Removing the SSN is a step in the right direction.
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Never should have switched from service specific serial numbers in the early 70's. They said that was such a BIG logical thing to do way back then. Ha... guess not. Now I have my DOD ID # on as never to bmy Ret ID cause the SSN that was "never to be used for ID" was used that way by DOD for 40+ years.
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