Posted on Nov 25, 2014
Would wearing a dog tag(s) be considered an OPSEC violation?
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SSgt (Join to see), It is definitely not an OPSEC violation, though your dog tags do contain PII with your name and social on them.
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SSgt (Join to see)
PII is a big thing these days and the available training is quite extensive. However, some individuals (who've gone through the training) still "lose" them and if fallen in the wrong hands put their fate (identity) in the hands of others.
Sir, thank you for the response and have a great Thanksgiving holiday.
Sir, thank you for the response and have a great Thanksgiving holiday.
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Capt Richard I P.
SSgt (Join to see) Definitely, I see where you were going with the question with one of your expanded definitions below. I think it properly falls into the PII protection but not necessarily the Operational Security domain.
You have a good thanksgiving as well!
You have a good thanksgiving as well!
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Operational Security violation? Meh - maybe. I know in the past there were times where we had to sanitize ourselves to the point of cross-checking to make sure your battle had any military-related gear with us (down to checking our tighty-whiteys for ID markings). It was a scary thought surrendering that Green ID Card and dog tags before going on mission. But those days were extremely rare.
As mentioned in this thread - I might consider it a PII violation if you're wearing them for a status symbol. As SSgt (Join to see) mentions, there are individuals among us that can and will use any information available for a few bucks. Keeping one's PII under wraps makes sense these days and I suspect will become increasingly more important in the future.
As mentioned in this thread - I might consider it a PII violation if you're wearing them for a status symbol. As SSgt (Join to see) mentions, there are individuals among us that can and will use any information available for a few bucks. Keeping one's PII under wraps makes sense these days and I suspect will become increasingly more important in the future.
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say what?????????????????????????it was part of my uniform the whole time i was in the marine corps army navy and air force...
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SSgt (Join to see)
SSG Pownall,
It seems you were a busy guy back in the day. Yes, it’s a part of the uniform but some individuals like to wear them when not in uniform. I understand why we have them for work/deployment purposes but there is always that risk of losing them. I have dog tags that have my SSN and others with my EDIP but only are used when necessary (field ops/deployments/inspections).
Thank you for the response.
It seems you were a busy guy back in the day. Yes, it’s a part of the uniform but some individuals like to wear them when not in uniform. I understand why we have them for work/deployment purposes but there is always that risk of losing them. I have dog tags that have my SSN and others with my EDIP but only are used when necessary (field ops/deployments/inspections).
Thank you for the response.
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SSgt (Join to see) thank you for informing those of us who have been out a while. The times have certainly changed. Sad that this has to be an issue but an unfortunate reality.
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