Regulation Military Dog Tag formats

• Surname, first name, middle initial
• Social Security number, followed by "AF" indicating branch of service
• Blood Group
• "blank"
• Religion (or "No Preference" if none)

• Surname
• First name and middle initial
• Social Security number, followed by "AF" indicating branch of service
• Blood Group
• Religion (or "No Preference" if none)

• Surname
• First and middle initials, blood group
• Social Security number with no dashes and no spaces
• Branch ("USMC"), Gas mask size (S-small, M-medium, L-large)
• Religious preference (or "No Preference"), or medical allergy if red medical tag

• Surname, first name, middle initial
• Social Security number with no dashes or spaces followed immediately by "USN", space, blood group
• "blank"
• Religion (or "No Preference" if none)

• Surname
• First name, middle initial
• Social Security number
• Blood type
• Religion

• Surname, first name, middle initial
• Social Security number, no dashes or spaces, followed immediately by branch (i.e., 123456789 USCG)
• Blood group
• "blank"
• Religion

The above information was taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_tag. If any of this information is found to be incorrect or not the proper regulation format, please contact us at: DogTags@mindspring.com. This is being provided as general information and not as authorized military protocol or offical military information.