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What does it mean when someone gives you their dog tags?
Dog tags are uniform items covered by military regulations. They must be issued by a specific office in the military and they must carry certain vital information about the person such as SSN, religion, and name. They are meant to identify Soldiers who are killed and whose body has been damaged beyond recognition.
The identification tag for officers and enlisted men of the Navy consists of an oval plate of monel metal, 1.25 by 1.50 inches, perforated at one end and suspended from the neck by a monel wire incased in a cotton sleeve. The tag has on one side the etched fingerprint of the right index finger.
For the United States Army, in 1940, the circular Aluminum hand stamped WWI era dog tag was replaced by the more oval shape used by the military of today. … The oval tags used during World War II were stamped by a machine and had a rectangular shape with round ends and a notch on one side.
Very few office shredders are appropriate for dog tag shredding, which is why SEM has introduced the IDShred product line. These three machines, which consist of the Model 0201, DS-400, and 1012/5 Disintegrator, offer three different solutions for destroying IDs with Personally Identifiable Information (PII) like dog tags, licenses, credit cards, CAC IDs, and more.
With the announcement by the Army that they will stop putting social security numbers (SSNs) on dog tags, the question comes up – how can we get rid of the older ones that have SSNs on them?
Modern paper shredders typically use rubber belts and plastic gears as a drive system. Paired with sensors and electronic controls, they are reliable and cost effective for paper document and optical media shredders. For metal items, like dog tags, metal credit cards, and license plates, something much more rugged is called for.
SEM Model DS-400 Disintegrator: CAC IDs, licenses, plastic and metal credit cards, badges and dog tags at low volume for an office space or open area.
Shredders are optimized to destroy specific materials, like paper, optical media, or rotational hard drives. Metal items, especially in large quantities, were never part of shredders initial design. Metals put significant strain on the cutters in a shredder, and are highly abrasive. The hardness of metals also means high stress on the drive mechanisms that turn the cutters, since they lack the flexibility of paper or the fracturing quality of plastics.