Where can you get Dogtags(Military dog tags) with your name on them without actually joining the army?
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Tag machines in walmart close enough or try salvation army maybe.
680704
His recruiter should have something like that.  If not, any duty station he is at will have things like that for sale at the PX, have him pick you up one.
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Try your local Army-Navy Surplus store.  or try here:\n\nhttp://www.itsgottago.com/wwii_uniforms.cfm
750886
http://www.military.com/Registration/QuickRegistration\n\n\nSign up here and Good Luck!
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http://www.military.com/ASVAB
583261
The only base close to you would be Fort Leonard Wood, but when I was in Montana years ago (they had no base close to me) I got our ID cards made at the local Army Reserve unit. You should be able to locate one in your area in a phone directory or through a local recruiter. Good luck!
967668
TRY THIS http://army.mil
1036914
http://anysoldier.com they have other links to different branches of the military there too
1005295
As a former US Army officer and having recently returned from working with the troops in Iraq for 18 months I can assure you that every single commissioned officer (and NCO & enlisted member) wears a set of Dog-Tags.\nFor each service they are a little different regarding the information stamped on them.  \n\nUS ARMY tags contain - example\nWilson                     (surname)\nRichard A                (first name, middle initial)\n222-444-5678        (social security number)\nA POS                     (blood type)\nLDS/Mormon          (religious preference)\n\nUS NAVY tags contain - example\nBenson\nRichard J\n23 NOV 1950           (date of birth)\nCommander              (rank)\n18 May 1992             (tetanus shot date)\nAB -                            (blood type)\nCatholic                      (religion)\n\nUS Air Force tags-contains at least, perhaps more\nCampbell\nDavid F\n234-456-1234            (SSN)\nO                                 (blood type)\nLutheran                      (religion)\n\nUS Marine Corp tags contain - example\nTemple\nSteven S\n557-999-0770     B +   (SSN)  (blood type)\nUSMC                  M      (service) (Gas Mask size)\nNone                             (religious preference)\n\nAll military members wear a set of 2 tags.  In the event of death while on duty (killed in action, etc), one tag stays with the soldier, sailor, marine or airman as identification.  The 2nd tag is normally secured by the officer or NCO in charge or on the scene for various administative reasons.  To my knowledge the only service members who do not wear their dog-tags are the special operations people (SF, SEALs, Delta, Rangers) who are out on classified operations.\n\nI hope this information is sufficient to answer your question.
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I haven't found a site that has a really good lookup system yet.  Here are some of the sites that I have found that may help a bit in your search for army serial numbers.\n\nhttp://members.tripod.com/33rdscb/id49.htm\nhttp://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=3360&cat=GP23&bc=sl\nhttp://www.iltrails.org/knox/Military/war_world_2/ww2_enlistment_records.html
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Have you tried contacting the local military base? They may have some "adopt" as solider programs or you may deliver a gift to be donated as part of a larger program. They would love that. A great gift would be an MP3 player.
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E-Bay.  I know alot of former Marines who don't want any further reminder of the military.
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there are public places such as miltary.com where you can search their 'buddy finder' but there is no offical database that the public has access to.  \n\nUnless you are listed on a servicemember's page 2, you are NOT authorized to receive any information about them from the military.
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Check near U.S. military bases
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If that friend has an AKO (Army Knowledge online), try "firstname.lastname@us.army. mil".  You could contact his parents or another relative too (I would hope they know).  \n\nThere used to be such a thing as a "post locator", but you must be a service member or a spouse to use it.
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You have to have been in the military to get a DD 214.  You can't just request one and they give you a blank one.  We already have enough fakers out there.
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The above answer is great.\n\nI would only add the following.\n\nTry military.com and AKO (Army Knowlage Online)\n\nMost troops are registered on both.\n\nGood Luck