Army doesn't put mask sizes on dog tags now. I'm not really sure they'd have the time to go searching for a spare mask in such a situation anyway (usually you've got a few seconds to don and clear and then shimmy into your MOPP/JSLIST suits as fast as humanly possible - read: not typically fast enough to avoid nerve agent contamination - and they're issued out to soldiers individually), but I guess it's more of a just-in-case thing. would kinda suck to be on morphine and blazed outta your mind, on your way to a cozy rear-rear hospital bed, and then die because of a freak coincidence like that. The only situation I can see the size of the soldier's mask being relevant on dog tags is if the soldier is wounded or incapacitated but not killed and an NBC/CBNRD attack occurs while the soldier is being evacuated. M40 Protective Masks come in Small, Medium and Large. A gas mask alone won't save you from mustard gas. As for its purpose, I have no firsthand experience but have heard stories similar to what was above along with fitting incapacitated comrades and making issue easier. Biggest myth amongst West Coast Marines (where females are not trained) is that the standard "M" means male. We have our gas mask size stamped on our dog tags. PennyGWoods 11:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC) Reply If someone just lobbed a mustard gas grendade into your trench, and you've lost your gasmask, I'm guessing you'd check nearby allies for a replacement - and seeing as a size difference of even one size could be fatal, it would be fairly important you get it right. Army, and we didn't have a gas mask size - what would it matter if you're dead? Mine specifically had: last name, first name, social, DOB, blood type and religion (possibly not in that order). You take one tag and leave the other that is all. t 16:30, 18 March 2010 (UTC) Reply Ī old story but untrue, in the US millitary you were never told to place the dog tag between the teeth of a deceased soldier.Maybe a dentist or orthodontist can weigh in with plausibility. I always assumed this meant a new or existing gap between the upper incisors was exploited, but that's guesswork. The version i heard, IIRC from a history teacher who was an American WWII vet, was a little more detailed than the above, leading me to infer the following: place the tag with the notch positioned against the notch between the biting edges of the two front upper incisors position the opposite short edge against the lower incisors kick the point of the jaw, with the intent to have the tag secured by the upper teeth.
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