Dog tags are an essential piece of military equipment to identify fallen servicemembers. Here's a brief history of their implementation.

My best friend recently got a brand new necklace and pendant. OK…she’s my dog…and she got a new collar and dog tag. But it made me wonder…where are MY dog (identification) tags? We all received them ...

Dan O'Sullivan, a Navy veteran, was determined to find the Cox family after finding the tags in a market in the Solomon Islands.

The Brisbane detectorist has reunited a US family with their relatives dog tags. Now he's appealing to Sydney to locate an Australian ex-servicemen's descendants.

Dog tags have a long history in the U.S. military, and during World War II they included a notch at one end. It was there for a very practical reason.

Australian Army Sapper Flynn Skerke-Erwin, of the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, with trainee explosive-detection dog Joey. Picture: WO2 Max Bree ...

The Australian army thinks the solution is mind control. Its soldiers recently used “telepathy” to guide a robot dog on a simulated patrol as part of two successful demonstrations.

If this were a movie, the poster would show a barely readable dog tag that was carried into battle by Ward Lee Sage.

How will militaries of the future control robot troops on battlefields where communication is vulnerable to gunfire and explosions? The Australian army thinks the solution is mind control. Its ...