"Army identification tags, thought before I came here, they were called dog tags. Every military officer that goes through the training and becomes enlisted earns them. It's both an honor and a reminder that there's a chance you'll be killed in action-KIA we call it."
She pulled the chain from her neck and hand them carefully to Ganieda. On the chain were two silver, metal ID tags, one was attached to a smaller chain on the necklace. On both tags was the following information:
Blade Sonya E. 192-865-0074 A POS Catholic
"What would happen is that if a soldier's killed in battle, the tag on the shorter chain is mailed to the soldier's family while the other is either buried with the body."
She pointed to the tags. "My army serial number and under that is my blood type, if I or any of my men need a blood transfusion, the medics will know if my blood's a match or not."