Editorial: Woman veteran has created new dog tag

Anyone who has ever served in the military has worn what are called dog tags. They are small thin metal plates on chains worn around servicemen and women’s necks to help identify them if they are killed or wounded during battle. The dog tags have the name of the person wearing them, their branch of service and their blood type. However, a Detroit woman veteran has created a new dog tag. It says, “Millions of women have served this country. I am one.” Alexis Derriso is the woman who created the new dog tags. She enlisted in the U.S. Army as a 19-year-old in 1980, following a father and brother who had served in the military. Derriso’s nonprofit is selling the dog tags to raise funds for a Detroit-area homeless shelter for female veterans and their children. The tags can be purchased for $15 from the organization’s website. So far, about 2,000 have been sold, but the goal is to sell 1 million, Derriso said. The Associated Press reported that women have a long history in the U.S.

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