Do senior NCOs have to remove old tattoos under the new policy?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:05:27 -0400

I am trying to find out why some people are saying you have to have tattoos removed and why some are saying you don't.

Response by SGM Matthew Quick made Apr 15 at 2014 6:07 PM

SGM Matthew Quick — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:07:28 -0400

Did you read the AR and DA Pam?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 15 at 2014 11:23 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:23:27 -0400

As the MSG said...its in the DA Pam and AR. To save you some time they say (summarized). you have to remove them (at personal cost) if they are extremist, racist, etc... other than that you should be grandfathered in. If you intended to go Warrant or to OCS and they are outside of the new standard you are out of luck.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 17 at 2014 10:59 AM

SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:59:07 -0400

You don't have to have them removed. Your tattoos that are out of regulation will have to be documented and measured. Then they will be uploaded to iperms with photos of your tats along with a memo. Any new tattoo that doesn't follow the regulation will have to be removed.

Response by Diane Stockton made Jun 26 at 2020 5:59 PM

Diane Stockton — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:59:29 -0400

Keep the tattoos