Posted on Jun 8, 2015
Full sleeve tattoos, are you for or against all military personnel being "allowed" to have them?
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I know I recently asked a question about if anyone thinks the Air Force will officially allow full sleeves, but with this I just want the opinions of y'all. From what I have been told, in the AF at least, we can get away with having full sleeves but aren't technically "allowed" to have them. What do y'all think? Should the service members of every branch be fully allowed to have full sleeves or not? Comments as to why or why not would be greatly appreciated also.
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Another positive thing about tattoos, if all tattoos are documented in your service file, they can be used as identification of your body if you are killed in combat and your dog tags are missing.
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SA Harold Hansmann
Do you think Uncle Sam has everyone's DNA on file?
I, personally, don't think they do. That would be a major expense to catalog everyone's DNA for their files.
I, personally, don't think they do. That would be a major expense to catalog everyone's DNA for their files.
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I see no problem with tats. They've been a tradition in the Navy since Noah was a mess crank.
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The army already had rules governing tattoos. Not bellow the wrist or above the neck that could be seen above the collar of your shirt. If you had tats that could be seen when wearing pt's or short sleeve dress shirt then they needed to be in good taste (no naked ladies, raise stuff, etc.). Those rules were good enough and the only reason anyone tried to change them is because one, they have to leave their mark somehow so they feel importantant. And two, I think it was a way to kick out all the crap sacks that came in during the troop surge that should never have been allowed in in the first place. So yeah, sleeves should be allowed. And the ay will loose a lot of good soldiers if they keep messing with this tattoo nonsense, not to mention all the good recruits that won't come in if they try messing with the tattoo regs again.
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The old standard was no tattoos below the elbow/visible in the Class B shirt. or above the collar bone and visible on the neck. I think you could do what ever you wanted with your legs as long as it was tasteful and not offensive.
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I heard they changed this recently to allow one ring tattoo per hand. That's what my wife was told anyway.
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