What is the best and worst military tattoos you've ever seen?

I think mine takes the cake, I got drunk one night and got the Chevy Tattoo on my (L) Forarm lol

Have seen plenty of great military tattoos. However the worst I have seen are military tats on spouses. (IE "Proud Army Wife of -insert name here-" in the typical tramp stamp area)

Sir, I remember a few years back when I was a 1SG at Fort Huachuca. One of my battle buddies had an AIT Soldier in his company who had a scroll that said "Infantry" on his forearm. When my battle asked him if he was prior service, the PVT responded with "no, I couldn't get MOSQd so I had to reclass." He got the tattoo before he washed out...

I have 2 half sleeves (on on each forearm) that I have received quite a lot of compliments on.

My left arm has the Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam carrying the flag and directing WWII dough boys charging into battle (with Captain America) and the NDSM with a star. It signifies my service in the Army as well as giving a shout-out to the Greatest Generation (and because my grandparents served during WWII).

My right army signifies my service in the Navy and is primarily under-sea themed (with the obligatory mermaid and a somewhat hidden Aqua-Man). I have the silhouette of an Aircraft Carrier, the 3-bladed screw for my rate (Machinist's Mate), a dragon curled around a trident, and my Submarine Dolphins.

I might try to post pics at a later date.

Just outside of Ft. Stewart in the Early 80s there was a little tattoo shop. One day a friend an I decided to get us a tattoo, so we bought a case of beer and went to the shop. About an Hr after I got it, I see another friend and decided to show off my new tattoo, My friend looked and asked, What in the Hell is an ARTILARY, I said no no it says ARTILLERY! He laughed and said no it don't........
So on my right arm I have an eagle that says artilary underneath.

I'm just going to focus on the ridiculous tattoos my eyes have seen in the Corps and don't ask me how or why I saw them, they're stories just in itself...

1. Lower back colored tattoo - Luigi having sex with Princess Peach while Toad is recording it and Mario standing off to the side

2. Shoulder tattoo - flaming unicorn

3. Penis tattoo - In bold letters "EAT"

4. Foot tattoo - In bold and in stencil font "DRILL" on top of his left foot symbolizing the Drill Foot

5. Forearm tattoo - In old english "SEMPER FIDEDIS" spell fail

Had to share this one...

http://terminallance.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Strip-21_TATTOO-IMAGE-FILE_small.jpg

Yeah it's a M240 wielding grim reaper being spit out by a fire breathing eagle sitting on a skull with two eagle globe and anchors for eyes and spitting out baby Jesus

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D 1/48th? Those guys just sat in the HMMWVs and got high off the carbon monoxide. D 1/40th is where it's at!

That aside, the worst tattoos are the ones you cannot cover up in business casual.

I had a Soldier get his address tattooed on his forearm. He said that would be so if he got too drunk he could tell the cabbie, "Take me here." I said what happens when you move?

The worst one I have seen was of the 11 th sig patch. Straight out of AIT 25 series was so proud to of gotten to the unit. He went and got the unit patch tattoed, less then six months later he went AWOL cause he hated the unit that much. Lol epic fail.