Marines alter women's uniform policy to cover more tattoos

I feel this is a bad decision! If a male Marine is not allowed have his tattoo extend beyond the shirt sleeve then the female Marines should not be allowed to extend up to high on the neck. We have enough time with equality by giving in just makes it worse.

SGT (Join to see) I'm not against tattoos, I have a number of friends that have chosen to get them, but I wonder how much forethought is being put into the placement of the tattoos. Are they thinking about their future and where they will be going in life?

Many civilian employers have policies against visible tattoos, they don't want those in positions representing the company whether at the front desk or in a company meeting with visible tattoos. This could be that tattoos were once considered to belong exclusively to the counter culture of gangs and groups that operated outside of the social center. This said it doesn't mean that there should be a ban on acquiring one.

In the military the sight of someone sporting a tattoo isn't a big deal and no thought is given to someone's character,n but outside the military it's not the same, forethought about what tattoo someone chooses to have and where it is placed should be considered before committing to one.

As several CPT (Join to see) have mentioned a tat or tats may come back to haunt you at some point in yr life esp if you expect to enter the civilian workforce in some capacity. Somebody should do a 'scientific-type' study to come up with which business sectors, industries, positions, etc are more open and accepting of tats and which ones less so. (eg., Victoria Secret model - No; Fitness trainer - Yes). Every business owner has his/her/their own opinion and a person may be surprised who will accept them and who won't. I have seen a lot trades, mechanics, back-room, shop, warehouse, drivers, fork-lift operators, food service servers, bar tenders, etc who are well tatted up. It's a pretty good thing if your tats are not visible to the public. No one will place a sign 'tattooed people need not apply' in the front window or in their job description. Not many people want to do business with an employee who has 'baby killer' tatted on his/her arm.