Posted on Apr 13, 2015

Is anybody else glad they changed the tattoo rule back?

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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth

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Here is my take on Tatoos...I DON'T GIVE A SNOT!!! They are harmful and are personal to the individual. What in the world do they have to do with readiness and warfighting...here is the answer...absolutely nothing. I personally don't agree with them and won't ever get one because I don't want anything permanent like that on my body...twenty years from now that eagle will become a buzzard and that angel will become a crow...it is a personal choice and not worth spending the millions of dollars we have on telling folks to cover it up or to get them removed or not allowing them to join because more than a 4th of a body part is covered in ink. No telling how many recruits we have lost due to stupid policies. NOW with all that being said I do have an issue with tats that are offensive, sexually, racially, or anything else that could drive a division among the ranks...that does effect readiness, and those should not be allowed or need to be covered or removed. Just my honest opinion.

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A big deal about nothing. MHO I have to smile when I remember an enlisted member in the md 80's who had FY printed out on the part of his hand you can see when rendering a salute. It didn't mean anything back then and it doesn't now. There are more important things to be concerned with.

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LTC Trent Klug

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Here's my problem with tattoos being exposed, especially neck, head, and face ones. They remind of inmates. I see those and I will automatically think the person are a former inmate and I'll have only necessary interactions with that person until they prove me different.

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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth

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LTC Trent Klug - Concur...I agree with the head, neck and face comments.

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SrA Cecelia Eareckson

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LTC Trent Klug - My 71 st birthday to myself was a tattoo of a bow made of chain link on my left cheek. I'm having a ball with it! People want to know what it means, did it hurt, etc. The only ones who seem to be bothered are middle-aged women, probably because they wouldn't dare displease their husbands.

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