The current reg is tats cannot be visible in uniform.
A small cherry on the hand on the fore arm with stars comes down to the question of it is visible in uniform.
The cherry on the hand is, the stars may not be.
I am still going to say your posts are contradictory.
SagenZolanski said:
thank you that was the main point for this post about if i'd be push back to MS 101.
and its not really a tattoo issue because i am getting it removed, it was on my hand nothing offensive, sexist, or gang related. it was just a little cherry. and the other was on my left forearm and its stars that wrap around the top and bottom. i just wanted a general answer on the possibility of tattoo waivers thats why i didn't mention "what and where".
SagenZolanski said:
the army offers a specific MOS that i want, but i want to be in the air force.
If your main post is about being pushed back as an AFROTC cadet converting over as an AROTC cadet the tat should never have been an issue. IF THE AF DOES NOT OFFER THAT MOS AND THE ARMY DOES, there would never have been a need to create a thread about SFT and waivers.
It would not be in the equation since you SFT is AF, and you would not be in AFROTC. You wouldn't ask if the AF would waive it.
Please do not think I am being harsh or riding you hard. I am saying that from your posts you are flip flopping. I get the belief you want to serve this great nation in the military, but I am also getting that the AF is saying no for the waiver of the tat and you want to find another branch.
If you truly want a specific MOC that the Army has and the AF doesn't, the tat thread you created is a non-issue. Leave AFROTC now, go into AROTC, and create a thread that is about chancing your ability for the MOS as a cadet that was AFROTC as a freshman. Flame me, but what on green earth does tats and SFT have to do with the AF not offering an MOS that the Army does?
You are new to the system, and you are not behind the power curve for AROTC. Behind would = 2.5 gpa after 1st semester.
Tats are very common for your generation, but in the military they have become taboo. 10 yrs ago you could have them anywhere on your body, now, they cannot be visible in uniform. That leads me back to
SagenZolanski said:
the other was on my left forearm and its stars that [/i]wrap around the top and bottom.[/i]
Forearm means you can't wear ss shirts, and that would be a waiver issue since it would be exposed.
Check with AROTC to see if they will waive you.
As Jcleppe stated his DS has a tat, our DD has 1(not ROTC), but both have them in places that is hidden even in PT attire. Yours is not.
I always get astounded by ROTC cadets and the tat question. Legally you cannot get a tat until you are 18 without adult consent. You are in HS as an 18 yo, this poster is a C100 (freshman). I personally cannot wrap my cranium around an ROTC cadet getting a tat prior to attending college knowing they will go ROTC in a visible location.
Lasering the tat off is more painful than having it done.
Please, someone explain the thought process.
I am not being antagonistic or rude, I am being honest. Why on earth would you tat yourself knowing the regs of the military?
Again, in VA and NC you must be 18 to do it without parental consent. That means for most as a hs student you already have your college career path done. Wasn't ROTC on your horizon as a sr in hs?
I truly mean this as a growth issue for me, so I can get "it".