Marines Considering Changes to Tattoo Policy

If I'm not mistaken, the Army used to be super strict with tattoos.

Now you can have as many as you want, just as long as it doesn't go past your wrist or t shirt collar.

Regulations like these were always silly to me. The Army changed it (again correct me if I'm wrong) because it was barring too many people from enlisting.

Tons of people in my batallion have tattoos, and lots of them are visible in PT's.

Now, I have two, but they're both hidden by a t shirt.

Long rant just to say: Tons of people have tattoos, and there's not really a stigma around them like there used to be. I think they should loosen up regs for the marines.
 
Eh, when that day comes I'm going all in on tattoo removal. Way too many bad tattoos out there, slowly stretching across paunchy middle aged folks that are going to finally get sick of it and make a few calls.

On the other hand truckers get to see America instead of the lower backs of Americans with poor judgement. We'll have to see how it looks when the time comes.
 
"...Way too many bad tattoos out there..."

TRUE STORY

CinC House (she won't see this so I can say that :biggrin:) is a corporate executive at a global semiconductor company. She had her Hong Kong manager here for a visit a few years ago. It was July in AZ... We took him to the fancy mall in Snottsdale and everyone was in AZ summer attire (shorts and T's). He saw a young lady walk by...shorty shorts, tube top...and a beautiful tattoo in Chinese characters.

He looks at me and asks about that tattoo. I said, "it's beautiful calligraphy and probably means peace, or harmony, or joy, or something like that."

That's when he gave me the look. "Uh, Steve, that's not what it means." So I asked.

"There's no literal translation in English...it describes the fragrance/aroma of a pile of putrid, rotting fish."

The next stop was a tattoo shop so he could check out their "Chinese Tattoo's" and he explained how half of them were NOT something you'd want on your skin.
 
flieger83 said:
"...Way too many bad tattoos out there..."

TRUE STORY

CinC House (she won't see this so I can say that :biggrin:) is a corporate executive at a global semiconductor company. She had her Hong Kong manager here for a visit a few years ago. It was July in AZ... We took him to the fancy mall in Snottsdale and everyone was in AZ summer attire (shorts and T's). He saw a young lady walk by...shorty shorts, tube top...and a beautiful tattoo in Chinese characters.

He looks at me and asks about that tattoo. I said, "it's beautiful calligraphy and probably means peace, or harmony, or joy, or something like that."

That's when he gave me the look. "Uh, Steve, that's not what it means." So I asked.

"There's no literal translation in English...it describes the fragrance/aroma of a pile of putrid, rotting fish."

The next stop was a tattoo shop so he could check out their "Chinese Tattoo's" and he explained how half of them were NOT something you'd want on your skin.
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It's actually sad, since those tattoos are not limited to tube topped girls in shopping malls and juiced boys at the gym. They are on US service members.

I am imagining a bulked up Ivan at the gym in Nizhny Novgorod, squatting 250 lbs--okay they use kilos--105 kilos with a tattoo across his lats that says "dumba$$".
 
A few months ago my son drove down to MCRD to promote one of his former platoon commanders to captain. The new captain told him that lots of generals and colonels are walking around so wear a t-shirt and get a haircut. DS told him he'll get one or the other but not both. He ended up getting the haircut.
 
Devil Doc said:
A few months ago my son drove down to MCRD to promote one of his former platoon commanders to captain. The new captain told him that lots of generals and colonels are walking around so wear a t-shirt and get a haircut. DS told him he'll get one or the other but not both. He ended up getting the haircut.
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A chip off the ol’ Doc. 😏
 
cb7893 said:
It's actually sad, since those tattoos are not limited to tube topped girls in shopping malls and juiced boys at the gym. They are on US service members.

I am imagining a bulked up Ivan at the gym in Nizhny Novgorod, squatting 250 lbs--okay they use kilos--105 kilos with a tattoo across his lats that says "dumba$$".
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250? = Backhanded slap to the bulked up Russians there…
 
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