The Army and tattoos
Last year the Army changed regulations keeping potentially qualified people from entering the Army. The Army now allows tattoos on the back of the neck and hands as long as they aren’t extremist, indecent, sexist or racist. All tattoos and branding is prohibited on the face and head except in the case of permanent make-up. The Army made these changes because they realized that the number of young people getting tattoos was on the rise. 30% of Americans ages 25 to are tattooed.
To me its funny, weren’t Navy Sailors always getting tattoos? My grandfather was in the Navy and he had a topless hula girl. Talk about sexist. Also in the article it mentioned that even though they have confidence in their soldiers to make the right decisions they should talk to their commanding officer if the have any questions regarding tattoo issues.
If we trust these men and women to defend our country, shouldn’t we trust their judgment involving tattoos?
source: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/army/a/tattoopolicy.htm
May 18th, 2007 at 9:58 am
We don’t trust them with the internet either. We’ll give them guns but take away their free speech and right to self expression.