Do you think the tattoo regulations are too strict in the military? Are they different between branches?

Different branches do have different policies.

The Navy very recently relaxed their policy heavily, even allowing small neck and hand tattoos (which I do not agree with)

Personally, with tattoos becoming more and more main stream and accepted and as a collector of some great artwork myself; I do not find the Army regulation to be overly strict. Sure, the update they did about 2 years ago, which got a lot of press time here on RallyPoint did go a little crazy but since it was reversed I find the currently Army policy in line with the image they are trying to maintain. Not sure how the other branches.

The Navy just relaxed their policy in a big way. Granted it's a Navy tradition, but i don't think they should be seen running up your neck or down to your hands in unform. Who the 'ef came up with that brilliant idea? It looks unprofessional in uniform, IMO.