Posted on Jun 4, 2015
Does anyone think the Air Force will follow the Army's decision in now allowing full sleeve tattoos?
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Not anytime soon. We seem to be going the route of making standards more strict.
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I think ALL branches will follow suit. Tats are becoming more accepted in normal society and the military is slowly starting to "catch up."
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They may allow sleeves, but if they do, I see them requiring them to be covered will in uniform.
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Personally, I would hope not.
Although I do love art, and support a person's right to do as they ought (including tattoos and body modifications), I myself have no tattoos.
I just don't think that such a policy would reinforce the highest level of standards for active duty Air Force members.
Perhaps it would be interesting for the Air Force to conduct a branch-wide survey of all its members and see what the real consensus is compared to the standing policy.
Members are citizens with rights too, but Mission, Standards and Doctrine are what sets a branch apart form the others.
Although I do love art, and support a person's right to do as they ought (including tattoos and body modifications), I myself have no tattoos.
I just don't think that such a policy would reinforce the highest level of standards for active duty Air Force members.
Perhaps it would be interesting for the Air Force to conduct a branch-wide survey of all its members and see what the real consensus is compared to the standing policy.
Members are citizens with rights too, but Mission, Standards and Doctrine are what sets a branch apart form the others.
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A branch-wide survery is what the Army did, from what I understand. I would be more than happy if the Air Force would do so, and if the majority vote is to not allow them, I can live with that. I just think it'd be nice if they OK'd it but naturally would also mandate that anyone with full sleeves, or close to full sleeves, would always have to wear a long sleeve uniform to make sure that the professional image remains intact. The thing that I don't understand is that we are technically allowed to have tattoos on our hands, which aren't covered in any type of uniform combination other than honor guard when they're wearing gloves. In my opinion, hand tattoos look much more unprofessional than full sleeves do.
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Eventually. They Military and Air Force may change slower than society, but eventually when they can't meet recruiting and retention numbers they will be forced to change.
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I could see it being a remote possibility, but not likely based on the fact the sleeves wouldn't be able to be concealed/covered when wearing the PT Shirt or Short Sleeve Blue Shirt.
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And in that case, if they would then allow it, I could completely understand making individuals with sleeve tattoos wear long sleeve pt shirts and long sleeve blues etc.. But then again, that'd make it impossible for someone to wear any/all uniform combinations like we are supposed to be able to.
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I'd be surprised if the Air Force follows suit. You have such a different culture from the rest of us, and I can't picture full sleeves being part of it.
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Different culture? The Air Force is comprised of men and woman who enlisted just like us. If anything they're more relaxed than the Army.
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I wouldn't hold my breath on it. Air Force has always kept their noses just a little higher than the rest of us.
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