How many of you have service tattoos? And what are your thoughts on them?

No tats here. However, honorable/discreet tattoos have been a hallmark of military men for eons. It is when they reach a tipping point of extreme images or violence that they are often viewed as the "bumper stickers of the personality"...at least by old USAF shrinks like me.

Not a personal fan of body art. What I like today, might not be so in 5 years. Plus with my pasty-white skin ... no telling what it would look like over the years. That said, I have absolutely no problem with tattoos and military service members as long as the tattoo is not visible when the service member is in service dress uniform.

Not a fan at all, especially on women. I'm of the age when only bikers, prisoners, sailors, and the occasional Vietnam veteran had them but they became more popular along with male ear piercing, so I thought it was a fad that would end soon. But I was only half right. Even the good ones remind me of a little kid writing on himself with magic marker. Along with the blue/pink/purple hair, social media, and a host of other things, it seems to be just the oldest in the "hey look at me" phenomenon, which we all do to one degree or another. I realize it's largely a generational thing and I'm in the minority. I know I sound ancient when I say I think it looks unprofessional but the times change. For me it's like having a particular bumper sticker on your car and you have to keep the car the rest of your life. But to each his own.

I have an Eagle and Anchor on my right shoulder. No problem, yea. About a year latter I went home on leave and when I took off my jumper my mother who had just come into the room started shouting and crying when she saw the tat. My dad ever so cool told her to relax ' wasn't a naked girl or a girl name". The artist that did the tattoo was Lyle Tuttle was since then 1963 has become famous.

I have several tattoos and always wanted to get a service connected tattoo, just never knew what to get. I've seen several examples from service members that I've worked with and not many I liked. Any tattoo to commemorate loss of life or deployments I am a fan of, but I have not experienced either. I guess I'll try to come up with a sweet American flag idea?

I grew up around men who had served in WWII and Korea and a great number of them had service tattoos - anchors, jump wings etc. Usually on the forearms and the back of their hands. Sailors tended to have more of them. By the time I served in the mid Sixties they were getting rare and during the time I served in SF the policy there was that if you had one when you got here, okay but no new ones. Had to do with deniability or some such. Could, and did, limit your selection for certain adventures. So I didn't have any while on AD and haven't had the urge to get any since.

I don't have one yet. I do have a tattoo, but now that I'm retired I was thinking about getting a service tattoo.

When have you seen a Ferrai with a bumper sticker. Hey my opinion..

yes I got mine when we deployed