Posted on Sep 24, 2014
Has your military experience inspired you to get a tattoo?
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36% of service members and veterans have tattoos, and more than half of them got their tattoos before deploying. Did you get a tattoo after you joined the military? What inspired you to get one or more?
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I have 7 tattoos but they have nothing to do with my service. Those who have problems with tattoos (or people with them) are no better than those who have a problem with a person just because of their color or sexual orientation.
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SSG Keven Lahde
CPL Christie Looney I agree with you. I have 3 tattoos myself and I guess all 3 can because of my service. 2 for sure are service related. But why people have problem with tattoos are in my opinion are not open minded people at all.
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I have gotten several tattoos both military and civilian oriented. I do not feel the military influenced me, it was a personal decision, an exercise in free speech. As such I believe it dictatorial and uncalled for to regulate them. They in no way hampered me during any of my tours and so it seems to me that someones OPINION now dictates my life.
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Capt Jeff S.
In some foreign cultures, the only people with tattoos are the lower class folks and those associated with crime. Things are beginning to change but there still is a stigma and they will look at you differently. As a member of the military you are a representative of your branch of service and the U.S. gov't when you travel overseas. There's something to be said for the image we represent and the impression we make on those whom we visit.
If you are SM, the best advice is "Wait till you get out."
If you are SM, the best advice is "Wait till you get out."
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I couldn't see marking my body for life and it just didn't make no sense to me but I don't have nothing against it I have plenty of friends that have them I did come close when I was in DC with a buddy I LMFAOOO while he got his and watched him go into a cold sweat I knew I should of got him drunker LOL
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I did NOT get a tattoo while on active duty (even though my buddies got me drunk and almost inked in Palma Mallorca, Spain) because my mom said she would scrub a tattoo off with steel wool and I believed her. When my son got out of the Navy we got matching tattoos for his birthday....
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I received tattoos after joining the military. Mostly because I finally had the money to get them. Ironically, none of my tattoos were military related. It's only in the last couple of years that I've felt the urge to get a tattoo that commemorates that chapter in my life. It takes a long time for me to select a tattoo, because to me, tattoos are an identity marker. They denote something about who you are and the experiences you've had in life. Wish more people I see with tattoos would think like that rather than responding with "It seemed like a good idea at the time" when I ask why they got the tattoo they did.
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I never got drunk enough to mark up my body ... I did enough marks on My body with all the Broken Bones and scars and Operations...
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I got 2 after retuning from Iraq, one in memory of the daughter I lost while there, and one in memory by the grace of god I wasn't killed in an ambush, my 3rd was long before I joined
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Yes. In 1987 I got a tattoo of a set of jump wings with the words "U.S. Army Paratrooper" on my left shoulder. I always wanted to be a paratrooper like my Dad and his brother were. It is the only one I have.
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yes but im affraid that if i get one now ill get booted out of the service.
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