Has your military experience inspired you to get a tattoo?

I got my first, which is the US Flag, after I had joined. It surprised the everyone but my immediate family who always knew I would get one eventually. I had gotten more since then, and all of them are either Military or Law Enforcement related.

I have gotten several tattoos since joining the military, but none of them are military related. I do have plans in the works though for a full back piece which will encompass my whole career...places I've been, things I've done, friends I've lost...etc. I won;t get that one until after I retire though, so I'm still a few years off from that ink.

YES

Absolutely not......had opportunity to work in derm clinic.....seen to many people getting them removed....what looks good at 25 does not look good at 60....and who you thought was important at 20 may not be at 30........nothing against them in general........just not for me.....

no actually my uncle who was in the Navy inspired me to get one...I got my first one while in A school and since then i have gotten a few more with plans to get more in the near future

Yes. Unlike most, I did not get a tattoo right after basic. I got mine at the 10 year mark. It had to be something that had meaning and a story behind it. I only have one, I got it while on deployment and it was to remind me of the personal journey that I had as a female, as a Sailor and as a person.

This quote inspired the design: Tip of the Spear. The sharp pointed part that does not necessarily do all the work but, without it the spear itself is not a spear but a blunt stick.

nope.

Yes. Was a life changing experience.
I wanted to commemorate it!

"Inspired" . . . . LOL

- Inspired by all my peers during Infantry Training School running out in town after we saw all the NCO instructors with tattoos

- Inspired by my wife to get them lazed off after I retired

- Inspired by getting old, missing Corps, and Smedley Butler to get a custom Marine Corps emblem (8th & I logo - not as large as Smedley's! LOL)

I almost got a tattoo after finishing my deployment (my only deployment) -- it would have either incorporated the 25th ID or my battalion (1-27 IN) emblem into it. Looking back, I am really glad I didn't do it...not because I am against tattoos at all (I'm not), but because I personally just prefer to not have them. But boy was I close for a few weeks there...