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Navy has relaxed rules concerning Tattoos. Neck, and behind the ear as well as sleeves or even below the knees are now all areas that may have tats! The last change in 2006 basically prohibited almost all visible tattoos, but this brings them back where Sailors can be Sailors once again! This change does not affect the way Marines policies about tattoos are set in any way.
The U.S. Navy's new tattoo rules explained
Posted from navytimes.com
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Never got one. My squared away BM1 Company Commander told us he wouldn’t recommend getting them and told us to look at the old guys on the beach with them. However, I will say that there was no relationship between performance and tats, some of the best sailors I knew had them.
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CMDCM Gene Treants
I have to agree MCPO Roger Collins. Some of the best had them and some of the worst as well. When I was with DESRON Thirty-Three out of Pearl, I used to go on Liberty with an RMC who got a new Tattoo in every port we hit. I would go into the tattoo parlors with him in each port, check out what was available, drink as much beer as they would let me have, usually enough so that I would have felt no pain if I had gotten one, and then leave when he was done. I never got a Tattoo during my entire 30 years, there just wasn't that much beer!
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MCPO Roger Collins
My Father served in the Navy during WWII and never got one. Everyone should give it serious thought, if you get one it or a big scar will be with you as long as your body is intact. And, I’m sure I gave you competition keeping beer companies solvent.
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MSgt Walter Clack
When I first saw this topic, thought well can not say much about this since never got one. Have nothing against tats just never felt the need or desire. Good to hear from others who seem to feel the same way. Semper Fi
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With competition for the fewer and fewer remaining people eligible for military service, it only makes sense to open the door to those remaining. If the Navy doesn't other services and the civilian sector will scoop them up. A few tats is a small price to pay for making quota esp in this day and age. It is 'better' than revising the criteria for physical fitness and/or mental ability, weight, etc..
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CMDCM Gene Treants
Fully agree Capt Tom Brown and the Marines have their own standards that have not yet changed.
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MSgt Walter Clack
CMDCM Gene Treants - Commandant had this to say back in December.
In an interview with Military.com in December, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller revealed the one thing that would prompt him to reconsider current tattoo restrictions. "If the recruiters came to me and said, 'we can't make mission with this policy,' I would have to go back and look," Neller said.
Do not personally have any tattoos, however I agree with Capt Tom Brown. The pool of qualified personnel is shrinking and there is a good chance the recruiters and/or the career planners might approach the Commandant in the not too distant future. Semper Fi
In an interview with Military.com in December, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller revealed the one thing that would prompt him to reconsider current tattoo restrictions. "If the recruiters came to me and said, 'we can't make mission with this policy,' I would have to go back and look," Neller said.
Do not personally have any tattoos, however I agree with Capt Tom Brown. The pool of qualified personnel is shrinking and there is a good chance the recruiters and/or the career planners might approach the Commandant in the not too distant future. Semper Fi
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CMDCM Gene Treants
MSgt Walter Clack - you and Capt Tom Brown both hit the nail on the head. This was the message MCPON was talking about and the reason Navy rules were changed!
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