Posted on Jun 23, 2022
Hand, ear and neck tattoos now OK for soldiers amid recruiting crunch
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Hand, ear and neck tattoos now OK for soldiers amid recruiting crunch
By Davis Winkie
Jun 23, 02:04 PM
A U.S. soldier scans fingers of an Afghan man with Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) during a mission in Turkham, Nangarhar bordering with Pakistan on Sept. 28, 2011. (Tausee Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images)
The military is struggling to find recruits right now, and the Army is no exception. With three months remaining in fiscal 2022, the service has only attained 40% of its enlisted recruiting goal, according to Army G-1 spokesperson Maj. Angel Tomko.
And that’s part of why Army Secretary Christine Wormuth issued a new policy authorizing troops to have small tattoos on their hands, ears and necks, Army officials explained Thursday morning.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC (Join to see) SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT Mark Anderson MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Steve McFarland
Hand, ear and neck tattoos now OK for soldiers amid recruiting crunch
By Davis Winkie
Jun 23, 02:04 PM
A U.S. soldier scans fingers of an Afghan man with Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) during a mission in Turkham, Nangarhar bordering with Pakistan on Sept. 28, 2011. (Tausee Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images)
The military is struggling to find recruits right now, and the Army is no exception. With three months remaining in fiscal 2022, the service has only attained 40% of its enlisted recruiting goal, according to Army G-1 spokesperson Maj. Angel Tomko.
And that’s part of why Army Secretary Christine Wormuth issued a new policy authorizing troops to have small tattoos on their hands, ears and necks, Army officials explained Thursday morning.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC (Join to see) SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT Mark Anderson MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Steve McFarland
Hand, ear and neck tattoos now OK for soldiers amid recruiting crunch
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Personally I find people covered with tattoos sickening. You want a tattoo, fine, but make it where it can be covered when necessary. I thought about getting an EGA when I was in but something told me to skip it and I am glad I did. My father-in-law was in the Navy. Twenty years after he got out you couldn't even tell what it was other than a blob on his arm. I thought to myself, do I really want that on me? By now it would really look like $hit!
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About the only way to ensure the military represents society in 2022.
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