Marines remember the fallen with ink and metal

The pair devised their own celebration.

Following a good play – a touchdown reception for Jason Jarmond, a strong tackle by his friend “Bull” – they’d meet near the sideline, exchange three “low-fives,” turn, walk away from each other ... then suddenly spin back around, run and jump, meeting mid-air with a flying shoulder bump.

Jarmond, now a staff sergeant and senior drill instructor who greets new recruits “straight off the bus” at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, sat in a chair Thursday at the depot as he recounted the “signature celebration.”

His frame dwarfed the seat. Biceps strained the short sleeves of his camouflage blouse. Tattoos of city skylines marked the New York-native’s forearms.

Jarmond has 14 tattoos.