Tattoos hold recruits back from military careers

[unhappycamper]

http://hamptonroads.com/2014/07/tattoos-hold-recruits-back-military-careers



Dejuan Nixon of Norfolk displays his tattoos on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at the military recruitment center at the Janaf Shopping Yard in Norfolk.

Tattoos hold recruits back from military careers
By Joanne Kimberlin
The Virginian-Pilot
© July 20, 2014

If recruiters could send your kids a message, it would sound something like this:

Lay off the ink.

Covering yourself in tattoos can close a lot of career doors, including those in the military - which, ironically, was once about the only place tattoos were cool.

Policies vary a bit among the branches, but there's one common theme:

Too big, too visible or too tasteless, and you and your tats aren't welcome.

[CBGLuthier]

1. There was a joke going around back in the draft days

About a man who had "fuck the army" tattooed on his saluting hand, thinking he could avoid the draft. They drafted him into the Navy.

[unhappycamper]

2. LMAO

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Hahahaha!!!!! Nice!!!