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2009-12-06 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by gorb 2009-12-06 14:41|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 ...The USAF has been...well...slightly schizo about its tattoo policies for years now. USAF Recruiters are and have been forbidden to have any visible tattoos (as its a special duty assignment, they can enforce the heck outta that one). And since the mid-90s they've been bouncing back and forth between none or some. My guess is that somebody at HQ USAF saw a tat they didn't like and pulled a few strings to get AFMPC (the folks that make said regs) to push it out. The Chief of Staff, General Schwartz, probably never even saw the damned thing until it started causing problems.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-12-06 17:27|| 2009-12-06 17:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Some time ago, the Military decided that there were plenty of reasons that tatoos were not a good thing.

Firstly, the health issue. Losing soldiers to disease due to un-cleaned inking needles.

Secondly, some were scrawling their body with unit numbers or slogans which in turn made it dangerous during capture. This also goes with the fact that their loved ones may be identified by the ink.

Then there is the fact that gang members were entering the military with their gang tatoos could be idenitified that way by opposing gangs and internal strife would ensue.

Lastly, the command thought of it an unprofessional or low life thing to do. I believe the furor started in the 70's in order to reform the way the military was looked at.

I knew a troop once that tatooed his social security number and numerically precise bar-code on many parts of his body so they could tell who just got blown up by an IED.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-12-06 18:02|| 2009-12-06 18:02|| Front Page Top

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