[af_vet_rr]

Look at the new policy concerning tatoos. What does a tatoo on your forearm have to do with whether you are a good Marine or not? Answer, it doesn't. It's just another way to make the decision easier to force out well qualified Marines because of government mandated force reductions.

Honestly, these days a lot of people are getting crazy tattoos. I'm sure some of the hysteria over gangs in the military drove some of it as well.

But Marines serving before the new policy were grandfathered in for the most part. The real impact will be on recruiting. My son said there were a lot fewer folks getting in on waivers because they have plenty of people wanting to be a Marine and they can be a lot less selective.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"But Marines serving before the new policy were grandfathered in for the most part."

I'm glad to hear that. What I had heard previously about the policy is that it did effect serving military. I don't know if I knew anyone that came in the Marine Corps with tattoos. They got all of their tattoos while in the Corps. Phillipines and Okinawa were popular places to get tats.