{"id":127254,"date":"2022-06-26T13:57:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T17:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=127254"},"modified":"2022-06-26T19:08:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T23:08:32","slug":"army-relaxes-tat-standards-for-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=127254","title":{"rendered":"Army Relaxes Tat Standards for Recruits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David sends us the news Big Army has decided small tats on hands, ears and necks are just peachy. We all know changes like this never happen in a vacuum. One wonders what the incentive might be? If you guessed desperate for new bodies in the ranks, you’d be correct.<\/p>\n

Hand, ear and neck tattoos now OK for soldiers amid recruiting crunch<\/h3>\n

By Davis Winkie<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Wormuth signed a directive Wednesday that expanded the service\u2019s acceptable tattoo policy. The changes will be incorporated in the next update to AR 670-1, the Army\u2019s appearance regulation.<\/p>\n

The following tattoos are now authorized, according to the directive:<\/p>\n