{"id":59057,"date":"2015-04-02T08:15:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T12:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59057"},"modified":"2015-04-02T08:05:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T12:05:20","slug":"army-tattoo-policy-changes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59057","title":{"rendered":"Army tattoo policy changes again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeah, see this is why I was so happy that the new Sergeant Major of the Army was of the same caliber of SMA Dan Dailey – a warrior, not a garri-commando like his predecessor. The Army Times<\/a> reports that SMA Dailey has announced a new policy on tattoos. I saw it yesterday, but I thought that I’d wait a day to write about it, you know because yesterday was April Fool’s Day;<\/p>\n

In a Q&A session with soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, one solder stood up and argued that tattoos should be allowed, so long as they are not visible when a soldier is in his dress uniform.<\/p>\n

“How many of you agree with that?” Dailey asked the group of about 100 soldiers. Almost all of them immediately raised their hands.<\/p>\n

After his session with the soldiers, Dailey told Army Times he was surprised by the soldiers’ almost overwhelming opposition to the tattoo policy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So you have a sergeant major who listens to your concerns instead of dictating his personal prejudices. <\/p>\n

Under the new policy, there are no longer limits on the size or number of tattoos soldiers can have on their arms and legs, Dailey said.<\/p>\n

Soldiers are still not allowed to have tattoos on their neck, head, face, wrists or hands. The exception is a ring tattoo on each hand, Dailey said.<\/p>\n

Also banned are tattoos that are sexist, racist, extremist and derogatory, he said.<\/p>\n

“Those have not changed, regardless of position or location,” he said<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See, how easy that is? No need for annual inspections and inventory of tattoos. I had high hopes<\/a> for this leadership change at the Department of the Army and it looks like SMA Dailey has his head screwed on correctly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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