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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nChief Tango sends us links to articles about this woman in Maine who wants to enlist in the Marine Corps, but her tattoo prevents that endeavor. The tattoo on Kate Pimental, a 20-yer-old, is just below her collarbone and reads “Let your smile change the world but never let the world change you”. According to the Bangor Daily News<\/a>, the tattoo would not be visible on a male Marine because of the crew neck T-shirt in their uniform bag, however, since women wear a V-neck T-shirt, Pimental’s tattoo is visible, thus disqualifying her from service. She got her Congresswoman, Chellie Pingree, involved in the discussion. Pingree wrote to the commandant of the Marine Corps, General Robert Neller;<\/p>\n [Pingree protested] \u201cseveral policies and regulations that, however unintentional, directly affect female Marines\u2019 opportunities to serve. As women take more active roles in defending this country, it\u2019s important that we address some of the discrepancies that provide men with options unavailable to their female counterparts.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I guess it’s too much to point out that Ms. Pimental could get the ridiculously long phrase removed from her body, if she really wants to join the Marine Corps that badly. It probably never crossed her mind. I don’t have a tattoo and I don’t see the attraction, but I do know that a tattoo a girl gets for her 18th birthday is way different than many of the tattoos she’ll encounter in the Marine Corps. <\/p>\n The services trying to regulate body art is set up to fail. It’s going to prove a fruitless endeavor. Other than overtly racist or sexist tattoos, they should just get right out of that business. I’m not sure that a tattoo which draws attention to a lady’s chest will be what she wants in that environment, anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"