{"id":64831,"date":"2016-03-15T15:15:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T19:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64831"},"modified":"2016-03-15T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T19:17:14","slug":"marines-change-policy-for-females-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64831","title":{"rendered":"Marines change policy for recruit’s tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chip and Pat send us links to the Associated Press<\/a> story that was started by Kate Pimental, a recruit who we discussed<\/a> a few months ago who needed a crewneck T-shirt instead of the Corps’ V-neck T-shirt to cover her tattoo. Apparently, the Corps caved to the teen’s needs;<\/p>\n

The Marines made the change Thursday after U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree complained that its dress policy unintentionally discriminated against female recruits. Men are allowed to wear crew-neck T-shirts.<\/p>\n

Last month, the Democrat from Maine urged the Marine Corps to amend its rules and accept 20-year-old Kennebunk resident Kate Pimental. She has a tattoo just below her collarbone that says, \u201cLet your smile change the world but never let the world change you.\u201d<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The altered dress code means Pimental can now cover her tattoo, which she got shortly after turning 18.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing I want more than to be able to serve as a Marine,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Actually, there’s nothing more that she wanted than to have her tattoo, because she didn’t get it removed so she could join the Marines. The Corps had to adjust their policy so she could keep her tattoo and serve. I’m just helping her with the language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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