{"id":65069,"date":"2016-04-01T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=65069"},"modified":"2016-04-01T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:41:47","slug":"navys-new-tattoo-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=65069","title":{"rendered":"Navy&#8217;s new tattoo policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/story\/military\/2016\/03\/31\/navy-just-approved-militarys-best-tattoo-rules\/82425974\/?utm_source=fark&#038;utm_medium=website&#038;utm_content=link\">The Navy Times<\/a> reports that service has decided to make their tattoo policy a recruiting tool, apparently. I&#8217;ve been waiting to see if it was an April Fool&#8217;s joke, but apparently not;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The new rules, announced Thursday and taking effect April 30, will allow sailors to:<\/p>\n<p>    Have multiple or large tattoos below the elbow or knee, including the wrists and hands, effectively allowing sleeve tattoos that can be seen even while wearing short sleeve uniforms.<br \/>\n    Have one tattoo on their neck, which includes behind the ear, and it may not exceed 1 inch in length or height in either or both directions.<br \/>\n    Sailors with visible tattoos will now be eligible for recruiting duty or leading recruits at boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. These tough assignments often give sailors a leg up to make rank. <\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, tattoos that symbolize affiliation with gangs, supremacist or extremist groups, or advocate illegal drug use are prohibited \u2014 waivers will not be given for tattoos with prohibited content,\u201d the service said.<\/p>\n<p>The updated tattoo policy does not apply to Marines, even ones serving at Navy commands, according to a spokesman for Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller. The Marines are easing their tattoo rules but do not allow sleeves, which would be visible with short-sleeved uniforms like PT uniforms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My body is beautiful enough the way it was given to me, so I&#8217;ve never felt the need to adorn it, but I guess if that stuff is important to you, the Navy is the place to go. Thanks to Chip for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy Times reports that service has decided to make their tattoo policy a recruiting tool, &hellip; <a title=\"Navy&#8217;s new tattoo policy\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=65069\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Navy&#8217;s new tattoo policy<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}