Quote Originally Posted by Tattoo Bradley View Post
Yep, I had to REALLLY watch it. I was about as inked as possible while BARELY scraping under the AR 670-1 radar. A couple of years after I was out, they began allowing neck and hand tattoos (with certain limitations.) I'm not sure if they've rovoked that or not. But, it made me consider going back at weekend warrior status. The wife had other thoughts...
They had to change the standards because the general populace is a lot more tattooed than it used to be and they couldn't get enough people that fit the old standards. The military does change with the times, it's just a bit slow to do so.