Re: Tattoos, it sounds like the Marines were as clear as the Air Force was with me when I joined:
This is pre-enlistment briefing and basic training. "Stay in regs or get it removed at your own expense, or there will be consequences." If their tattoos were considered in-regs when they got them (or were waivered for enlistment), then it's worth noting because this crackdown would be in bad faith. If not... meh. Sometimes it takes awhile for the regs to catch up with you, but they will eventually.Those Marines were also told they could remove their tattoos if they paid for the procedure, Garn added. Marines are now told what the consequences are of getting a tattoo that violates policy, such as not being allowed to re-enlist.
If the Marines denied him reenlistment in bad faith, it sounds like their loss was the Army's gain. If not, well, whatever.On the day that Davenport found out that he could not re-enlist because of his tattoos, he went straight to an Army recruiter, who was able to get him into the Army two days after he left the Corps, he said.