Brittany Crippen, from Fort Worth, Texas, was disqualified because of a tattoo on the back of her neck. Mei-Chun Jau for The Wall Street Journal
Brittany Crippen, from Fort Worth, Texas, was disqualified because of a tattoo on the back of her neck. Mei-Chun Jau for The Wall Street Journal
Dumbass tattoo anyways. All it tells me is she wanted to have something for the multitude to look at during...certain moments.
Welcome to Obama’s new military. Boy we are headed straight down the path that Rome took before she fell except we have taken it one step farther. We have a leader who is a planted foreign agent and wrecking ball that is intentionally wreaking havoc on our nation from within.
The kids may have holes in their ear lobes, but our admirals and generals have holes in their heads.
Well, that settles it. We can't Ms. Crippen's feelings hurt. What kind of Army do we have if we can't protect our soldier's feelings?
How would you like to be in combat with Ms. Crippen when her hurt feelings impair her ability to do her job?
Nevermind the fact that the Army bans tattoos because they endanger soldiers by making them easy to identify.
“prescription-drug use for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder”
If the schools and social workers had their way, that would be every boy in the country.
If I recall correctly when the draft started in 1940 something like two-thirds were excempted for a variety of reasons as well. But war is a great equalizer and by 1945 things that would have disqualified someone in 1940 weren’t even looked at. I imagine if a draft were necessary now then these tattoos and criminal records and body piercings would be ignored.
Thank God we don’t have the draft and be forced to take these mental defectives.
This looks like the non-college bound Millennials who would make up the pool for military recruits.
This is why Grahamnesty, McCain and Rubio want amnesty so bad, because so many Millennials are losers disqualified from the military.
Tats are dumb, but they shouldn’t be a disqualifying factor. How many soldiers get them after enlistment?
Tattoos still look freakish to me. I missed that culture wave.
Those who get them can always work at Walmarts.
There is also the little problem of no one wanting to serve under an administration that despises the military.
Tattoos are allowed if they cannot be seen while wearing dress uniforms. That has always been the policy.
Is this the case for why illegals have to be accepted into the military?
The bottom line is that the vast majority of these potential recruits “just need some work”, before they enlist.
The easiest solution to this is to set up pre-enlistment camps where they get individual diets, lots of exercise, tattoo remove if possible, and classroom to make sure they are literate, and while they are at it, to give them a big dose of military history and culture.
There would be three tracks to this program. A one month camp for those who are marginal, to get them up to standards. A three month camp for those who need a lot of work. And a six month camp for those with critical specialties, but who are otherwise in sorry shape.
Optimally, the camps would not be run by active duty personnel, except a few TRADOC (United States Army Training and Doctrine Command) evaluators, but by veterans. It would have some support staff for medical evaluation, maintenance and logistics.
I regard tattoos as a pretty good visual indicator of mental health.