In Obama’s Navy – It’s Not a Job or an Adventure, It’s a Fiasco

US Defense Watch ^ | April 2, 2016 | Ray Starmann

[beebuster2000]

haven’t tattoos been a sailor tradition for hundreds of years?

[EveningStar]

In the Navy

[bytesmith]

Not such that you can be mistaken for a street thug.

[Mariner]

"Does that mean sailors will be puffing the magic dragon on US ships of war? "

When I was in the Navy pot use was common, rampant even. During the Cold War it was not uncommon for all the working spaces to reek with it.

Oh, and tattoos too...it's been part of Navy culture since before there was a USA.

[Craftmore]

Every Navy sailor I have ever known had tattoos.Usually a naked mermaid on a bicep that could dance.

[RandallFlagg]

Ugh!!
Get these little gangsta wannabes, slap them on their faces and yell, “You want to be in a gang? Join a gang! The American armed forces goes to many other countries as representatives of America and Americans. Not the bloods or crips.”

[arthurus]

overweight and coddled Millennials, insane social engineering that is eroding the warrior culture, pregnancy and readiness issues and the forced implementation of women in the combat arms and special operations that is looming on the horizon like a full force gale

And which neither President Trump nor President Cruz will change one iota. Either might freeze the insanity he inherits but neither will move to restore anything in the military.

[EveningStar]

A retired Navy friend of mine told me about some interesting tattoos that he had seen on his fellow sailors. LOL!

[gaijin]

of interest

[Georgia Girl 2]

What no tear drop gang tats coming out of your eyes? That’s just not fair. :-)

[Georgia Girl 2]

Remember the SNL Navy skit “its not just a job its $37.50 a week” :-)

[Kickass Conservative]

Can’t wait for the new Body Piercing Guidelines.

[gaijin]

US Army Pregnancy Simulator

[P3_Acoustic]

Whose navy were you in? I retired after 26 years in 1990 with no tattoos. Any idiot who failed a urine test was immediately grounded from flight duties and booted.

[TexasTransplant]

Question “How did he get Pregnant”
Answer “The Regular way”

(Can’t remember the skit ... But it was memorable enough)

[EveningStar]

No. Gotta link? :)

[TexasTransplant]

We served about the same time frame ... Blackshoe Navy is Different than Brownshoe (obviously with your S-2 experience you had an opportunity to confirm my statement)
Early 70’s when I first showed up Surface Navy one of the first questions meeting the folks in my Division I was asked “Do you smoke dope?” answer “No” reply was “You will” That was before Urinalysis.
Went Brownshoe after that first hitch and it was exactly as you reported, Zero Tolerance fixed a lot.

PS
AW’s Rule

[dila813]

Next up, body modifications....

[Drew68]

Both locations were previously off-limits to tattoos.

Bull. Seen plenty of neck tats in the Navy.