[Gamecock]

You are confusing those warriors with what the intent of this policy is:

it is all meant to keep up a more professional peacetime force

[CaptainAmiigaf]

I sadly point out that a PROFESSIONAL PEACETIME military force can and has, in a matter of moments become a WARTIME military force.
The tattooed veterans of WWII I spoke of were as young men part of a PEACETIME military service, a Navy. One infamous Sunday they were “cordially” invited to take part in a war.
They took their prior training as well as their tattoos and won that war.
By the way, I have NO tattoos, and have never considered one. I still respect those I served with and under. I saw who and what they were, not the art work.