Maybe things have changed, but when my son joined the Marines in 2009, they wouldn’t accept anyone with a tattoo.
Sometime in the last few years, I remember reading that they were now allowing visible tattoos...too many potential recruits were being disqualified.
In today's Obameconomy, all branches of service enjoy the luxury to be choosy over who they'll take.
I think that policy has changed. Most likely since the ability to serve together with full faith in your comrade in arms is at issue here. I can fully understand why a Black marine might think he does not have the full backing he needs from someone wearing a Confederate flag tattoo.
Mind you I don’t have any problem with the flag itself but it is foolish to pretend that to many it is a symbol which stands for much more than “Southern Pride or States’ Rights.”
I would feel the same way if the USMC rejected somebody who had a Black Lives Matter, tattoo.
Yep, I think this is a bit of misdirection at hand. That was my reaction - the USMC doesn’t accept people with tattoos, it doesn’t matter what it is.
The tattoo could be anything.