re: #275 rwdflynavy

You have no idea what you are talking about. Gang/racist tattoos prevent folks from enlisting. I know this as I have worked in that process.

Work on some facts before you come in here. We check them.

WindupBird is correct. It’s been reported elsewhere too. Even the military itself acknowledges that it’s a problem:

NeoNazis are in the Army Now

Army regulations prohibit soldiers from participating in racist groups, and recruiters are instructed to keep an eye out for suspicious tattoos. Before signing on the dotted line, enlistees are required to explain any tattoos. At a Tampa recruitment office, though, Fogarty sailed right through the signup process. “They just told me to write an explanation of each tattoo, and I made up some stuff, and that was that,” he says. Soon he was posted to Fort Stewart in Georgia, where he became part of the 3rd Infantry Division.

The pressure of keeping recruitment up combined with inadequate training for recruiters has meant that many racists, gang members, and neoNazis have been able to join up, even with their tattoos.

The link I gave also provides links to reports by the FBI, the DHS, and the DOD, all of which talk about the increasing number of these guys getting into the military.