U.S. Army To Announce A Ban On Tattoos Below The Elbow And The Knees

U.S. Army Set To Ban Tattoos Below The Elbow Or Knees -- National Journal

Existing ink jobs could be grandfathered in.

The U.S. military and tattoos have an entangled history. The rise of the tattoo in popular culture started with floods of inked veterans—especially from World War II—returning home with them. The first tattoo parlor in New York City, established in 1846, served to mark up Civil War soldiers.

It is that strong history that's probably the reason why a blog post on the Army's website declared in 2009, "Today, it seems, you couldn't throw a rock into an Army formation without hitting a Soldier with at least one tattoo."

So it might be strange for the Army to put forth a new rule banning them on commonly tattooed portions of the body.

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U.S. Army To Announce A Ban On Tattoos Below The Elbow And The Knees

Soldiers told new rules governing tattoos, grooming standards on the way -- Stars and Stripes
Army Set to Ban Tattoos Below the Elbow or Knees -- Government Executive
No ink below the elbow or knee? Army to introduce new tattoo policy -- WTKR
Army To Announce Ban On Tattoos Below Elbows, Knees -- Huffington Post