Can the military boost recruitment by allowing more tattoos?
By Leo Shane III
Wednesday, Sep 1
Congress wants to know if tattoos and piercings are keeping too many potential recruits out of the military.
On Wednesday, during debate over the annual defense authorization bill draft, members of the House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved language which would mandate a new report on whether “tattoos and body modification for potential enlistees have become a deterrent to meeting recruitment goals.”
The research, which would be due in March 2022, would include “the exact number of potential enlistees per year that are denied access to the military due to tattoos and body modifications” and comparison of military rules to private-sector policies.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/09/01/can-the-military-boost-recruitment-by-allowing-more-tattoos/
