US Army Announces Changes Tattoo Policy

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Spc Kerce from US army Bravo company 2nd Batallion 27th Infantry Regiment smokes a cigarette at a smoking area at Outpost Monti in Kunar province, on September 21, 2011. A decade of fighting in Afghanistan has since snowballed into a huge effort involving around 130,000 foreign troops from dozens of countries, with the resilient Taliban using homemade bombs and guerrilla tactics in a bid to undermine the Afghan government and the NATO mission.AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)

A newly revised tattoo policy that removes the limit on the number and size of soldiers’ tattoos is effective immediately, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said Wednesday.