Can you join the military if you have facial tatoos?

[sidecar_jon]

One might expect that people with face tats to be , more disposable than others…

[running_coach]

@Colibri

You don’t just want people who are badasses, or else your major recruiting ground would be prisons. You want people who will accept authority and take orders, and I doubt whether there is a strong correlation between this and facial tattoos.

What if someone told the guy to get a facial tattoo?

[Colibri]

@running_coach

What if someone told the guy to get a facial tattoo?

I don’t think it’s generally a job requirement outside of Salvadoran drug gangs or Maori warriors.

[Leo_Bloom]

@Loach

…As has been true since Christ was a Corporal when more troops are needed rules get relaxed. …

This sentence is wonderful. Rhythm, provocative image, alliteration. Seriously.

The “…since when Christ was a Corporal…”–did you just create that? Used in military circles?

[Ranger_Jeff]

@Leo_Bloom

This sentence is wonderful. Rhythm, provocative image, alliteration. Seriously.

The “…since when Christ was a Corporal…”–did you just create that? Used in military circles?

That’s an old military cliche. I preferred “Back when men were iron, ships were wood, and Christ was a Seaman Apprentice” myself.

[Rick]

@Ranger_Jeff

That’s an old military cliche. I preferred “Back when men were iron, ships were wood, and Christ was a Seaman Apprentice” myself.

Or when Moby Dick was a minnow.

[thelurkinghorror]

@Ranger_Jeff

You don’t seem to understand that back in the Vietnam era, candidates that recruiters saw were people who wanted to VOLUNTEER for military/naval service. Draftees generally did NOT want to serve and dealt with Selective Service pre-induction physicals and examinations. These were the candidates who would claim to be homosexual to get a 4-F draft classification.

Did you just want to quibble over the definition of one word? Incidentally, the dictionary includes draftees under the definition for “recruits.”

[Flywheel]

“Since Noah was a sailor” turns up in Twelfth Night.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Or there’s “Since Hector was a pup” - and he was an old king.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@bob_2

This for the British army from the news earlier this month.

Did I read that right? The British Army has outsourced recruiting?

[Loach]

@Leo_Bloom

This sentence is wonderful. Rhythm, provocative image, alliteration. Seriously.

The “…since when Christ was a Corporal…”–did you just create that? Used in military circles?

Sure, I made it up.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Which reminds me, Loach, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about finalizing your sale of the Brooklyn Bridge to me…

[SCAdian]

@Ranger_Jeff

That’s an old military cliche. I preferred “Back when men were iron, ships were wood, and Christ was a Seaman Apprentice” myself.

“When Christ was a mess cook.”

[handsomeharry]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Or there’s “Since Hector was a pup” - and he was an old king.

I thought that this was in reference to that old Disney movie “Hector, the Sea Dog”. lol

[Ranger_Jeff]

@thelurkinghorror

Did you just want to quibble over the definition of one word? Incidentally, the dictionary includes draftees under the definition for “recruits.”

Speaking as someone who was drafted, yes, I will “quibble over the definition of one word” with you. As a matter of fact, I’ll define a couple of words for you.

1. Recruit: Someone undergoing basic training.
   B. Volunteer or Enlistee: Someone who, by choice and via a recruiter, entered military service.
   iii. Draftee: Someone who could either go in the Army or refuse and go to a Federal Penitentiary for 3 years. They never saw a recruiter.

Both volunteers and draftees became recruits when they entered basic training.

For some people, stuff isn’t just an academic exercise where you look up things in books.