NORFOLK The Navy is relaxing its rules on where sailors can have tattoos. Beginning April 30, they will be allowed to have one small tattoo on the neck, and there no longer will be restrictions on … ...

"Ink Stories: Symbols of Service," a photography exhibit featuring veterans and their tattoos and the stories behind the ink, is planned for November at the Northport-East Northport Public Library.

Machinery Repairman 1st Class Brandon Smith from Fort Scott, Kan., poses in 2016 for a photo aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Tattoo policies in the military need to be updated to ...

On this MH-60S, many traditional Navy tattoos are present, such as the swallow, dragon or pig and the rooster. The swallow represents that a sailor has traveled several thousand nautical miles, ...

Harrell said that during American Tattoo Society’s grand opening on Fort Liberty, the business partnered with Veteran Ink, a nonprofit that donates tattoos to military veterans.. Veteran Ink ...

Butch Johnson, owner of Champion Tattoo Company, transfers a tattoo sketch to the arm of U.S. Navy Corpsman Taylor Hoyte on April 18 in Washington, D.C. The Navy has decided to loosen its ...