article_snippet.sent: Tattoo-loving soldiers in Army will soon be able to get inked on Tattoo-loving soldiers in the U.S. Army arms and legs thanks to changing rules, officials announced Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: As long as it's not visible in the Army uniform…that's the spirit of what we went after,' the Army Dan Dailey told the Army Times.
article_snippet.sent: Tattoo-loving soldiers in Army will soon be able to get inked on Tattoo-loving soldiers in the U.S. Army thanks to changing rules, officials announced Wednesday .
article_snippet.sent: But it wasn't so long ago that Army made a much different announcement concerning Army tattoo policy.
article_snippet.sent: Soldiers who already had the ink were grandfathered in.
article_snippet.sent: Tattoos have long been a part of military culture, but as Tattoos have become more popular, and more prominently displayed on the body, the various branches have been regulating the various branches in to try to maintain a professional look. '
article_snippet.sent: Society is changing Society view of tattoos and we have to change along with that,' Odierno said. '
article_snippet.sent: Soldiers have grown up in an era when tattoos are much more acceptable and we have to change along with that.'
highlights_snippet.sent: The new rules come barely a year after deeply unpopular restrictions enacted last March burned many inked soldiers .
  