article_snippet.sent: Senior officials maintain that tattoos detract from the military bearing and threaten the ability of troops to find work in the civilian sector after Senior officials time in the military ends.
article_snippet.sent: U.S. Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno stated earlier this month that while offensive tattoos are still forbidden, other restrictions as to the size, shape and location of the ink have been removed. '
article_snippet.sent: Society is changing Society view of tattoos,' U.S. Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno said, 'and we have to change along with that.
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 tattoo contravenes the organization's strict policy concerning size and placement .
  