article_snippet.sent: A decorated Marine has been considered 'unfit' to re-enlist after getting a rifle tattoo on A decorated Marine forearm to commemorate A decorated Marine previous deployment.
article_snippet.sent: Daniel Knapp from Jacksonville, North CarolinaNorth Carolina, received combat medals after serving in Afghanistan, but has been denied re-enlistment due to the service's strict policy on body ink.
article_snippet.sent: While the Army which has less stringent rules about body ink has recently updated the Army which has less stringent rules about body ink policy, A decorated Marine introduced more stringent rules in 2010 concerning the size and placement of tattoos that Daniel Knapp has fallen foul of.
article_snippet.sent: Despite having several tattoos while he was in the Marines, Sgt.
article_snippet.sent: Daniel Knapphas been denied re-enlistment after getting a tattoo on Daniel Knapp forearm –
article_snippet.sent: a pair of crossed rifles and 0311 designation for Marine riflemen, right – to commemorate his previous deployment .
article_snippet.sent: Despite having several tattoos while he was in the Marinesthe Marines, it is the one Daniel Knapp got on his forearm after Daniel Knapp left – a pair of crossed rifles and 0311 designation for Marine riflemen – that has cost Daniel Knapp Daniel Knapp chance at reenlisting. '
article_snippet.sent: Daniel Knapp is considered a Tier 1 Marine, scoring in the top 10 percent in fitness, marksmanship, and job performance.
article_snippet.sent: Despite serving two deployments, earning promotions, a valor award and a waiver endorsed by his command, Daniel Knapp has been denied re-enlistment by Marine Corps headquarters.
article_snippet.sent: Daniel Knapp's predicament highlights a generational disconnect on attitudes towards ink and what marines say is the need for lax regulations that reflect changing societal perceptions of tattoos, writes the Marine Corps Times.
article_snippet.sent: Despite serving two deployments, earning promotions, a valor award and a waiver endorsed by his command, Daniel Knapp has been denied re-enlistment by Marine Corps headquarters .
article_snippet.sent: Otherwise-good marines, such as Daniel Knapp, are being lost because of a widespread lack of understanding among the rank-and-file of the organization's lengthy tattoo regulations.
highlights_snippet.sent: Despite having several tattoos while in the Marines, Sgt.
highlights_snippet.sent: Daniel Knapp has been denied re-enlistment because of Daniel Knapp ink .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: After leaving Daniel Knapp got a pair of crossed rifles and 0311 designation for Marine riflemen on Daniel Knapp forearm .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Daniel Knapp is now considering joining the Army which has less stringent rules about body ink .