CAP tattoos

[manfredvonrichthofen]

I was given some flak about my left leg tattoos, but I reall don't care.

I have the Screaming Eagles 101st ABN patch on the inside of my shin, the 506PIR crest on the outside, and in a tribalish spade with my CIB and AASLT wings inside it. I love them like crazy, and they are pretty big. People in the Army have told me, you won't be in the same unit forever. No, it was likely that I wouldn't, but it was likely I would never be as proud of another unit.

The CAP patch I am thinking of, and I know I am going to catch flak for it here (not now that I said it), but I am thinking of the dog patch. I like it and ES is my big motivator in CAP.

[RogueLeader]

I've been toying with the idea of getting my GTL badge and Observer Wings tattooed on upper left chest, and my Army unit on left arm, the 20th ENG BDE with Airborne Tab.

[SPD6696]

If it's something important to you, go for it.  Don't let some jackwagon make you feel like a lesser person just because it's a CAP design you want.   Personally, I think it would mean more, and be more honorable than some others I've seen, such as a Harley tat, or a sports team tat (a sports team that the person wasn't on, but, is just a fan of....).

I have tats from the 3 service branches I was in, including one of my combat patch.  I have a tat of my friend's badge, who was murdered in the line of duty.  Tats can be very personal and honorific, or, they can be completely stupid. 

Just don't get a tramp stamp...

[SarDragon]

Someone would have to show me a good looking CAP tattoo.

You ain't seen mine.. LOL

I've seen pix. It's one BA tat!

[AngelWings]

Someone would have to show me a good looking CAP tattoo.

You ain't seen mine.. LOL

I've seen pix. It's one BA tat!

Let's see it 

[Private Investigator]

The Viet Cong have put enough scars on my body. I don't need to pay for one.

SAT CONG   

[Private Investigator]

Just don't get a tramp stamp...

You are talking about guys getting a tramp stamp? Because some ladies can really rock a "tramp stamp"   

Most of mine are military related. The one that really stands out is "BEIRUT 10-23-83".

[Pylon]

"BEIRUT 10-23-83".

:clap:   Rah. Semper Fi, sir.

[Cool Mace]

Thanks for the input guys!

You're all right. If it means something, then that's all I need. Not sure why I care what a couple of my friends think about it.

I was going to post a picture of what I want, but I guess I don't have a high enough post count to do it. Time to start spamming the world of CAPTalk!

[Pylon]

I was going to post a picture of what I want, but I guess I don't have a high enough post count to do it. Time to start spamming the world of CAPTalk!

Fixed that for you.

[Cool Mace]

I was going to post a picture of what I want, but I guess I don't have a high enough post count to do it. Time to start spamming the world of CAPTalk!

Fixed that for you.

Thank you, Mr. Pylon!

I want to put the Eaker ribbon above or below since it was my highest cadet rank.

[NIN]

Let's see it 

[SamFranklin]

"Tattooing has traditionally been a marginal activity among civilized people, the calling card of cannibals, sailors, and whores. The appropriate place for it is on the margins, in the back alleys, the skid rows. The mainstreaming of tattoos (on main street) is a harbinger of social dysfunction."

-- James Howard Kunstler

fwiw, ymmv

[NIN]

"Tattooing has traditionally been a marginal activity among civilized people, the calling card of cannibals, sailors, and whores. The appropriate place for it is on the margins, in the back alleys, the skid rows. The mainstreaming of tattoos (on main street) is a harbinger of social dysfunction."

Kunstler is a bit of a crackpot, dontchathink? The guy who in the interest of furthering his position on transportation claimed that the nation's third largest port (NY) had "next-to-zero" operating docks. (yeah, I suppose the 150 Million tons of cargo shipped thru there in 2008, when he said this, got from ship to shore via magic?)

So I'll buy a couple more boxes of ammo every time I see a new tattoo parlor crop up, since, you know, that certainly represents the end of civilization as we know it and I wanna be prepared.

[johnnyb47]

Writing this in April of '99, I believe that we are in for a serious event. Systems will fail, crash, seize up, cease to function. Not all systems, maybe only a fraction, but enough, and enough interdependent systems to affect many other systems. Y2K is real. Y2K is going to rock our world.
-- James Howard Kunstler

[NIN]

Writing this in April of '99, I believe that we are in for a serious event. Systems will fail, crash, seize up, cease to function. Not all systems, maybe only a fraction, but enough, and enough interdependent systems to affect many other systems. Y2K is real. Y2K is going to rock our world.
-- James Howard Kunstler

Exactly.  Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but I went to Disney for Y2K.  Didn't even get stuck on Space Mountain.

[johnnyb47]

Incidentally I think the quote above was used a little out of context. Kunstler was saying, "I'm not a fan of tattos but I think our society is generally 'borked' when you start seeing tattoo parlours crop up on mainstreet in the nice part of town!"
Basically a slightly more eloquent way of saying, "Not in my back yard!"

[GroundHawg]

So back in 1995 I had been at Ft. Bragg for about a month when I found myself in the chair of one of the many local ink shops. I picked out a sweet jump wings tat and was getting ready to get inked up and I asked the guy "how many wings have you done?" he looked at me with almost contempt and said "Today?"
I realized then, that I didnt need a tattoo and got up from the chair. Ive been tempted since then, but have remained clean somehow.

Tattoos and scars are different things....

[AngelWings]

Let's see it 

Not all that bad, but not my personal taste. I prefer more subdued colors (not like subdued patches, but darker blues, reds, silvers, whatnot)

[titanII]

I prefer more subdued colors (not like subdued patches, but darker blues, reds, silvers, whatnot)

If/when I get a tattoo, it's gonna be all black. I've heard (and seen on several relative's tat's) that colors can fade with time. Not that it'll matter by the time I'm all wrinkly, though