Banning tattooed soldiers only scratches the surface of potential problem recruits

Forbidding members from displaying symbolic tattoos will prevent future embarrassment for the institution, but it does not remove the criminals or white supremacists from the military.

On Aug. 12, Gen. Jonathan Vance issued new guidelines warning against tattoos on military members of anything considered to be sexually explicit, discriminatory, racist, extremist, homophobic, misogynistic, sexist, or evidence of membership in a criminal organization. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 21, 2019

OTTAWA—What started out as an almost comical, albeit embarrassing, incident in Halifax has led the Canadian Armed Forces to once again amend their policy on individual service members’ deportment. This whole saga began last June in a Tim Horton’s outlet when a member of the Royal Canadian Nav...

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