Military Says 'No' to Visible Ink  Posted at: 09/25/2013 6:40 PM
By: Katie Eldred  (ABC 6 NEWS) -- A new regulation may limit
those looking to join the Army. New recruits with visible
tattoos will now be banned. Some feel this will limit the number
of young soldiers hoping to sign up.  These days it's almost
harder to find someone without a tattoo, than someone with one.
"Yea, it's becoming more and more socially acceptable," said
Steven Walz.  Walz is a tattoo artist at Paradigm Tattoo in
Rochester. He says some of his most common customers are those
in the military.  "They get them a lot when they come out,
sometimes for soldiers killed in action,' said Walz.  With a new
Army regulation you may be seeing less soldiers with ink. The
Army announced that they will be banning visible tattoos for all
new recruits. That means no tattoos below the elbows or above
the collar.  "Today our kids, well they have a lot of tattoos,"
said Floyd Riseter.  Vietnam vet and former Rochester VFW
commander, Riester, doesn't ag