"Second of all, when I was getting the tattoo I told the guy - this was my first tattoo, I got it when I was 19 - I told him, do not put shading. And this man talked me into shading it.

Lin St. Clair, who oversees accessions as an assistant deputy secretary, explained that in fiscal 2020, the service processed more than 1,400 tattoo waiver requests for prospective soldiers ...