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Virtual Job Fair   |   Nov 21

13 of the Worst Tattoos in the Military

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Tattoo and military culture often goes hand-in-hand, but some troops have gotten some subpar ink over the years.

WATM asked troops over social media what the worst tattoos they had ever seen, and we received plenty of submissions.

Some respondents sent in images over Twitter or Facebook, while others just described the offending artwork.

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Luckily, WATM has a resident artist in our own social media manager O.V., who went ahead and drew up recreations of what some of these terrible tats probably looked like. So, without further ado, here are the worst of the worst in military ink using real imagery and artist representations (some responses are edited for clarity):

1.) The infantry spelling fail:

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13 of the Worst Tattoos in the Military
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13 of the Worst Tattoos in the Military
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