Unlike other services, the U.S. Navy has a long tradition of tattoos. Learn about 19 popular nautical tattoo designs including what they mean and how a sailor earned the right to wear each symbol.

Tattoos in the U.S. Navy The temporary exhibit, “Marked by the Sea: Tattoos in the U.S. Navy,” was set to open right before the pandemic started, and is slated to be up for about two years.

PEARL HARBOR (June 18, 2014) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Anyela Valdez, from Central Falls, R.I., primes the anchor chain aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) wear-tests the ...

Swallows are among the oldest forms of body art in the Navy. Sailors earn a swallow tattoo for every 5,000 nautical miles traveled. Anchor. Originally signifying that the wearer had crossed the ...

While the Navy allows sailors to get tattoos on the neck, under certain size specifications, it is unlawful for an artist to "tattoo any part of the head, face, or neck of another person ...

The Navy is considering opening tattoo parlors on its bases at "multiple locations," including Naval Base Guam and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, a Navy official said Friday.

The city of Prattville has its own anchor man. David Reid is a Navy man to the core. “I was in 20 years from September of 1964 to 1984. ... These are hand-hammered links.

The Navy's effort in recent years to ease restrictions on tattoos on service members' bodies has increased the recruiting pool for those who can join the service and allowed for Charleston-area ...