02 May 2014

Kentucky guardsman sues over tattoo rules | RallyPoint.com

Military News - Kentucky guardsman sues over tattoo rules

Image Copyright: Courtesy of Staff Sgt. Adam C. Thorogood

By Brett Barrouquere
Copyright: The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, KY. — A Kentucky National Guard soldier with aspirations of joining a U.S. Army special operations unit wants a federal judge to overturn the military’s new regulations concerning soldiers with tattoos.

Staff Sgt. Adam C. Thorogood of Nashville, Tennessee, said the tattoos covering his left arm from the elbow to the wrist aren’t harmful, but the Army is using the body art against him and stopping him from fulfilling a dream of joining “The Nightstalkers,” the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Thorogood’s attorneys said the new rules are preventing their client from seeking appointment as a warrant officer.

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