I can’t resist.
You can probably predict my take on things.
As much as I’m sure the Royal Marines rue the day they stopped making their men wear neck straps and the infantry stopped wearing puttees and men stopped wearing their hair in pigtails they all had to accept, as must we, that times and fashions change.
I would personally never get a tattoo and I may question the choices of someone who decides to cover their body with ink but it’s none of my damned business. If it doesn’t stop them flying a jet, driving a boat or shooting a weapon then I really can’t get bent out of shape about it.
If it also means that we get the right brand of rough (hu)man who stands ready in the night to visit harm upon those that wish us harm (paraphrasing slightly) then let them join.
BV