Theres a few that are navy only like our rating symbols, however, anybody can do what they want with their body. A lot of the tattos were just normal sailors getting them, whether in the navy, on a commercial boat, or just sailing their own vessel, a sailor is a sailor
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Do you have to be a navy sailor to get most of these or can you simply be a normal sailor on a fishing boat or just sailing?
Theres a few that are navy only like our rating symbols, however, anybody can do what they want with their body. A lot of the tattos were just normal sailors getting them, whether in the navy, on a commercial boat, or just sailing their own vessel, a sailor is a sailor