Sgt Grit's Marine Tattoo Page Volume 24

Future Marines

Sgt. Grit: attached is a picture of my three kids - all wearing temporary tattoos ordered from your website. My 13-year-old son, Wyatt, is PFC in the Treasure Valley Young Marines. When he graduates high school he wants to enlist to become a warrior. Casi and Morgan (both 4 1/2) are very proud of their big brother (as am I). Thanks for all you do!

Semper Fi
Ronda Webber
Marine Mom-To-Be

The Other End

This photo depicts my life in the USMC. i've spent 6 yrs, 2002-2008, as a radio operator enlisted, and now i'm newly commissioned and contracted to fly. the banner reads: "Death Before Dishonor". there is an nco sword going through the top of the globe with an officer's sword coming out the other end.

James Hale

Runs in the family

Picture #1
From left to right: Andy-Poolee-Son, Diego-Marine-Son, Freddy-Marine, YM XO-Father
Picture by Terri Marquez

El Paso Young Marines have a lot to be proud of. Former Young Marine, SgtMaj Medina (Diego) recently graduated from boot camp on October 4, 2008 & was named the Honor Man. He is now at Camp Pendelton for his MCT. Little brother Andy wanted one thing for his recent 17th birthday: to be taken to the Recruiter's office. Andy is now a Poolee & will leave for boot camp in June 2009. Dad Freddy, is a Marine & is also the XO for the El Paso Young Marines.

Picture #2
From left to right: Freddy-Marine-YM XO-Father (notice the great shirt purchased from Sgt Grit!) and Diego-Marine-Son
Picture by Terri Marquez

Celebrating the tradition in the Medina Family, from El Paso, TX, in joining the greatest fighting force in the world, Father Freddy decided to congratulate Son Diego's recent earned title of Marine by buying him a tattoo. In fact, the same tattoo Freddy himself had put on when he earned his title of Marine, back in the 80s, will also be the same tattoo he'll again buy for his other son Andy, who recently became a Poolee. When Andy completes boot camp in September 2009, father & son will take a trip to the tattoo shop to memoralize the greatest title ever earned: MARINE.

Wife's tattoo for her recalled marine

Hi there I just wanted to share my new tattoo... this tattoo is for my husband who was recalled in May and on Monday Nov 3rd will check into Camp Lejune! He will be in for one more year with a deployment planned. Leaving behind myself and our 18 month old son! It will be hard but I know we can make it thru!! Thank you all for all you do! I have also added a picture of my husbands tattoo!

Thanks again
Brianna
Proud Marine Corps Wife!

3 Fellow Marines tattoo

workin on this for 3 of my fellow marines that gave it all on a missin i was on in irag OIF2

Devil Dog Tattoo

Sgt Grit
My name is George A Moran I live in Santa Maria Ca. I am married and have two perfect children. I am sending you a picture of my tattoo. I served in the Corps from 09\89 - 09\93. During this time I served in the Persian Gulf War, for over 9 months. Also Operation Restore Hope Somalia, for 6 months. I served with India Battery 3\11, 1st Marine Div . Thank you.

Respectfully George A. Moran Semper FI.

Death Before Dishonor Tattoo

After being out for four years I felt this tattoo was needed before I rejoin.

Tom Herrington

New Tat

Fresh out of boot camp, I got this done in Atlanta

"Lead, follow, or get the h&ll out of the way." Respectfully sent, SEMPER FI
PFC GAITAN
USMC

USMC Emblem Tattoo

this photo depicts my life in the usmc. i've spent 6 yrs as a a radio operator enlisted, and now i'm newly comissioned and contracted to fly. the banner reads: "Death Before Dishonor"

Eagle, Globe, and Anchor Tattoo

Sgt. Grit,
Wanted to share my pride with my fellow Marines.

Oorah
Robert Regan

Skull and Ka-bar Tattoo

Here is a picture of our son's first tattoo. While at basic training he mailed us a picture of what he wanted. We contacted the tattoo artist and set up the appointment for his first week home. He's proud to serve his country and to be one of the Few and The Proud!

Proud Semper Fi Parents

Moto Tattoo and family pictures

The tat,
My husband is Sgt Todd Bost he is currently serving as a Range Coach with Weapons and Field Training here at Parris Island. (His MOS is Com Field radio op) When he got out of boot he wanted to make his commitment to his Family, Country and Corps just a little more permanent than words that are uttered or written on paper. That is where his Rebel flag, (now redneck~which sums us up too as we are into big Chevy Pickup trucks, muddin, 4wheeling, fishing and so on), His American flag is for the love of his Country and his Corps flag represents who he is and his pride in being a Marine.

The pic of the little man in the "Marine shirt" is my youngest Zachary. This is Todd's step- son, but you'd never know it the way they act.

And there is also a photo of us at our wedding in 2007, at Camp Pendleton Ca.

Thanks so much

Marine and Marine Wife Tattoos

Dear Sgt. Grit (and readers),

My husband, Nathaniel, is a fairly new Marine. He enlisted in February and headed to MCRD San Diego on March 24th. He graduated at the end of June, finished MCT in August, and is currently in classes to become an MP. I am SO proud of him for choosing to serve our country & I am especially proud of him for being a Marine. I am so proud in fact, that at his halfway point of boot camp (around his 23rd birthday) I got my first tattoo. It's on my right shoulder blade and says "SEMPER FIDELIS". During his 10 day leave he got his first tattoo and had "USMC" put on his back. I am known as a VERY moto wife. My cars are covered in Marine Corps magnets, my keys have USMC keychains, I often wear Marine t-shirts, and I even carry the local recruiter's cards with me. (He recruited my husband & has been wonderful! I often thank SSgt. Hardin for his faith in my husband.) As of November 10th we'll have been married for two years and will be stationed in December. (That's right, the USMC birthday, though that was accidental or prophetic- depending on how you look at it.) I just wanted to share with everyone our motivation and love of the Corps. Thanks for all the great stories & products! My in-laws LOVED their anniversary gifts. I included a picture of us together, and our tattoos. Oorah & Semper Fi, guys!

Proud to be a Marine Wife,
~Torey R.

Eagle, Globe, and Anchor and Dog Tags tattoo

Hey Sgt. Grit,
I met my husband while serving in the Marines. We got married a couple of months after I got honorably discharged. That was in 2003. Now it is 2008 and I decided to get a tattoo to show how proud I am of him and the way we met. He is still active duty and we just had our first child. Its funny how things work out! Well anyway's I definitely got Semper Fidelis on it, because it not only is the Marine Corps motto, but I believe it applies to marriages as well. Happy Birthday Sgt. Q. I love you!

Tara Q

USMC Tattoo

I knew I had to get a moto tattoo from when i was in, but i decided to get one that hardly anyone would get. so here mine is. enjoy

SEMPER FI

Matthew Seward

Better Late Than Never

Sgt Grit! Better late than never! I just got this weekend. I served 12 years and Very proud of it! I got the idea from your page. Thanks Again! Semper Fi!

Fmr Ssgt USMC!!!!

Finally

I've Wanted A Marine Tat For Quite Some Time, But Just Didn't Know Exactly What To Get. Finally After Almost 16 Years Since Serving Proudly, I Realized The Most Obvious Is Sometimes The Most Meaningful.

My Thanks To Wallace At The Kingdom Tattoos Studio NYC

SEMPER FI DEVIL DOGS!! PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE!!

Hector E. Torres Jr.
Sgt USMC 1987 - 1993
A Co Comm Ctr 8th Comm Bn 2nd FSSG/2nd SRIG
MWHS-1 CG First MAW
Brooklyn, New York

I recently got a tattoo

My brother is in the Marines and I recently got a tattoo honoring him and all he's done for our country.

The tattoo feature's the Marine globe with eagle and anchor and in the banner that the eagle is holding, I put my brother's initials and it is colored Blue and Purple which as far as I know are the colors for the awareness ribbon for Thyroid Cancer. My brother was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer while he was in the marines and so I wanted to honor that as well. If you can't read it, the dog's color says, "Teufel Hunden" : )

~Chrystel Ballard
Very Proud Sister of a United States Marine

Reversed Eagle, Globe, and Anchor

Sgt Grit,
I was looking at the tattoo section and wanted to email you my tat. This bad boy was installed in 1990, I had it reversed so the anchor faces front. " SEMPER FI " Once a Marine always a Marine...

Corporal Paiva
MWSS-474 DET. B
Massachusetts

Semper Fi Tattoo

Hi! My name is Emily and I wanted to add my new tattoo to your volume but I couldn't see how to do it. I got it before my boyfriend came home from 29 Palms on block leave. Since then he's back in the desert and preparing to leave in early September, as of now. Weve been together for 5 years as of Sept 1st. We're high school sweethearts and enduring our first deployment together. He's and 0311... OOH RAH! And I wouldn't have life any other way :)

<3 Em

Tribute Tattoo

Sgt. Grit,

My son recently returned home from his third tour in Iraq. Two years left to retirement. I am so proud of him. I just wanted to share my most recent tattoo that is a tribute to all the ones that gave all. Also, thanks for the news letter - I really look forward to it.

Sgt. Briglin / 69-71 (3-4) Semper Fi

NCO sword tat

Since the day I joined the corps all I could think about was that NCO sword. Well I finally got mine in January of '08 and in August of '08 I decided to have the "United States Marines" text forever etched into my leg...

Oorah! SemperFi!
CPL GLASS
USMC 7051

Ambigram Tattoo

I served from 1990 to 2002. Got these tattoos in December 2007. Once a marine, always a marine!!! (If you turn this upside down, it reads the same both ways. Called a ambigram)

Sgt DeWaters's Memorial Tattoo

This is the tattoo I got Father's day of this year. This is for all the fallen brothers. You are never forgotten.

Sgt DeWaters
2nd CEB
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Feb 2005 - Feb 2006

Eagle Claw, EGA, and USA Flag tattoo

Sgt Grit,
I was looking at the tattoo section and wanted to email you and add my husband if you don't mind. My husband always said he would never get a tattoo. That was until about 5 months before retirement. He came home and said I have a design and I am going to get a tattoo. I almost fell over for he said he would never get one. So I wanted to share it on your site if possible.

He served proudly from 1983-2003. He misses the USMC on certain things. But most of all he misses it in his heart. Like they say "Once A Marine Always A Marine". If you look closely you will see the EGA in the grips of the eagle claw along with the American Flag. This tattoo has a lot of memories only he can tell. I am so proud of my Marine Husband.

" SEMPER FI "

Thanks,
Wife of Retired GySgt Cooper ( Coop Dawg )
1983-2003

Crossed Kabar Tattoo

Tattoo I got from the cover of your summer 2008 issue.

KOSTURA

EGA Tattoo

This is my twist of a classic american symbol. OOH-RAH MARINES!!

Semper Fi
PFC. E. Martinez Jr.
USMC

Many years too Late!

I have been putting off getting a tattoo for many years. I have always wanted one but couldn’t find the right one. I had an Artist in Midland, MI, Black Ball Tattoo, draw up an idea that I had been kicking around and this is what he came up with. This is what I waited over 33 years to get. And I could not be happier. This is just the beginning. Can’t be lopsided so I have to figure out what to put on the other arm now!

My Tattoo

Hi Sgt.!

Sending you MY tattoo. It's not very original, but I love it. I served on active duty from 1996 'till 2001 and then 'till 2005 in the reserves (3531 - Motor T!!!). Got the tattoo after I got my dd-214 in 2001. Proud to be a Marine - the better days of my life. For the tattoo I pulled the EGA from the dress blues' cover.

Semper Fi!

Ilya Lagounov from Moscow, Russia

USMC Tat with crucifix

I had the “USMC” originally done in San Diego in 1975 while on leave from ITS. To say the least it was a bit faded, so recently I had the USMC filled in and had the crucifix added. GOD, Country, Corps-OOOOOOO-RAH!

I had the EGA with "United States Marine Corps" added to my left arm to present a balanced dedication to the Marine Corps. I explain to people that you serve in the other branches of the U. S. Military but once you graduate from Marine Corps boot camp, you are a Marine for life. I was on active duty, in the reserves and inactive reserves from 1975 to 1986. Now at 51, I still PT on a daily basis and proudly greet any Marine I encounter with a firm handshake and a greeting of "Semper Fi Brother." I am extremely proud to be a lifetime member of the greatest Brotherhood in the world.

Semper Fidelis,
SSgt. Drew (Ka-Bar) Karoblis
USMC

Once A Marine Always A Marine Tattoo

Dear Sgt Grit

I think you will agree this tatt is unique. The theme being once a marine always a Marine.

Semper Fi
John Pearson
1964 to 1970

Recon Bulldog Tattoo

Served from 78 - 82.

Tattoo is about 23 years old.

My Tat

My old man's first tattoo

My old man's first tattoo. Over 30 years after he got out.

Brother & Sister Tattoos

My oldest son LCPL Jeremiah Savage was kia in Ramadi Iraq may 12 2004 the day before his funeral at Arlington his younger brother Jon had an EGA done in honor of his brother between his shoulderblades. This past April he decided to join the Corp also... and he had his Tattoo finished this past weekend.... his lil sister Chelsea also had a tattoo done this week to honor both of her brothers both Marines
i am attaching the pics of their tats

Eva
Proud mom

Thanks

I recently lost my father who served in Vietnam as a Marine from 1969 through 1972. He some how lost his dog tags along the way (story was that his sister thought it would be "cool" to wear them and lost them). So last year from the holidays I reprinted a set.

On March 26th my father passed away - they say from a cancer he contracted from his exposure to Agent Orange.

I gave the tags to one of my brothers and just went on your site to print two extra sets, one for me and the other for my youngest brother.

While on your site I noticed the tattoo section and thought I would share mine with you.

Thank you for the wonderful website and all the great products. Semper Fi. Amanda

LCPL William D. Spencer

Hi, our son LCPL William (Billy) Spencer was killed in Iraq on December 28, 2006, he was going after his squad leader, to pull him out of the street after he had been shot, Billy was also shot by the same sniper, so was the young man that went after Billy, Billy was our youngest child, 20 when he was killed, so to my point, everyone in the family has tattoos, all 6 of us, except my husband, who was never to crazy about the idea, I had a few before we married still didn't care for them now is different, he went with the rest of us and this is a picture of after sitting for about 6 hours what he came out with! He is a changed man, of course, but now everywhere he goes our son is sure to go too! a little peace is what he now has. We are so proud of our son, our hero, that I thought you would like to see him to, we know you are proud of all our soldiers and our heroes, so we just wanted to share.

Thank You
Gold Star Mom
Dawn Spencer

USMC Regroup Tattoo

Sgt. Grit i found your website on a internet banner. i was looking through the volumes of tattoos and liked a lot of them. It also said that i could send a pic of my usmc tattoo, so that what i have decided to do. there is pic of my usmc tat attached to this e-mail. the story behind is as follows

I got this tat in november of 2005 when i was in SOI. i come from a long history of marines in my family and they all had a usmc tat. i am the first one in two family generations to join the marine corps or the military in general. so i got the tat to signifie my passion for the corps and the infantry. anyone who has been a grunt or knows someone who is a grunt will understand the tat.

thank you for time sgt.grit greatly appreciated.

lcpl. bradshaw michel
2bn 4th marines fox co.

USMC Tattoo

Five years in the Corp came and went in 1980. I had a great tour, saw a lot of the world, met a lot of great Marines, and as a result of my Marine experience I've been teaching children for over 17 years. What better present could I give myself but a tattoo to show my pride in being one the world's finest. Even at 50 years I still feel like a Marine. Semper Fi my friends.

Bob Ehrle

Daily Reminder

Dear Sgt Grit,
I nearly lost my shot at an EGA after a torn ITB nearly got me medically disqualified, I went back a second time and earned it. This tattoo is a daily reminder that it is a special thing to be a Marine.

Garden, Derek

Moto Tat

Sgt Grit,
I wanted to submit a Moto Tat that my son and I got over the 2007 Christmas holidays. My son is a LCpl CH-46 Crew Chief currently assigned to HMM-265 Dragons in Okinawa. I was a SSgt serving from 1982 - 1994. I am extremely proud of my son. The Latin states "Father and Son" - "Brothers Forever"

Semper Fi!
Thanks
Mark Oinonen

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