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so entries are open for the UNOFFICIAL June 2017 tattoo of the month contest, for June it's "rose" tattoos, please post entries in this thread ,be sure to include artist name. I will make another poll thread around the 20th or so of the month to vote in, let's keep this alive,IMO it's fun. post your entries through the 20th. I will post a "Poll" on the 21st to start the voting.

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Awesome, I'll leave it alone until the next session. I just feel luckier than my Columbian mate who caught a collar-full on his neck tattoo. I was only stressing slightly because the brass burns on my face show a bit.

I would wait until the spot heals completely before thinking of doing anything. I've had brass burns many times during my 26 years on active duty and have never had a permanent scar. Let it heal up and it will probably be just fine.

Ha! I wonder what list the manager put me on...

If I was a cat, I'd be down to 1 life left..at best. In fact, I may be ahead of the game. In just my 26 years in the Army, I had an 8" artillery shell detonate over my head and was hit with shrapnel but without injury, I've ridden 2 helicopters to the ground with engine failures...one hard enough to compress the skids...and walked away and was in the area of the Pentagon hit by the plane on 9/11 and twice escaped (at least) from circumstances where I could have not made it out. My uniform is part of the Smithsonian exhibition form that day....I stared Death down and smiled back. My second tattoo is attribute to the 9/11 experiences. Not focused on death but on the determination to live and to face the threat head on. That's why I chose an eagle standing on a pentagonal shaped rock with sun rays shining overhead. Death doesn't scare me nor does it control my actions. When it comes it comes...and I am ready to face the life after.