I joined in 1999, got out in 2007, and got these tattoos in 2010. It took ten years for me to get my first Moto tattoos. The back piece has a lot of symbolism, but the long and short of it is that it respresents my time with and love toward the Corps. “Leatherneck Forever” is a short way of saying ‘Once a Marine, Always a Marine”. The overall look of the full piece, which looks like the patches on a Motorcycle Club vest, represents both the brotherhood in the Corps while also showing my love for motorcycle riding. The Seargeant chevrons are self explanitory; got out as an E-5. The Skull with the Predator symbol and Ka-Bar is a play on the typical “Death Before Dishonor” tattoo with the skull and knife. For the Predators, the symbols were a badge of Honor earned after they completed the right of passage into manhood. The Marine Corps was that right of passage for me, which is represented by the Predator symbol and Ka-Bar. The Skull represents how I would rather die before dishonoring the Corps which has given me so much.
Leatherneck Forever
