Category: Tattoos

A semi-old school flash style piece done in Okinawa, Japan at the Ryukyu Family Tattoo Shop after my third combat deployment in Afghanistan 2009.

my son Lcpl Dan Preachs memorial tattoo for his brother Lcpl Kevin Preach.

A freind of mine showed me this design and I really liked it. So on my chest it went! Cpl. Brown U.S.M.C. ’87 to ’91

My Father gave me this prayer on one of my trips home. He had made a habit of including a story, poem, or prayer with the letters he sent me since boot camp. Every one of them tells a story that most people wouldn’t understand, and some that can’t be told by word of mouth. But this one i believe to be the most simple and most powerful one. I had been planning on getting a new tattoo at this time but this prayer completely changed my idea about what it would be. These words embody everything i believe in and was taught by my father. My Father spent 20 years of his life securing mine and my family’s freedom. And i felt it was my time to return the favor. read more

I got this tattoo in memory of my father, Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas J. Kelly, who passed away on Jan.1, 2011.

Tattoo for Lance Corporal Jesse D. Tillery, killed in action 2 December 2006. Semper Fi brother, YAT YAS

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. read more