“With the United States drawing down troop numbers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, active duty prospects for a generation raised in the age of terror are not likely to improve , area recruiters and educators say. As it stands, about four in five adults who try to join do not qualify.” (Montgomery) These recruits have a desire to serve their country, but are denied due to their tattooed appearance. Among the amount of people who want to join, having tattoos is one of the main disqualifying factors. There are overly qualified recruits who are being turned away, along with recruits who want to take a hard look at special operations career fields that already have a low retention rate and these recruits are being turned away as well. The military would rather have low-skilled or low-scoring recruits than the right people for the right job. This will affect each branch in that yes, we will still have well-informed troops, but then we will have ones that you know shouldn't have made it because of their intelligence. This is because with today's generation tattoos are very popular and you will find that four out of ten adults have at least one tattoo. Having these low standards or poor service members who seem more professional than the next has a negative effect on current service members and the military as