It would be enough for the brigade: more than 800 conscripts were not taken to the British army through tattoos

According to statistics, another 400 recruits were banned from visiting the training center through piercing. Since 2018, 126,000 applicants have been abandoned. More than 800 potential recruits have not been admitted to the UK army through tattoos. Although there is a lack of army staff in the country. About it reports The Sun. Another 400 recruits were banned from visiting the training center through piercing - the number of calculated would be enough to make a team.

Ten years ago, the British Army softened the rules and allowed tattoos on the neck and hands, but body and face on the head and face are still "unacceptable". Tattoos depicting "sexual intercourse, violence or drugs" are also prohibited, the same applies to a piercing that "changes appearance. Since 2018 in the UK, 12,000 servicemen have not enough. At the same time, 126,000 people have been abandoned at the same time.

With data published in accordance with the legislation on freedom of information, the main reason why the recruits did not pass the selection - medical. Such are 70,000. Britain lose staff faster than attract a new one. "We lose personnel. A few years later, there will be problems in operations, " - said former Minister of Armed Forces Mark François. The head of the recruiting firm Capita called on the army to weaken strict medical rules that do not allow people to replenish army benches.