Red Star
Is there a significance with USMC and red & black star tattoos?
I have a few friends who are in the Corps who have a tattoo on the back of each arm, or their elbows, one of a red star with black outline, and one of a black star with red outline. I was just wondering if there was a certain significance in these tattoos?
I haven’t been able to get ahold of them to ask them.. I’m at college and they’re either deployed, or back home, and I don’t have a way of getting in contact with them. I just happened to see a guy on the street earlier with the same tatoos, and it made me think about them.
They aren’t nautical. They are just simple stars. Not trying to sound rude, but I do know the difference between the two. I spent my HS years in a tattoo shop lol.
Ok so I saw the guy from earlier, the one I passed on the street, and I asked him, and he said there wasn’t any significance to him, he was just 18 and thought they looked cool when he got them lol. So idk, it might just be a thing, with no real importance…
Due to the tattoos being located on the elbows and or on opposite sides of the bodies I would say that it is most likely some type of take or twist on a nautical star. The opposite sides marking port and starboard.
That and if one star is a contrast of the other stars color this would again lead me to believe me to think they are maybe just a derivation of a nautical star.
I’m willing to bet it is only of personal significance, and is a design picked or created by them as something they like. The design and idea of two stars of contrasting color on opposite sides of the body originated from the nautical star and has become very popular as a salty dog, punk and more recently hard rock, sailor jerry style thing although it is also popular in other walks.
It fits well with many other tattoo styles and can even be used to blend old with new styles.
As far as I know and have seen with the marines I know there is no Marine Corp Significance to this style or any star as a tattoo.
This is only far as the Corp in it’s entirety goes. Specific units, duty stations, etc. could have their own affiliation with the design you are curious about.
Working, training, fighting, and getting tattooed along side Marines I’ve never heard of any sort of connection.
That’s just my experience though.
Of course the only way to know for sure is to ask them whenever you are able to see them again.
I hope I could at least provide some idea or fathom of an idea. Hopefully you get more answers as well with some more opinions.
Good luck with finding out.
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