.... it's common ... it was very common back in the 80s and early 90s for drunken sailors and Marines to get tatts and other "adornments" to our "government property" bodies

It was an honor to serve.

And several tours of shore patrol or security details. Not unheard of to come across a group of three or four falling down drunk 19 to 23 year olds with an array of brand new random tattoos on their arms or legs at one or two in the morning.
Even more exciting was when they gave you the fake military ID they had gotten to go drinking with instead of their actual ID.

I remember drinking Boone Farm Wine and doing some pretty crazy shit.

i drank the camp lejeune benzene at mcas new river. i wonder if anyone checked this guy for a cancer diagnosis?

there are tattoo parlors in jacksonville and on the carolina beaches

but the heavy drinking and tattoos occur on port calls in hong kong singapore or yakuska.

i never got one, but most are the standard eagle globe and anchor and hearts with the girl's name. maybe a dragon or a short quote from psalms.

i usually think of the nazi stuff as prison ink, but times have changed since i left the corps

Excellent question.