We sat down with last year’s tattoo model, Phil Eskridge, who appeared on the cover of our 2024 Tattoo: Armed Forces magazine.

Read all about this writer’s experience getting tattooed by Ami James at the Gods of Ink tattoo convention in Frankfurt, Germany.

Rodriguez decided to give professional photography a try and applied to be the photographer for the 2024 “Tattoo Armed Forces Magazine.”

Each generation has its own way of expressing themselves and what is meaningful to them with tattoos.

No matter where you are stationed or visiting in Europe, there is a tattoo convention near you.