Kelly D

About me:

I am a Soldier. I am a Father. I am a Tattooist. I am very proud of all 3 of those statements. I joined the Army when I was 17 years old, and it was the best decision I ever made! While I was stationed at Ft. Stewart GA, I met some of the BEST friends and guy could have. I deployed a lot, and I saw the world. I taught myself to tattoo while I was at Ft. Stewart (thanks to my friends, who were dumb enough to let me figure it out on them.) I got out of the Army in 1997. I was enjoying the civilian life, and tattooing part time out of my house, (it was illegal in MA at the time.) When the tattoo ban was lifted in Massachusetts, on Feb 1st 2001, I did the 1st legal tattoo in MA since 1963... My shop (owned and operated by Ron Balcuis,) was the 1st Tattoo Studio opened after the ban. But, the day (literally) we invaded Iraq, I quit my job as a tattooist @ The Golden Needle in Whitman, MA to re-enlist in the Army to serve my country again.... (Pretty cool, I think.) I served stateside doing Homeland Security in support of Operation Enduring Freedom... Then I volunteered to go to Iraq. I was gone for 14+ months. I'm currently still in the Army, and I've been back home from my "Iraqi Vacation" since Halloween 05. I came home to a 7 month old daughter, that I'd only known for 2 weeks, and a wife that I had only spent a month with since we said "I do." That's my story, thanks for reading. . . . You can see some of my tattoo work below, or @ http://www.teampapafoxtrot.com/TerrordomeTattoos.htm
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