Senior Airman Autumn Rosado, 9th Aircraft Maintenance Unit avionics technician, adds a tattoo idea to a board at the Sacred Art tattoo shop in Abilene, Texas, Sept. 16, 2019.

The service turned away 4,240 prospective recruits between 2018 and 2022 because of tattoo disqualifications, Bass said. About 32% of them would have qualified under the new rules.