We asked our staff to weigh in on their tattoos and the meaning behind their masterpieces.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman William Greer, 36th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron bioenvironmental engineering journeyman, prepares to analyze water at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 22, 2025.
In February 2018, we almost lost my father. He had colon cancer and he was having some complications.
A new year is upon us, and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season!
It wasn’t until I graduated tech school that I got my first tattoo and now, 12 years later, I have covered most of my left thigh.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class George Anthony Mesa, a native of Inalahan, Guam, will join the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region (JTF-NCR) in supporting the 60th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Quinata from the Guam National Guard’s 94th Civil Support Team participates in an interview about his assignment to Joint Task Force-District of Columbia’s support to the 60th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2025.
Hiroshi Nishimura is a tattoo artist based out of Kobe, Japan, who also travels overseas to share his craft with others. Nishimura, who says he joined the profession because he thought being a tattoo artist would be “cool,” shared his thoughts on the tattoo culture in Japan.
Leadership from the 36th Contingency Response Group, and 736th Security Forces Training Center instructors celebrate the Airmen that graduated the most recent jungle training course at Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 16, 2024.
My favorite tattoo is hands-down my left sleeve. It’s comprised of the four animals for the four cardinal directions from Korea’s version of yin and yang.
I think my tattoos have mostly impacted my life in a positive way. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I’ve gotten bad looks.
My mom got tattoos when I was young, and she got a dragonfly tattoo for my 18th birthday because when I was born, she had painted my room with dragonflies.
I got my first tattoo when I was like 12 or 13 years old (I kept it a secret from my parents). It was a garage-style tattoo from a friend with a nearly broken needle gun.
Out of the eight pieces of artwork on my body, my leg sleeve tattoo is the one that I am most proud of.
Taste of Guam
Best of Pacific
Destination Paradise
Welcome to the Pacific