Is the Army tattoo in the movie Stop-Loss real?

Question

The American flag they have on the back of their forearm. Is that a common tattoo in the Army or was that fictional for the movie?

Answer 1

tons of guys in the Army have flag tattoos, but most of them are different in some way, mine is 3 slashes on my right upper arm, it looks like my skin is getting ripped away and underneath that is the flag showing through.  

Answer 2

That is where the flag is worn on the ACUs, and when I was at Ft. Carson last, I saw a soldier with that tat, but he could have been influenced by the movie.

BTW: The flag tat is on his upper arm, not his forearm

Answer 3

As with what has been said before, flag tattoos are popular in the military as a whole, not just in the Army.  After the second time I came back from Iraq I got a barbed wire band on my upper arm with the American flag woven through it.  

Old Glory will live as long as I do.