Roger Sparks

Recipient of the Silver Star Who Turned to Tattooing As Treatment for Combat-Caused PTSD

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Roger Sparks Biography

Master Sgt. Roger Sparks has served within the military as both a Recon Marine and an Air Force Pararescueman for over 25 years.

Sparks was the recipient of the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest award for valor, in a ceremony on July 11, 2014, for his actions during a fierce firefight with insurgents in Afghanistan’s Watapur Valley on Nov. 14, 2010. His citation reads: “Despite continued enemy fire and with no concern for his personal safety, Sergeant Sparks immediately performed lifesaving measures for nine wounded soldiers.”

Sparks struggled with post-traumatic stress in the year after that five-month deployment, during which he turned to tattooing. “I couldn’t shake the catharsis of it, like how healing the experience was to be serendipitously tattooed right after that,” he said. “It’s a metaphysical thing of attempting to master yourself through experiencing the pain of tattooing but through virtuous symbols."

Sparks has stated that he believes the price of combat is grief, and he found tattooing to be a creative outlet that allowed him to move past his grief.

The pastime took on greater meaning as he began tattooing fellow veterans.

Sparks is currently transitioning from a career of special operations into the civilian world as an artist, author, and speaker.

Roger Sparks Videos

  • The Lionhearted: Roger Sparks
  • Casey Neistat helped me become a tattoo artist | INDIE ALASKA ...
    The most intense combat of Roger Sparks's career ended in a twist of fate when he met a group of men who helped him discover tattooing as a means of...
  • Air Force MSgt. Roger Sparks - Silver Star Recipient
    Air Force Master Sgt. Roger Sparks, a pararescueman with the Alaska Air National Guard's famed 212th Rescue Squadron receives the Silver Star.

Roger Sparks Books

  • Warrior's Creed: A Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible
    Warrior's Creed: A Life of Preparing for and Facing the Impossible

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