Tattoo Model: Richard Americo Rocco

Get Inspired by the Bold and Appealing Richard Americo Rocco

Have you ever heard about an American military man who switched his career to modeling? It sounds quite unbelievable. Well, the fact is that Richard Americo has setup a successful modeling career after being in Military for a while. Richard has enough reasons to switch from Marine Corps to the blistering modeling career. He had a serious injury during a military operation and his life was completely in danger. Since then, he put up this new life with great determination and will power. All youngsters around the world have something to learn from this personality.  

Richard still has the tough mind of a marine and thus, he is hard working and promising in the activities that he is involved. Apart from the modeling career, he also competes in power lifting. It is very astonishing to see him back in action even after facing serious injuries back in Iraq. He was part of a US military branch named USMC. Richard served the US military force for over 5 years. He worked in various other locations and was also part of many major deployments.

Richard Americo Rocco was actually a Marine Sergeant in military. He used to complete the tasks assigned to him with great perfection and determinations. It was in his last deployed location named Fallujah in Iraq that he got seriously injured. He went through 4 extreme blows in the head due to the Anti-Tank mines, IED and RPG’s. He also had a major L2 vertebrae injury along with Traumatic brain injury. These are severe injuries which a common man cannot surpass to make a comeback to life. This is where Richard becomes a great inspiration for all the youngsters in the world. Even with many health issues, he came back towards his normal life with a great style and smile.      

Apart from Iraq, he also served in various other places such as Coronado, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Camp Pendleton and much more. He never complains anyone even after getting injured. It is his passion that made him join the Marine Corps and he is satisfied that he have served the country by giving out 100 percent dedication. Within one year of his injury, he started working out in gym. He was very determined to setup the new life. His hard works resulted in regaining his lost physique. May be he is now improved to a lot better body builder than he was before.

It was a great surprise that he happened to make his entry to the modeling field. He used to compete in power lifting activities after a certain period of the recovery. Once he was invited for doing a pro photo shoot as part of a weight lifting competition. This was the stepping stone for his amazing modeling career. His modeling career may have a short length of 4 months, but he is receiving great support from each and every part of the world. Richard is one of those who like to show others about how to make positive energy within ourselves. He also likes to be known as a great inspiration.

Richard loves Hip-hop music and he is a fan of Rick Ros, Lil Wayne and Drake. Being his favorite clothing brand, mostly he used to wear merchandise of Nike. Hollywood Fashion Blog and PLALA Mag LA are the favorite publications of Richard who have tattooed some great tattoo designs in his body. The tattoos in Richard’s body are now great trend in the market. When he was serving in military forces he used to support troops whereas, now he is also doing photo shoots for the welfare of wounded warriors.     

Steven Klein is one of those photographers he would love to work with. He’s now looking forward to set an effective career in modeling which other can emulate. He reveals the fact that he is working too much nowadays to achieve his goals. Surely he is one of those great personalities everyone likes to make a role model.

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