then you're probably in the marine corps.
it's a norse superstition. the vikings used to wear them for protection.
not angels. valkyries.
in norse mythology, the only way you get to go to heaven is to die in violence. die in your sleep, you go to hell. valkyries fly over the battlefields, picking out the righteous dead. they reward the people who draw first blood. a soldier's angel.
i'm generally thrilled to have referral business, but i tell people looking for those wings to find ink closer to home.
some club down in alphabet city.