Would you ever wear a feather in your cap, particularly in the U.S.?

[Moski]

Are you bold enough to tell a member of the Royal Regiment of Scotland or the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers that their feather hackles mean "absolutely nothing"?

T.

Oh come on. Obviously I was referring to the Eagle feather situation concerning Chiefs. Of course someone else may use feathers to designate something of import to that group but you cannot reasonably expect everyone to know the groups meaning or for some to even care that a military unit uses a bloomin feather in addition to all that shiny. I wouldn't tell them it has no meaning but that it had no such meaning for me.

I served in the Army and some people had no end of heartache about people wearing plain geeen berets with no claim to service or other militaria present. but that is military paraphernalia and weather or not I would agree they have legitimate claim to it if identified by other mil-para.