My first time wearing my Scottish clothes and accessories.....

[Jock Scot]

The medals are more than appropriate to wear with your ensemble, you earned them, wear them.

CollinMacD.

Herein lies a problem. Let me say straight away that no one is denying you the right to wear your decorations, least of all me, that you earned during your service. But.........

The problem is the difficulty of marrying up Scottish kilt traditions and American traditions regarding decorations. The truth is, there is a difficulty here and it is as well that you are aware of it.

In the UK, including Scotland, civilians only wear their decorations on specific occasions and at functions where the wearing of decorations is specifically requested. To do otherwise is considered rather bad form over here. As I understand it, in the US decorations are worn fairly commonly at almost any occasion one chooses at the owner's whim.

I am not at all sure there is an easy answer to this, or even an answer, but personally I take the view that if you are wearing the Scottish clan tartan in the form of the kilt and appropriate attire, then Scottish traditions really ought to be followed. Others may of course differ, but it does clearly demonstrate that wearing the Scottish kilt outwith these shores does create a conflict of traditions.