Airline issues

[dcommini]

I don't fly often, and put my kilting stuff in a carry-on bag so no issues there.

As a veteran of more than 28 years of service I have developed issues with US Army tartan. It really doesn't represent the entire Army, and seems to represent the Army at a frozen point in time. I believe most of the colors chosen for the tartan probably represent the green gas station attendant uniform, and the kakai summer uniform worn during a set period. Also, there is a green to represent snipers. There has never been official sniper green. I suppose that it is connected to the uniforms worn by Ber Dan's Sharpshooter. Also there is a gold strip to represent the cavalry. As I read it, the tartan represents one man's service in the green army, between the brown army and the blue army, who served in a cavalry unit and was a sniper. He registered it as US Army out of a arrogant opinion that his particular service somehow represented the service of all.

When I started kilting a bought a Sport Kilt in army tartan. But quickly gave it up and haven't worn it in years. It's as good as new. It doesn't represent my service, the service of millions of other's, nor the Army across time.

I like it for the green and gold, MP colors.

Other than that, I never knew the history behind the tartan and figured the colors had some other historical significance.

[Manu]

Sorry to hear Jumper. Looking an irreplaceable kilt has got to hurt. I never in 15 years have lost gear flying around the world, but I have buddies that did, and unfortunately never recovered it.

On the Army tartan note, I gotta say I don't love it either. In fact I have no intention of buying it. I was born Marine in Parris Island and I will die Marine. And I think, based on my four years of Army service, that the issue with the Army, which reflects on the unrepresentative tartan, it's the lack of service pride and cohesiveness. There is unit pride reflected on the patch, specialty pride reflected by different colors and mottos. This, in my opinion, promotes divisiveness. Every Marine is a Marine regardless of specialty, every Marine bleeds scarlet and gold, and we all wore the same exact uniform. It's no wonder every Marine will proudly wear the leatherneck tartan, because we all gravitate towards the same. Army culture lacks that sense of Army pride, it's more of a unit/branch pride, and that reflects on the Army tartan. Perhaps it is time someone designs a more appropriate tartan better representative of Soldiers past, present, and future.