US Army Tartan Being Made Official

**davedove** · 14th November 07, 10:51 AM

I just received an email from Alexis Malcolm about the US Army tartan. Here is an excerpt:

Art has just returned from 18 months of duty at West
Point & while there he lobbied the Director of Music
to get the US Army Tartan accepted by the Army as
their official Tartan. He had a call yesterday from
the Director to tell him that it had come down from
the Pentagon that the Army is now in the process of
doing just that & its status will be official shortly.

**James MacMillan** · 14th November 07, 10:56 AM

Wooooohoooooooo.......... US Army surplus kilts to be flooding the market soon! News at eleven!

Seriously - Way to go Army!

**cavscout** · 14th November 07, 11:02 AM

Hoooahhh! Kilts and Stetsons!?

**Galician** · 14th November 07, 11:06 AM

Hoorah!!

Let me just share what another member of this informed me about that process, who is involved in a similar process. It's not fully official until that is done, and then the Tartans Authority in Scotland is advised of this. You might want to pass this along to your friend.

I'm in the process of doing this for the NYC tartan, so I relate and hope it goes well for you!!

**Livingston** · 14th November 07, 11:49 AM

All right! Now that has moved up on my list of needed kilts.

**Joe Gondek** · 14th November 07, 11:57 AM

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All right! Now that has moved up on my list of needed kilts

Yeah like we really needed a reason to buy a new kilt

but this does move it up on my list

**ccga3359** · 14th November 07, 02:46 PM

Go Army.

**pipesndrumsnun** · 14th November 07, 02:50 PM

Very cool!

**McMurdo** · 14th November 07, 02:56 PM

That is wonderful news, thanks for passing it on.

**macwilkin** · 14th November 07, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by davedove

I just received an email from Alexis Malcolm about the US Army tartan. Here is an excerpt:

Art has just returned from 18 months of duty at West
Point & while there he lobbied the Director of Music
to get the US Army Tartan accepted by the Army as
their official Tartan. He had a call yesterday from
the Director to tell him that it had come down from
the Pentagon that the Army is now in the process of
doing just that & its status will be official shortly.

The US Military Academy (West Point) also has their own tartan which their pipe band wears:

http://www.usma.edu/USCC/dca/clubs/C...Info/pipd.html

I wonder if they can play Benny Havens on the pipes?

Come fill your glasses, fellows, and stand up in a row,
To singing sentimentally, we're going for to go,
In the army there's sobriety, promotion's very slow,
So we'll sing our reminiscences of Benny Havens, oh!

-- http://www.west-point.org/greimanj/w...ennyhavens.htm

Cheers,

Todd