Quote Originally Posted by Benning Boy View Post
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.