Kilted Reenlistment Ceremony!

[masonpiper]

As my son(11th Cav) would say "Hoo AHH", congrats and keep it low.

[Mudge]

Awesome!! Thank you for your service...I wear a red shirt every Friday for you.

Cheers,

Mike

[brewerpaul]

Congrats, you look great. Be safe......

[Alan H]

Nice....and thank you.

[Chas]

Interesting to see how things are done in different forces. When I joined the RAF it was for 4 years. After 3, I could see that it was for me, so I extended my service to 12 years. To re-enlist a British serviceman would have to be out of the forces for at least 24 hours, but there is no way that they would be in an active combat zone as a civilian. They would be shipped back to the UK first.

For extending service it is just a few forms that need to be signed - no ceremony. For re-enlistment the person would be in civilian clothing, because at that moment they would not be entitled to wear a uniform.

As it happens, I was the one and only RAF serviceman to have initially signed on (enlist) in Germany. Because in the normal course of events a serviceman only makes the oath once and there had never been anyone else enlist in Germany the Squadron Leader had to call London and quickly scribble it down before I could read it out.

It must have been really impressive to enlist in a kilt - I wish I had done.

Kiltedinkansas - come home safe.

Regards

Chas

[grizzbass]

congratulations and thanks. My son goes into basic training in august. If a 5'10' 200 pound mackenzie plaid shows up over there keep an eye on him okay.

[Bill aka Mole]

Conratulations on your re-enlistment. My son is in 2SCR, currently in Germany, and survived his first tour. He would offer up a HOO-ahh.

[MacGumerait]

Thank you for all the well wishes everyone. The crazy thing is, the CPT offered to wear a kilt too, we just couldn't find one in his size on short notice!!!! There are actually 4 people here on the base that wear kilts on a semi-regular basis (including me), two of which I got started on kilting.

Kiltedinkansas ,

Thank you for your service to your country and to us all . Thank you for introducing kilting to your brothers in arms . Words often escape us on how to express our appreciation . Perhaps these words say it best .

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press.... It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech..... It is the soldier, not the organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.... It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag , Who serves beneath the flag, and Whose coffin is draped by the flag , Who allows the protestor to burn the flag. " ..... Father Dennis Edward O'Brian, USMC

Salutations to you sir , be safe and know you are respected and appreciated .

Best Regards , Mike

[kilted bear]

Congrats man!!! looking sharp- thanks for your service!!!

[opositive]

you do not look great. you are great.