US Veterans, militaria, etc...

[Arnot]

Yes, different services have different regs.

The Army regs. reference an appropriate military occasion/observance as does the AF. I doubt Highland Games meet that standard.

It appears the Navy/USMC has the most lenient system leaving it up to the individual.
However, it seems to also state that the ribbons/medals worn on casual dress (less than Tux) are to be miniature metal type/rosette form....not full ribbon bars or full sized decorations as I see in the SAMS org.

So that reg. actually says....no to the presently noted displays of awards.

The way that the COL explains the Army regulation in Post #44 slightly changes the meaning of what is actually written in the regulation. Below is the information copied from the regulation and pasted in here.

Retired personnel and former members of the Army (as described above) may wear all categories of medals described in this regulation on appropriate civilian clothing. This includes clothes designed for veteran and patriotic organizations on Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, and Armed Forces Day, as well as at formal occasions of ceremony and social functions of a military nature.

The "military nature" seems to apply to the "social functions", but not the "formal occasions of ceremony". Going by what is written and not someone's interpretation or opinion, it seems to me to be two types of occasion.

Also, whatever one may think about the SAMS uniform, it would seem to be covered by the following taken from AR 670-1:

30–8. Wear of a uniform similar to the Army uniform
a. A person for whom one of the following uniforms is prescribed may wear the uniform, provided it includes
distinctive insignia prescribed by the Secretary of the Army to distinguish it from the U.S. Army uniform.
(1) Instructors or members of an organized cadet corps at a state university, college, or public high school that has a
regular course of military instruction will wear the uniform prescribed by the academic organization.
(2) Instructors or members of an organized cadet corps at an educational institution that has a regular course of
military instruction in military science with an Army instructor, will wear the uniform prescribed by the academic
organization.
(3) When authorized by regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, members of a military society
composed of persons discharged honorably or under honorable conditions from the U.S. Army may wear the uniform
prescribed by the military society.