Quote Originally Posted by SSgt Baloo
Let me see if I've got this straight.

  1. As far as family/clan tartans go, I have a connection to Woods and Cooper.
  2. I may have a connection to some Irish tartans, but I don't quite understand how those work. Is it by family or geography?
  3. I may be eligible to wear some district tartans but how do I figure the connection to those?
  4. I could wear the US tartan or the California tartan because I'm a citizen of both.
  5. If I had lived in a state with an official tartan I could wear that tartan.
  6. If I were a member of an organization with an official tartan I could wear that.
  7. If I want to honor my branch of the service, I could wear the USAF/USAFR tartan or the "Mitchell" tartan.
  8. If I wanted to honor my late father's service in WWII, I could wear the US Navy tartan.
  9. If I wanted to honor my nephew's Army service (and the fact that the USAF started out as a branch of the army) I could wear the US Army tartan.
  10. If I wanted to honor my sister's service in the Coast Guard (yeah, my sister was a coastie ) I could wear the Coast guard tartan.


So... Have I gotten it right thus far or do I need further instruction (apart from the questions posed above)?

--SSgt Baloo
I'll bet you're glad you asked now.

You could wear the Irish ones as the names that you suggested come originally from that part of Ireland (Irish County).

The Scottish District ones are the same, the district the name came from.

I will let the other posters answer in relation to theirs.

Tartan in my opinion about what you want to wear for whatever reason. We do supply Strathmore tartans.

Good luck.