You can find quite a few similar threads, and the consensus has always been that as long as you don't represent yourself as a vet-or anything else you're not-no one cares. Don't wear ribbons or badges or medals you didn't earn (which is actually illegal), and ther rest is taken as a way of honoring the military and all vets.
As a Marine, I'd be tickled to see anyone in the Leatherneck tartan; it was designed by an acquaintance of mine.
As to bonnets, you can buy a regulation tam-o-shanter in olive drab wool on the open market (check out ebay and What Price Glory). I think they look good, and I wear one all the time. OR . . . you could get any black balmoral or glengarry.
Jim Killman
Writer, Philosopher, Teacher of English and Math, Soldier of Fortune, Bon Vivant, Heart Transplant Recipient, Knight of St. Andrew (among other knighthoods)
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