Hi, All,

First, I'd like to thank everyone for the thoughtful responses to my question.

I was a little surprised at sharp break in opinion between those who thought that only veterans of the specific campaigns should wear the respective tartan vs. those who though that they should be available for all as a means of showing respect.

My personal opinion is that I'd never wear an Iraqi Freedom or Afghanistan war campaign tartan because I did not fight in those campaigns, and I feel that respect for those that fought can best be shown by leaving them a way to show their participation in those campaigns themselves.

Like some of the non-universal clan tartans, there will be those that would be upset if you wore the tartan without having a close association with the clan. For me, I'd be pretty sad if I saw someone in a Desert Shield/Desert Storm Campaign tartan, and found that they weren't physically present in the Southwest Asia Theatre of Operations during that time.

However, the US is a free country, and the only binding regulation here is one's own conscience. Each of us has our own opinion and conscience, and those are ultimately the only things in this world to which we are answerable.

Anyway, after thinking more and reading the responses here, I feel even less right than I had before to try to get a project going to copyright and register all of these tartans. I saw a couple of folks earlier mention that they might be interested in getting together and going in as a group to get a tartan designed and made. Why don't those that are interested PM me, and we can see what kind of a headcount we can get. Then, we can contact Matt and see what he can do for us.

Sound like a plan?