Opinions on a military jacket

[OC Richard]

It might be interesting to take a look at what various militaries have done with this style of jacket (the old US Army "dress greens" or "Class A's")
to adapt it for wear with the kilt.

The Canadian Army wears a similar jacket and has a large number of kilted battalions. Here's what the Canadian version looks like:



Note also the Lovat Green hose and ordinary shoes, exactly what the Scottish regiments in Scotland wear in No2 Dress. Ghillies are not worn in the Army. (The exception is that some Scottish regimental pipe bands have a civilian-style uniform that they wear when competing at civilian pipe band competitions, which includes several civilian items like ghillies, bobble top hose, civilian sporrans, shirts, vests, and jackets. They wear their normal military Glengarries, kilts, and flashes, and the regimental necktie.)

Here's the Real Thing, the Scottish military No2 Dress, as currently worn by the Royal Regiment of Scotland:




Here's the New Zealand Army's version of their own jacket:



Here's a US military version of a jacket similar to the US Army's, worn by the US Coast Guard Pipe Band:



Notice in all cases the bottom of the jacket has been cut away for the sporran but otherwise the jacket has been left as is (no Scottish style cuffs etc).

Note that the Canadian and New Zealand jackets have been left at their full length, which to me never looks quite right with the kilt. The Scottish No2 Dress jacket is shorter, like a civilian kilt jacket, as you can see.