US military insignia

[OC Richard]

Would it be out of line to have my military pins worn with my kilt?

This topic comes up from time to time, specifically people asking about the protocol for wearing US military items with Highland Dress. Some people might take me to task for saying this, but in my opinion Highland Dress is civilian dress just like any other civilian dress (contemporary or traditional) and the same protocol would apply to wearing US military items with Highland Dress as it would to wearing such items with an ordinary suit, or for that matter Cowboy dress, or a Kimono, or lederhosen, or what have you. (The Kimono and lederhosen are quite accurate parallels, being traditional dress of foreign countries as is Highland dress.)

What I find so strange-looking is when Americans put on their kilt and with it put on a khaki shirt laden with dozens of embroidered badges/patches, metal badges, name badges, various pins, and so forth. Strange-looking to me because I'm used to seeing the way khaki shirts are worn in the Highland regiments, with no such stuff



(he is the Drum Major of The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)