Big Jim,

Are you serving on an attack boat or a missile boat? (I have been out for quite a while and have not kept up on all the boats.) I am assuming that you know there is a Polaris tartan. It's beautiful and was designed by the commander in Holy Loch at the time for the boomer sailors. Two of the colors are used to designate the two crews -- two gold stripes (gold crew)with a sky stripe (blue crew) in the center.

The Polaris tartan is much better looking than the Edzell (Navy) tartan. The USNA Pipe and Drums wears the Polaris tartan. Check out their site to see the kilts.

Alexis Malcolm makes both an 8-yard and a Hillwalker (5-yard) in the Polaris tartan. It is a special order tartan, so it is a little more expensive, but her prices are well within what anyhone else charges for a handmade kilt. I have spoken with the lady and she is very helpful. I just have to wait for a while before I purchase one. She also has kilt pins with dolphins on them.