Three Scottish units face elimination

[MacGumerait]

I did too, David. And I actually had the opportunity to "party" with many of the young Argylls after their concert. They were keen on seeing the city (St. Louis) before they departed for Chicago the following morning. Boy, what a night that was!

Haaa ! Now that would be a party worth attending ! I trust you did the Macphersons and the Marine Corps proud that night .

[Mel1721L]

It's not just the Scottish regiments, it's the English too being decimated. When I joined up there were 16 Armoured regiments, three of which were Lancers, 9th/12th, 16th/5th and mine, the 17th/21st. The 16/5 and 17/21 were ammalgamated back in the 90's to form the Queens Royal Lancers, now the QRL is to be ammalgamated with the 9/12 to form the Royal Lancers. The last Lancer regiment in the British Army. It's the same story for the rest of the cavalry and the Royal Tank Regiments.

[creagdhubh]

Haaa ! Now that would be a party worth attending ! I trust you did the Macphersons and the Marine Corps proud that night .

Oh, it definitely was! The funny thing about the whole thing, was that it wasn't planned in the slightest. After the concert, we (my wife, my aunt, and yours truly) left and went to a nearby pub for dinner and drinks. After about 20-30 minutes, a few of the Argyll pipers showed up. After about an hour or so, loads more arrived at the pub and soon the place was packed with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders! I naturally wore Highland Dress to the concert, so the Argylls came up to me all throughout the night, and we soon joined them all in a delightful, albeit boisterous, conversation about all things Scottish and military. They loved the fact that I served in the U.S. Marine Corps, since many of them had served alongside U.S. Marines overseas. After having quite a few pints at this particular pub, they wanted to see more of the downtown St. Louis area, so we all left and walked to a few of the more hip/trendy parts of downtown, stopping at various bars and pubs along the way. It was one hell of an impromptu pub crawl, and definitely a night to remember!