Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
I personally believe that is appropriate for civilians to wear military tartans for a specific purpose, such as serving in a reenactment unit of a Scottish regiment, or if a relative or friend served in that unit, and it is to honour their service.

The Australians have a very nice similar custom where children and grand-children of ex-servicemen wear their relative's medals, but on the right lapel instead of the left. This was inspiring to see in a video of the Brisbane ANZAC Day parade a friend of mine in Queensland sent me several years ago, with all of the youngsters wearing their grand-dad's medals and marching with the servicemen's groups.

I think with any tartan, the key word is respect: respect for the history and tradition of the tartan you are wearing.

Cheers,

T.
I can't speak for all members of the military, or any particular branch of service for that matter, but as a Marine, the uniform and associated labels and such are something guarded because of the cost of obtaining such.

Sometimes when I see someone wearing a t-shirt that says "Marines" on it I think to my self, "did you earn the right to wear that t-shirt?" I'm sure that's somewhat selfish on my part, but that's just how I feel.That's just my opinion.

dana