U.S. Marine in need

[OFCJAX]

I say do it! If anyone gives you greif, give 'em a little one, one, two back.!

(If no one get's that referance: We used to teach Basic Combat Hitting Skills in Boot camp and that means a double jab and a right cross.)

[kilted in seattle]

Here's something else to think about.

First off, I was never in the Corps so I can only speak as someone with a few years in.

My full military resume is interesting. I spent five years on active duty enlisted in the Navy. Then I spent another five years enlisted in the Army National Guard. I'm now coming around the corner into my fourth year as an officer in the Guard. In other words, I've been on both sides of the fence.

When I was an E-3 so many years ago (President Bush Sr. had just been elected when I made E-3), I spent a lot of time worrying about what my chain of command would think.

When I became an NCO and then an Officer, I realized that my soldiers spend a lot of time worrying about things that barely appear on my radar.

I'm going to echo what SFCRick and the others have said. If you wear your kilt on your own time and on post (while you are in Iraq at least) AND you wear your kilt in such a way to honor yourself, your country and the Corps, I think you will be fine.

If the political situation stays more or less the same and Mother Army doesn't change their mind again, I'm headed to Iraq in about a year. I fully plan on taking a kilt or two with me.