Quote Originally Posted by Rogerson785 View Post
You are correct, if I was not wearing my 20+ years worth of medals, then the orange bow tie would be appropriate, but wearing the orange bow tie seems like it would distract from the seriousness of the whole affair, besides, the medals have so much color I see no reason to add more flair to the ball. One thing for sure though, I can guarantee, and would be willing to bet a bottle of 18 year old whiskey that I will be the only kilted NCO there,
For a nice enough 18 y.o. intoxicant you may find a "sailor on shore leave" throwing on his kilt and "bling: making the drive to Kansas and crashing your party

hmm, road trip....