Military Kilts

[James MacMillan]

While the Mess Dress jacket of the Marine Corps is cut high and could be worn with a kilt, any Marine doing so would be considered "out of uniform" as the kilt is not authorized for wear.

I know of no Marine who has worn his Mess Dress jacket with the kilt, other than to look longingly in a mirror.

Of course if you were to take all the rank insignia and buttons off, it would cease to me a Mess Dress jacket, and then it would be just another jacket. The colors would go nice with the Leatherneck tartan.

Retired people, like me, don't have this problem very much, because all of our service uniforms shrink rapidly when hung in the closet....

There is an unauthorized pipe band that wear a highly modified dress blue uniform, but they have no official standing in the Corps.

They have a web-site ..here..

[Keith A]

While the Mess Dress jacket of the Marine Corps is cut high and could be worn with a kilt, any Marine doing so would be considered "out of uniform" as the kilt is not authorized for wear.

I know of no Marine who has worn his Mess Dress jacket with the kilt, other than to look longingly in a mirror.

Of course if you were to take all the rank insignia and buttons off, it would cease to me a Mess Dress jacket, and then it would be just another jacket. The colors would go nice with the Leatherneck tartan.

Retired people, like me, don't have this problem very much, because all of our service uniforms shrink rapidly when hung in the closet....

There is an unauthorized pipe band that wear a highly modified dress blue uniform, but they have no official standing in the Corps.

They have a web-site ..here..

Your right James, I didnt relize it but all my uniforms from the Navy and my present job have all shrunk. It is an amazing thing. Some one should find out what causes it. Gov study is needed.

[Rogerson785]

I would suggest that you just invest in a decent Prince Charlie jacket and leave the military mess dress jacket for military balls when the entire uniform is more appropriate.