Kilted at Army Boot Camp

[Macman]

Well, if you enlisted in the reserves in Victoria, and are in the army, then would it not be the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princes Mary's)? They wear the Hunting Stewart...

I think it could also be 5th Field Regiment RCA or 11 Service Battalion, Casper, but my bet is that jkruger is a knee-shiner!

[Highland Logan]

I think it could also be 5 Battery RCA or Service Corps, Casper, but my bet is that jkruger is a knee-shiner!

Just a not "5 Tribe" as they are called is a regiment, not a battery.

Frank

[Macman]

Just a not "5 Tribe" as they are called is a regiment, not a battery.

Frank

Ah, you were too fast for me! I edited quickly, but not quickly enough!

[hospitaller]

Putting the military comparisons aside, the point the OP was making was more about the situation of wearing a kilt to basic training, not what army or country has the longest training period.

Now, for a country that has active units wearing kilts as part of their uniform the fact that some instructors gave you grief about it is somewhat surprising to me.

Was it serious grief (as in why are you wearing a skirt) or just ribbing (as in you're not in a Scottish Regiment so why are you wearing a kilt?) ?

Iron gonads my friend one way or the other.

[macwilkin]

Now, for a country that has active units wearing kilts as part of their uniform the fact that some nstructors gave you grief about it is somewhat surprising to me.

Rivalries and feuds were quite common in the British Army during the glory days of the regiments; Bryon Farwell's Mr. Kipling's Army documents a number of them that usually led to all-out combat between other ranks that rivaled actual combat with a foreign enemy.

Regards,

Todd

[Tommie]

I can just picture showing up for basic in a kilt at Knox back in 65.
Can see that lifer WW2 DI's face now and what would have happened.A yep.

Few months later showing up at Ord for AIT.
YIKES.Another DI meaner than the one at Knox.

Than a few months after that showing up at Benning for Jump school.
The Instructors there would have scared the wits out of the first two DI's.

Than on to Campbell.Well if I had showed up there kilted-Kilt is probibly what would have happened to me.

Lastly, I sure would not have dreamed of showing up at Bragg for Ranger Training wearing a kilt.
Lets put it this way.
The Instructors there would have made all the others look like sissies.

As Ron put it,Your a brave lad Joe.A very brave lad indeed.