Complete List of US Military Pipes and Drums

[Joshua]

http://leatherneckpipeband.com/

very interesting kilts... honestly something I've never seen before, a solid kilt with the "blood stripe".

[OC Richard]

very interesting kilts... honestly something I've never seen before, a solid kilt with the "blood stripe".

Those sorts of kilts, a backformation from uniform trouser design regarding fabric and trim, seems to be a US thing, and somewhat common in US Law Enforcement and military pipe bands.

The kilt is made of whatever fabric the organisation's trousers are made from, and where the kilt's fringe would normally be, instead is a stripe of whatever trim the organisation's trousers have running down the trouser's outside seams.

Non-Scottish, but a clever adaptation of the kilt to US uniform design.

You'll see loads of bands wearing kilts like that in the NYC St Patrick's Day Parade.