I wonder what "The Bruce" would say to this.
I must say, though, your berets are much better fitting than ours in the U.S. Army. Several years back, a former Chief of Staff of the army decided that our traditional headgear was too non-descript, so he edicted that we would all wear a black beret for both field and dress uniforms. Trouble was, that the elite U.S. Army Rangers had long claimed the black beret as their own symbol of achieving status of "Ranger." Ranger training is not for the faint hearted or semi committed, and the award of the black beret was considered the epitome of the warfighter - being only awarded upon earning the honor, and only to male warriors (females not being eligible for ranger courses to date). NOW, we ALL wear the thing, and the Rangers? The Rangers now wear a tan beret. The obvious question to me has always been, why not just have the "regular" soldiers wear tan and let the Rangers keep the black? To me, it was as though someone had decreed that we all should get to wear the Branze Star Medal for the "sake" of morale. (This isn't too far from the truth from my own observation, but that's another story.
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Now I realize that the Scotland regimants have a much longer tradition of arms than do the Rangers, but the fact is that "someone" on top always ends up eventually screwing with history at the stroke of a pen and with no regard whatsoever for the soldiers who proudly represent the traditions and the brotherhood of their units in arms, and the country they defend.
Thumbs down for the bastid who did this sacralige!! The wanker probably never even served!
