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Guard team blends military, Scottish roots
Army Times, 11 Mar 07
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Although kilts were not required to compete in the recent Northeast Florida Scottish Games and Festival, a team of National Guard soldiers readily wore the traditional Scottish Highlands men’s garb — in Army-approved patterns.
All services have an official tartan print, so some soldiers wore the Army tartan while others wore kilts made with the battle dress uniform pattern.
Staff Sgt. Tim Forrester used the digitized Army combat uniform pattern.
Being of Scottish descent, he has a right to wear the Forrester tartan. But as he said in a Guard press release, “Even though I’m a Forrester, the Guard’s my family, too.”
He organized the team of soldiers from Florida’s 1st Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, for the Feb. 24 competition.
The traditional Scottish athletic events included throwing 28-pound and 56-pound weights for distance, tossing a 22-pound “Stone of Strength” and flipping an 18-foot wooden “caber” pole.
Staff Sgt. Rich Chamberlain won both the 56-pound weight toss and “Stone of Strength” events and crediting his wins to style rather than brawn, the press release said. It was Chamberlain’s first time competing in such events.
For more about the event, visit http://www.neflgames.com/.
Guard team blends military, Scottish roots
Army Times, 11 Mar 07
Article link
Although kilts were not required to compete in the recent Northeast Florida Scottish Games and Festival, a team of National Guard soldiers readily wore the traditional Scottish Highlands men’s garb — in Army-approved patterns.
All services have an official tartan print, so some soldiers wore the Army tartan while others wore kilts made with the battle dress uniform pattern.
Staff Sgt. Tim Forrester used the digitized Army combat uniform pattern.
Being of Scottish descent, he has a right to wear the Forrester tartan. But as he said in a Guard press release, “Even though I’m a Forrester, the Guard’s my family, too.”
He organized the team of soldiers from Florida’s 1st Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, for the Feb. 24 competition.
The traditional Scottish athletic events included throwing 28-pound and 56-pound weights for distance, tossing a 22-pound “Stone of Strength” and flipping an 18-foot wooden “caber” pole.
Staff Sgt. Rich Chamberlain won both the 56-pound weight toss and “Stone of Strength” events and crediting his wins to style rather than brawn, the press release said. It was Chamberlain’s first time competing in such events.
For more about the event, visit http://www.neflgames.com/.