President Biden greeted with bagpipe music

[CBHagman]

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[TomSlick]

1. What's the story on the piper?

His jacket had Air Force rank on the sleeve.

[CBHagman]

2. The U.S. Air Force Band identified him as Master Sgt. Adam Tianello.

Mystery solved. The U.S. Air Force Band shared the video on its Facebook page and provided the piper's name, rank, and group: Master Sgt. Adam Tianello, U.S. Air Force Band Ceremonial Brass bagpiper. A little searching located his bio:

https://www.music.af.mil/Home/Biographies/Display/Article/1308209/technical-sergeant-adam-tianello/

[TomSlick]

3. Very cool. Thanks.

Back in the days of my misspent youth, I played bagpipes. When I was a young captain on active duty at Fort Knox, I played in a pipe band in Louisville.

I seem to recall a US Army Reserve pipe band at highland games we played at somewhere. I cannot remember where it was located but remember than its members wore a hodden gray kilt instead of a tartan.

There is an US Army tartan that was approved by the appropriate Scottish authority but I don't know who wears it.

[CBHagman]

4. Fascinating!

I had no idea about the Army tartan. The Citadel used to send its bagpipers to Columbia, South Carolina, for church services around the Feast of St. Andrew (November 30). It turns out they have their own tartan.

https://www.citadel.edu/root/band-pipes