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The stars of our flag must appear to be always moving forward, so the flag must be placed on your shoulder so the stars are forward, that simple. It really bugs me when I see guys at other Fire House"s with the flag backwards.
I remember we were inprocessing at 30 AG on Sand Hill when someone asked one of the Drill Sergeants this question. He said imagine he was holding a flag. He walked with his left side to us then his right side to us. Made it pretty simple to remember. Flag always goes forward.
Don't show the picture of the Dover C-5 again! Flashbacks!!!
amen! I actually think I might have worked on that one. I bet it was farmed out to Memphis one time, too. Maybe that's the one that was hit by lighting sitting on the ramp waiting to be parked in a thunderstorm.
It's called a "flag" on a plane. Same on ground vehicles. Flags have always had two sides.
This only seems like a "new thing" because wearing sleeve flags is a relatively new thing. It's an "old thing" with regard to how flags are carried on vehicles. ships, horseback, et cetera.
One of the points of flag etiquette is that to the greatest extent possible, it should always look as though it's flying freely--that's not a new idea, that's an old, old, old concept. The point is make a sleeve flag look the way it would look if it were flying freely.
It's called a "flag" on a plane. Same on ground vehicles. Flags have always had two sides.
This only seems like a "new thing" because wearing sleeve flags is a relatively new thing. It's an "old thing" with regard to how flags are carried on vehicles. ships, horseback, et cetera.
One of the points of flag etiquette is that to the greatest extent possible, it should always look as though it's flying freely--that's not a new idea, that's an old, old, old concept. The point is make a sleeve flag look the way it would look if it were flying freely.
I'm aware of that. I was just wondering if the term 'right sleeve flag' was used if the flag was on something besides a uniform. Just curious about the linguistics/lingo usage. Thanks.
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I actually think I might have worked on that one. I bet it was farmed out to Memphis one time, too. Maybe that's the one that was hit by lighting sitting on the ramp waiting to be parked in a thunderstorm.
