on their sleeves, have the flag reversed? WEll it looks reversed from the way everyone draws the flag and the way it hangs on the flagpole? Salute our soliders for everything you have done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-09-01 07:30:29 · 7 answers · asked by heyall 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
OUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE HELPING TO PUNISH THE ONES INVOLVED IN HURTING OUR WOMEN OUR CHILDREN OUR HUSBANDS AND OUR DAD....JERRY YOU ARE A JERK AND DESERVE TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY...
2006-09-01 08:35:14 · update #1
SORRY YOU DONT DESERVE TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY
2006-09-01 17:51:54 · update #2
Only the flag patches affixed to right shoulders of uniforms are reversed, so the blue field of stars faces forward. (Left shoulder patches aren't a problem, as the stars face forward without meddling.) The reversal was inspired by the age-old practice of carrying flags into battle. When fastened to a standard, the American flag's blue-and-white portion is always closest to the pole. A flag bearer rushing into the fray, then, would naturally lead with the stars. In fact, it would be virtually impossible to lead with the stripes-the flag would simply wilt and wrap around the pole, rather than waving triumphantly in the wind.
For a service man or women to lead with shoulder-borne stripes, then, might smack of cowardice and retreat, as if the toter were backpedaling away from the conflict. The official Army guidelines on the donning of flag patches add that the forward-facing stars give "the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as the wearer moves forward." So perhaps it's best to think of every militry person as a latter-day flag bearer, leading the headlong charge into battle.
This is from the following website: http://www.americanflags.org/docs/etiquette.jsp?pageId=0690200091781119362380955
2006-09-01 07:34:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is worn so that it appears the flag is moving forwards, stars to front.
Remember that on a flagpole, it has two sides. If the wind were billowing it the flag, the pole would be in the leading (front) edge. When worn on the sleeve, the stars are to the front of the person, so that as the person is walking, the flag appears to be billowing out as if in the wind.
2006-09-01 14:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The flags are not reversed. They sit on the left shoulder and, if you were looking at one, go from your left (stars) to your right (stripes).
As to Jerry - you despise the military, yet you are more than happy to bask in the freedoms that they have earned for you. You are simply a coward who hides behind a keyboard.
2006-09-01 23:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by Christopher B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flag is blowing in the wind as the soldier moves foreward...
2006-09-01 14:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
when we are deployd over seas the flag is going inot battle when we are done it get switched back
2006-09-01 14:36:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't salute murderers. Military personel are evil in their hearts. They may be joining the army thinking they are fighting for a just cause, but they develop minds similar to serial killers. They curse, they spit on the defenseless, they torture, they rape, they are baby killers, they are "human robots" who kill with just one command.
You support these people? You deserve as much punishment as they do.
2006-09-01 14:43:29 · answer #6 · answered by Jerry H 5 · 0⤊ 6⤋
what creamy.... said is the truth
2006-09-01 14:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by GOMER PYLE 76 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋