All pictures of Army people show an US flag sewn on the right sleeve, but stars blue quarter is at right of the flag, not at left... Anybody knows why?
2006-12-15 05:42:42 · 10 answers · asked by tlahtopil 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I do but even though it is the militaries actual answer to your question everyone wants to argue it. Many sharp-eyed civilians have noted an apparent oddity on the uniform sleeves of American military men: backward flag patches. Why is Old Glory flipped around like that?
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.
God Bless you our men and women in uniform along with the Southern People.
2006-12-15 15:28:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
to look that that is waving interior the wind in conflict, like interior the former day wars even as an actually human being carried the flag with the help of a conflict container. It replaced into many years in the past that the in elementary words time you wore a flag on your uniform replaced into you've been deployed, yet on the grounds that now each and anybody performs a component interior the warfare on terror, even us of a section, each and anybody receives to positioned on it on known responsibility uniforms.
2016-11-30 19:50:44 · answer #2 · answered by nastasi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Placement of American flag patches on uniforms
Place the American flag patch on the left sleeve so that the "field of stars" is to the viewer's left.
Place the American flag patch on the right sleeve so that the "field of stars" is to the viewer's right.
2006-12-15 05:48:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's so no matter which side you look at the soldier from, the flag is moving foward; the union (the blue part w/ the stars) leads the way
2006-12-15 05:46:43 · answer #4 · answered by mahree 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Flag has "Stars to the Right" to represent going FOWARD into battle, if they were reversed it would look as if in retreat. The Military is "ever moving foward" thus the appearance of the flag in "foward motion"
2006-12-15 05:47:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
mahree is correct. You will also notice that on government vehicles (PD, etc.), when a flag decal is on the right fender, the union will also be on the right.
2006-12-15 05:49:22 · answer #6 · answered by boredperv 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its so the blue union can show when the soldier is viewed from the front.
2006-12-15 08:36:31 · answer #7 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is worn so the stars are closest to your heart.
2006-12-15 06:07:16 · answer #8 · answered by Mutt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think it's cuz they are standing in the wind....not sure tthough
2006-12-15 06:47:37 · answer #9 · answered by Starry Eyes 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
apparently i found its about the way the stars and stripes are moving forward....
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2006-12-15 06:03:55 · answer #10 · answered by J dog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋