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Old 01-16-2004, 12:17 PM
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Saw this on another forum and thought you might like it.
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Old 01-16-2004, 01:12 PM
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Excellent photo. Too bad they'll probably make the guy rip them off his uni. The PC Police strike again.
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Old 01-16-2004, 01:45 PM
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And Dan, do you think the PC Cops go where the action is? My impression is that they specialize in harassing Santa Claus, the Boy scouts, Grammar school kids and other defenseless innocents. Somehow or another I get the feeling that the Sergeant in the pic hasn?t gone to knife, fork and napkin school as yet and may take a bit of exception at being PC scolded.

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Old 01-16-2004, 01:56 PM
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The American patch is on backwards. Theres no threads in the patches.

Its cool but probibly not real.

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Old 01-16-2004, 03:55 PM
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Ron - I remember thinking the same thing a while back but saw an explanation of why the flag is "backwards". Here's an explanation that I found on the Army web-site.

"Under current Army policy the appropriate sleeve, left or right, for wear of the U.S. flag patch is driven by the type of operation involved. The flag patch is worn on the right sleeve during joint or multinational operations where the distinguishing of individual national soldiers is desired and overrides tactical considerations. The flag patch is worn on the left sleeve when deployed in support of a United Nations operation.

Regardless of which sleeve, the U.S. flag must always be displayed with the blue star field facing forward. There are thus two separate flag patches in the Army inventory: the normal U.S. flag replica that is worn on the left sleeve, and what is referred to as the "reversed field" flag patch, which is worn on the right sleeve."

But I tend to agree with you that the photo was probably doctored to add the other patches.
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Old 01-16-2004, 04:06 PM
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I agree when blown up it looks fake. Cool picture though
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Old 01-17-2004, 07:51 AM
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I would think our nations FLAG LAW would apply anywhere the US flag is displayed . Esspesilly by an employee of the FLAG LAW.
Which states that whenever the American flag is displayed the field (stars) always goes to the top left as you look at it. That goes for Horizontal or vertical display.
Maybe someone needs to remind our Army policy makers.
I read over the Law again and nowhere could I find EXCEPT in there.

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Old 01-17-2004, 07:56 AM
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Doing the work of indeed - "TRUTH!!"

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Old 01-17-2004, 08:12 AM
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A good run down of proper flag etiquette

A good history of the flag
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