nldscout Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 first off ASM514, the flag issue has nothing to do with GW. I was in the first desert war when the decision was made to wear the flag with the field of blue forward as in your direction of travel. If you were wearing it on your left shoulder the flag would be the one we wear on our scout uniform. And as to how dare I, How dare you! I served 25 years in the US Army, thats how I dare. Uniform rules are there and inforced for reason. I think someone is telling you a story here, no unit commander, unlkess he is an idiot would change his units uniform based on what one soldier said. So I will make you a deal, Tell me what unit your son is in and what Base he is stationed at so I can validate your story. Like I said the US Army has been wearing a forward field flag on its uniform since 1991, so I don't think they are wrong. Each service is allowed to set its uniform standards including when and how to wear a flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 And I triple double dog dare you all to debate your points with logic and facts and keep vitriol, derision, affronts and plain old name calling out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster7 Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Triple double dog dare! Didn't you breach etiquette and skip the double double dog dare? Yeah, I saw A Christmas Story too. It was great. The movie could have been in the 50's...I thought they did a great job of making a good old fashion family movie. Wish they (the movie industry) would make movies like that 2 or 3 times a year instead of 1 or 2 every decade. Sorry for that interruptionnow back to the vitriol and derision. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 AAAWWWWWWWWWW FUDGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR540Beaver Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 OldGreyChicken, You just had to stick your beak in didn't you?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR540Beaver Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Dan and Rooster, Drink more Ovaltine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red feather Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Theres got to be a teapot around here somewhere. yis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoreaScouter Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 My, we've certainly gotten testy while I was moving and away from a computer!! U.S. airliners also display the flag on the right (starboard?) sides of their fuselages with the star field to the right -- same rationale, it's moving forward. Been that way for years, as I recall. The "flag-on-the-right-sleeve" versus the left where the stars would be on the "correct" side was originally Army-driven, because they wear organizational patches on their left sleeves already...too crowded over there. Tempest in a teapot, if you ask me... KS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Serutun is natures spelled backwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Always taking a slightly different view dont we Ed, actually Serutun is Nutures backward Serutan is Natures backward ;-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 OGE, Thanks for correcting the typo. I have always liked to put thing into perspective so to speak! Ed Mori Scoutmaster Troop 1 1 Peter 4:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 And Ed, feel free to corrct my typos, that is if you have time and feel up to Herculean task number 8 :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 We gotta get spell check. Terry, you monitoring this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 KoreaScouter is correct. I work for the airlines and the field of blue is always facing foward on both the left and right sides of the aircraft. We have two different decals that we use. This type of conversation between each other makes me tired!!!! Scouting with my Kids : Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hops_scout Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 LastEagle ( i think thats right), You mentioned how easy it is to get the regular flag patch, it really isnt that hard to get the reverse either, now. Most places I look for gear sell them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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