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"Pechs1" wrote in message
...
On the news I see the American flag on the right shoulder of the Army, but
it
seems backwards, blue field on the right instead of the left...

Insight?
P. C. Chisholm

Flag is displayed as if being flown from a staff. Same technique is used on
flags painted or decaled on both sides of aircraft.

Tex

"Pechs1" wrote in message
...

On the news I see the American flag on the right shoulder of the Army, but
it
seems backwards, blue field on the right instead of the left...

Insight?

The flag is placed "backwards" on things that move so that it appears the
way a cloth flag would.

(Pechs1) wrote in message ...
On the news I see the American flag on the right shoulder of the Army, but it
seems backwards, blue field on the right instead of the left...

Insight?
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

Blue field facing forward.

Rich

On 11/25/04 1:19 PM, in article
, "Rich"
wrote:

(Pechs1) wrote in message
...
On the news I see the American flag on the right shoulder of the Army, but it
seems backwards, blue field on the right instead of the left...

Insight?
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

Blue field facing forward.

Rich

Or in the case of Navy pilots, just accumulate enough experience so that you
can cover one shoulder with a 1,000 hrs patch (or x,000 hrs as appropriate)
and the other with a unit patch or TOPGUN patch if applicable. No flag
required.

--Woody

Woody,

I thought it sucked when the mandate came down only one patch per shoulder.
The pen cover looked so nice with a TG patch.

:-)

Jake

"Doug "Woody" and Erin Beal" wrote in message
...
On 11/25/04 1:19 PM, in article
, "Rich"

wrote:

(Pechs1) wrote in message
...
On the news I see the American flag on the right shoulder of the Army,
but it
seems backwards, blue field on the right instead of the left...

Insight?
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye
Phlyer

Blue field facing forward.

Rich

Or in the case of Navy pilots, just accumulate enough experience so that
you
can cover one shoulder with a 1,000 hrs patch (or x,000 hrs as
appropriate)
and the other with a unit patch or TOPGUN patch if applicable. No flag
required.

--Woody

On 11/25/04 10:05 PM, in article jYxpd.3712$wa1.3178@lakeread04, "Jake
Donovan" wrote:

Woody,

I thought it sucked when the mandate came down only one patch per shoulder.
The pen cover looked so nice with a TG patch.

:-)

Jake

Double-edged sword. I like the flight suit standardization that allows me
to wear the bag into town for lunch without fear of reprisal--although that
was a more recent mandate than the one you're talking about.

I was too junior to be affected by the one unit patch per shoulder rule.

--Woody

Having enough patches on your jacket and suit, to look like a walking
billboard on old route 66, was better than a promotion. Any old salt Naval
Aviator, knew the importance that looking good had on your legend
ooops....... I........errrr....cough, cough....... yeah....... reputation.

Red

"Jake Donovan" wrote in message
news:jYxpd.3712$wa1.3178@lakeread04...
Woody,

I thought it sucked when the mandate came down only one patch per
shoulder.
The pen cover looked so nice with a TG patch.

:-)

Jake

"Doug "Woody" and Erin Beal" wrote in message
...
On 11/25/04 1:19 PM, in article
, "Rich"

wrote:

(Pechs1) wrote in message
...
On the news I see the American flag on the right shoulder of the Army,
but it
seems backwards, blue field on the right instead of the left...

Insight?
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye
Phlyer

Blue field facing forward.

Rich

Or in the case of Navy pilots, just accumulate enough experience so that
you
can cover one shoulder with a 1,000 hrs patch (or x,000 hrs as
appropriate)
and the other with a unit patch or TOPGUN patch if applicable. No flag
required.

--Woody

Red,

Oh how true.... LOL You know you've earned your "stripe" when this is less
green on your Nomenx Jacket than patches. :-)

Jake

"Red Rider" wrote in message
m...
Having enough patches on your jacket and suit, to look like a walking
billboard on old route 66, was better than a promotion. Any old salt Naval
Aviator, knew the importance that looking good had on your legend
ooops....... I........errrr....cough, cough....... yeah.......
reputation.

Red

"Jake Donovan" wrote in message
news:jYxpd.3712$wa1.3178@lakeread04...
Woody,

I thought it sucked when the mandate came down only one patch per
shoulder.
The pen cover looked so nice with a TG patch.

:-)

Jake

"Doug "Woody" and Erin Beal" wrote in message
...
On 11/25/04 1:19 PM, in article
, "Rich"

wrote:

(Pechs1) wrote in message
...
On the news I see the American flag on the right shoulder of the
Army,
but it
seems backwards, blue field on the right instead of the left...

Insight?
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye
Phlyer

Blue field facing forward.

Rich

Or in the case of Navy pilots, just accumulate enough experience so
that
you
can cover one shoulder with a 1,000 hrs patch (or x,000 hrs as
appropriate)
and the other with a unit patch or TOPGUN patch if applicable. No flag
required.

--Woody

ISTR seeing the American flag on the left shoulder on some uniforms as well.
Blue field was always forward.
On the news I see the American flag on the right shoulder of the Army, but it
seems backwards, blue field on the right instead of the left...