ColoradoElkHunter
Well-Known Member
Guess it's time to see how many fans in a stadium will be willing to turn over the cards under their seats in the stands to create a huge American flag for our servicemen and women!
That's what it's all about distraction! when there's so many things that are wrong. It's hard to concentrate on just one.Eh... in the grand scheme of things this seems to incense me less than about 100 other things. At this stage of the game whatever we get we probably deserve.
TRUE fixing one at a time is the only way it can happen. our country is screwed.That's what it's all about distraction! when there's so many things that are wrong. It's hard to concentrate on just one.
No matter what China and everyone else tries to do to us. That is what they cannot take from us the American spirit! Thank you for your service.It`s all part of their plan for World Order. To dismantle everything that bonds Americans together.
Lotsa other examples too....
How does it make me feel as a person who volunteered honorably for a 4 year enlistment...
DISGRUNTLED...ASHAMED.... BUT I STILL VOTE.....
AND WOULD LEAVE TOMMOROW IF CALLED....
Most sign up for a weekend a month and a few weeks a year and end up deploying for a year.The state National Guard have become a "temp agency" constantly going on and off Active Duty tours to fill the void.
So if there is a way to catch flag so it doesn't touch the ground, it might be OK. Not sure how."While many, including military members, view these displays as inspiring and patriotic…uniformed service members may not participate directly in the unfurling, holding, and/or carrying of giant, horizontal U.S. flags that are not displayed during community outreach events,"… "Similarly, DoD jump teams may not incorporate the U.S. flag in their public demonstrations if the flag cannot be caught reliably and handled respectfully by ground personnel during landings."
-Chris Meagher, Memo From DOD To Public Affairs Offices Of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and National Guard
If you read the article from the stars and stripes, at the very end it saysAgreed but this was never a issue before as far as I know.
I hate to "generalize ", pun intended, but by 2020 most of those crusty flag officers at the Pentagon had turned into politicians.If you read the article from the stars and stripes, at the very end it says
"The Pentagon's leaders have been concerned with flag protocol in recent years, addressing troops on the issue in previous memos.
In 2020, DOD issued a new policy that banned the display of unauthorized flags on military installations, buildings and vehicles. The policy was seen as effectively banning Confederate flags and other controversial banners without spelling out which flags were undesirable."
Pentagon tells service members to stop displaying giant US flags at major events
In a Feb. 10 memo to its public affairs offices, the Defense Department said that having service members carry the U.S. flag horizontally or land it on the ground after a parachute jump is no longer acceptable.www.stripes.com
Unless you got an ear in the pentagon, who knows how long its been considered an issue. I doubt the Biden administration had much to do with it. It was more than likely some crusty old generals in the pentagon who get PO'd everytime they see a flag touch the ground. Everyone thinks its some kind of act of anti-flag/anti-patriotism when in reality, it is the exact opposite.