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The Final Defense of the American Flag

When I was a cadet at New Mexico Military Institute, one of the inspection questions we were required to answer…

5 years ago

The American Flag at Half-Staff and Half-Mast

Staff = a flagpole on land.Mast = a flagpole on a ship at sea or on a Marine Corps, Navy,…

5 years ago

Flag Protocol Slides

The following slides are provided for educating my fellow Americans. Please download and share. If you would like to have…

5 years ago

Appropriate Flag Retirement

There is a flag fold technique for the first triangle fold called, Cutting the First Stripe. It's used for an…

6 years ago

Christian Flag over American Flag?

DrillMaster explains why the Christian flag the be subordinate to the American flag.

6 years ago

When to Drape the Deceased

My firefighting friends in California had a great question for me. Here are my thoughts. What a tragedy to lose…

8 years ago

The Misplaced Respect of Stars For Our Troops

A while back I noticed pictures of scouts (male and female) cutting the canton (blue field) from American flags readying…

8 years ago

When to Raise and Lower the American Flag

I received these questions just a short time ago. 1. At the beginning of the work day (duty day) when…

9 years ago

Flag Pole Height Chart and Maritime Flag Arrangements

For our purposes, flagpole means a permanent pole in the ground and flagstaff is one that is carried. For flagpoles…

9 years ago

The Flagpole with Two Halyards and the Intended Direction of Display

DrillMaster explains his helpful term, Intended Direction of Display, when raising flags on a stationary flagpole with two halyards.

9 years ago

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