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Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:21 am
by LedJedi
Can someone please explain this to me?
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/FLAG931-56175-675.html
why would they make a reverse flag? I seems rather unpatriotic to me, but i've seen it no military uniforms. There must be a logical reason for it.
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:29 am
by seamusTX
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:30 am
by KaiserB
Uniform requirement for BDUs
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:55 am
by Liko81
KaiserB wrote:
Uniform requirement for BDUs
To elaborate and summarize the Yahoo Answers article, this has been traditional on Army uniforms for decades; the "pole" edge of the flag should always face front to simulate the way a flag on a pole would look from that side if you were charging into battle. Far as I know it's military-only; Scouting programs whose uniforms have the flag as a patch always use the regular "stars-left" orientation even if the patch is worn on the right sleeve (as is the case with Tiger, Cub and Boy Scout uniforms).
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:13 am
by LedJedi
see, now i knew there had to be a good reason for it.
thanks :)
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:06 pm
by SCone
Never did understand why the Army didn't just put the flag on the OTHER sleeve?
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:48 pm
by agbullet2k1
It's the same on airplanes. Pole forward.
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:11 pm
by lunchbox
it was also used as a distress signal on ships way back
i guess it would still work now
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:13 pm
by boomerang
lunchbox wrote:it was also used as a distress signal on ships way back
i guess it would still work now
What happens when the wind changes direction?
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:15 pm
by seamusTX
lunchbox wrote:it was also used as a distress signal on ships way back
The distress signal is putting the field (the stars) at the bottom.
- Jim
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:15 pm
by lunchbox
boomerang wrote:lunchbox wrote:it was also used as a distress signal on ships way back
i guess it would still work now
What happens when the wind changes direction?
nevermind im dumb it was upside down on the ships
i had a moment there
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:17 pm
by LedJedi
how about just keeping another flag that says... "hey... i need some help over here!"
KISS :)
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:18 pm
by lunchbox
yeah im not sure that could be read from a distance but you would have to ask the people that well are dead
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:29 pm
by seamusTX
There is an international code for signalling distress and many other conditions:
http://www.titanic-nautical.com/Nautica ... Codes.html
- Jim
Re: Reversed flags?
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:42 pm
by lunchbox
see this is the smart one i just heard some stuff in a class once and it just came out at this juncture he actually knows something
