Reversed flags?

[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.

[seamusTX]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 516AAJXaOL

- Jim

[KaiserB]

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.

Uniform requirement for BDUs

[Liko81]

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.

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).

[LedJedi]

see, now i knew there had to be a good reason for it.

thanks :)

[SCone]

Never did understand why the Army didn't just put the flag on the OTHER sleeve?

[agbullet2k1]

It's the same on airplanes. Pole forward.

[lunchbox]

it was also used as a distress signal on ships way back
i guess it would still work now

[boomerang]

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?

[seamusTX]

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

[lunchbox]

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

[LedJedi]

how about just keeping another flag that says... "hey... i need some help over here!"

KISS :)

[lunchbox]

yeah im not sure that could be read from a distance but you would have to ask the people that well are dead

[seamusTX]

There is an international code for signalling distress and many other conditions: http://www.titanic-nautical.com/Nautica ... Codes.html

- Jim

[lunchbox]

There is an international code for signalling distress and many other conditions: http://www.titanic-nautical.com/Nautica ... Codes.html

- Jim

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