> Soldiers have been known (my soldiers, in fact) to put up the American
> flag upside down, or at least start to until the sergeant stops them. The
> ceremony ain't as easy as it may look, and screwing it up is embarrasing due
> to the import us military folks place on these things.
> Those of us who have chosen to serve picked a certain branch for one
> reason or another. I chose the Army, Scott and Skip chose the Navy, etc.
> The Marines aren't known for their long analysis of situations, erudite
> philisophy or really anything else associated with thought. They're action
> oriented.
> Someones said put up those flags, they did it!
> But I bet the NCO in charge caught hell and gave it in spades!
> I'm sure no insult was intended.
>
> Dan
I've noticed this too, and can't understand the source of the
difficulty. After all, there's only ONE grommet in the blue field of
stars, and that's the one that goes on the upper-most lanyard. Hard
to mess up, right? I still see both Marines and Sailors screw it up
on a regular basis. I could understand it if the entire half of the
flag closest to the flagpole were the same colour, but it isn't.
Scott
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