NRA hat error

Pinecone · Jun 18, 2013

If the stars are too the back, contact the NRA and tell them they screwed up.

JohnnyE · Jun 18, 2013

-Z/28- said:
Who doesn't like a girl in uniform?

Out of uniform is better :party29:

fleaman64 · Jun 18, 2013

-Z/28- said:
It's a military thing. The flag is always supposed to be moving forward, stars to the front.

Edit: Like this

Sorry to hijack but just a quick observation of the picture posted: Women in front line combat roles throughout the military will be common place very soon. "Mission first" is a thing of the past and U.S. forces are the victim of politcally correct social engineering. Will it take our cute daughters and granddaughters coming home in body bags before we say "Enough!"? What makes it even worse is the reason we are fighting these wars to begin with...that's another story.

new_shooter · Jun 18, 2013

Pinecone said:
Not a military thing, a flag etiquette thing.

Stars to the left on stationary objects, forward on moving objects.

I did not know this regarding moving objects. Thank you!

JoeBobOutfitters.com · Jun 18, 2013

fleaman64 said:
Sorry to hijack but just a quick observation of the picture posted: Women in front line combat roles throughout the military will be common place very soon. "Mission first" is a thing of the past and U.S. forces are the victim of politcally correct social engineering. Will it take our cute daughters and granddaughters coming home in body bags before we say "Enough!"? What makes it even worse is the reason we are fighting these wars to begin with...that's another story.

Israel seems to hold their own...

Women on the front lines outside the wire can complicate things logistically and for safety. However, women are capable of doing such roles. They've been on the front line for years whether they had a "combat" designation in their MOS or not. Medics get shot at. Doctors get shot at. Supply clerks get shot at. Admin people get shot at. Spoons get shot at.

smores · Jun 18, 2013

fleaman64 said:
Sorry to hijack but just a quick observation of the picture posted: Women in front line combat roles throughout the military will be common place very soon. "Mission first" is a thing of the past and U.S. forces are the victim of politcally correct social engineering. Will it take our cute daughters and granddaughters coming home in body bags before we say "Enough!"? What makes it even worse is the reason we are fighting these wars to begin with...that's another story.

It won't be until their decapitated, naked and mutilated corpses are dragged through the streets and broadcast on Al Jazeera.

Si vis pacem para bellum

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Squaregrouper · Jun 18, 2013

The picture of the OP's hat is a mirror image. The whole picture is backwards.

fleaman64 · Jun 18, 2013

smores said:
It won't be until their decapitated, naked and mutilated corpses are dragged through the streets and broadcast on Al Jazeera.

Si vis pacem para bellum

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After they've been gang raped....of course that won't be repeated in the media either. The pentagon never fails at anything - where's the $2.3 trillion that Rumsfeld announced was missing the day before 9/11?

My offspring will not be voluteering for military service as long as the policy of undeclared, endless wars to enrich the pockets of the military industrial complex is the status quo. I hope it doesn't come down to it but, the only war they will be allowed to fight may be the next revolutionary war...

haoleboy · Jun 18, 2013

Uh, maybe it's just me but why not put the flag on the left side of the hat and on that soldier girls left shoulder? Or is there a flag on both sides?

Pinecone · Jun 18, 2013

There are other patches that need to go on the left shoulder. Normally a unit patch.

6pack · Jun 18, 2013

My understanding of the Flag is when our Country is at war, the flag is shown moving forward (stars forward), as we charge into battle. During times of peace the flag is shown at rest, as we normally see it. We are currently at war.

Pinecone · Jun 18, 2013

These citations would lead us to believe that a flag decal or painting on a vehicle or a flag patch should always have the union of the flag to the viewer's left. This works well when looking at the left side of the vehicle or person. When looking at the right side however, if the union is to the viewer's left, it appears as though the flag is flying backwards when the vehicle or person is in motion. It would also place the flag in a position of being in retreat as the vehicle or person moves forward.

To alleviate this problem, the International Civil Aviation organization decreed that flags painted on aircraft must face the direction of the flight, so as to be aerodynamically and aesthetically correct. We also recommend that flags or flag decals on vehicles and flag patches on uniforms should be so oriented.

Thus we recommend that the flag patch on the left sleeve of a uniform should have the union to the viewer's left while a patch on the right sleeve should be displayed with the union to the viewer's right so that, in both cases, the flag is facing forward and is streaming to the back as the person moves forward.

The decals or paintings on a vehicle would also be placed so that the union on the driver's side of the vehicle would be to the viewer's left while the union on the passenger side of the vehicle would be to the viewer's right.

Source - http://www.americanflags.org/docs/etiquette.jsp?pageId=0690200091781119362386970

Savior4116 · Jun 18, 2013

Hats fine. I learned about flag etiquette....the hard way :banghead:

Intarsiac · Jun 18, 2013

At least the hat did not have a 57 star flag pin.... :sad20:

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