Whose Troops Are They?

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Presuming that the combat uniforms are Velcro-on Flags if the soldier were to retreat he could satisfy the Distress theory and the Wind/Forward Motion theory too. Upon the Retreat Order he could quickly flip the patches over - upside down and relay both messages to soldiers attacking forward behind him so as not to be accused of desertion and cowardice.

However that would be written into the Code, don't you think?

I cannot imagine a soldier is expected to retreat from the battle walking backwards! But it makes me wonder if Dale has considered combing through the Code for conduct during a retreat order?

The BDU's are velcro "all around"--even the "US ARMY" and the name tag. The rucksacks are the same. All input is valuable. It seems that the earliest toyings with the flag in suh manner (on aircraft and space vehicles) came under the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations--hmm interestingly around the time major changes were made to U.S. currency and after the LBJ coup de tat.



However, what of these? (the following)





And why are police and firemen following an alleged directive to U.S. Army soldiers? Are the 'gold fringers' right?

Gold fringe flag is admiralty except indoors. Indoors the gold-fringed flag only flies in military courts and therein when dealing with administrative matters are summary court martial proceedings against civilians.