Flag patches on shirts

[epalmer84 10]

>Actually ed, if you were in the army now you would wear the flag on the right shoulder ABOVE you unit patch. That is the new standard with the ACU (Army Combat Uniform).

 

Looking at AR 6701, dated 3 February 2005, page 241:

"If the SSIFWTS is worn on the right shoulder of the utility uniform, the full-color U.S. flag cloth replica is placed 1⁄8 inch below the right shoulder sleeve insignia"

 

Where SSIFWTS is shoulder sleeve insignia former war time service.

 

Ed

[clydesdale115 10]

We live in a military town - lots of folks with flags on their uniforms around here :-)

 

Maybe the way we (BSA) wear our uniform flag is in an effort to avoid that "para-military" claim.

 

clyde

 

 

 

 

[jmwalston 11]

"Maybe the way we (BSA) wear our uniform flag is in an effort to avoid that "para-military" claim."

 

I doubt it. Flags on the BSA uniform first started showing up around 1976, in time for the American Bicentennial, and it was optional then. The first time I wore a flag on the military uniform was in 1982, for Beirut. I think that the BSA just kept the same style they have used from the '70s. I am familar with some veterans' points of view, had several get very nasty to some Scouts helping at a Moving Wall service about why their flags on their uniforms were incorrect.

[SctDad 10]

ed

 

I have to take into account that the there are some reserve units that still wear the BDU uniform. For those on active duty, ACU (Army Combat Uniform) is the standard issue and the SSI FWTS is worn under the US flag, but still on right side.

 

But you are right in the reference, when refering to the BDU or DCU (Desert Combat Uniform)