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On 1/28/2018 4:30 PM, justan wrote:
justan Wrote in message: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 1/28/2018 3:00 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2018 2:56 PM, Its Me wrote: On Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 2:23:56 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote: No cheating using Google: Of all the flags/pennants flown on US Navy ships which is the *only* one that is flown *above* the Stars and Stripes? Diver Down! Good guess but: Bong! Wrong! Hint: Rule does not apply anywhere except on a US Navy ship. Does not apply at land based buildings, etc. Wanna bet? :-) -- x Hint: on a particular building in the big apple. The flag/pennant I am referring to has nothing to do with the big apple. |
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On 1/28/2018 4:47 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/28/2018 4:30 PM, justan wrote: justan Wrote in message: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 1/28/2018 3:00 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2018 2:56 PM, Its Me wrote: On Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 2:23:56 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote: No cheating using Google: Of all the flags/pennants flown on US Navy ships which is the *only* one that is flown *above* the Stars and Stripes? Diver Down! Good guess but: Bong!Â* Wrong! Hint:Â* Rule does not apply anywhere except on a US Navy ship.Â* Does not apply at land based buildings, etc. Wanna bet? :-) -- x Hint: on a particular building in the big apple. The flag/pennant I am referring to has nothing to do with the big apple. You all want another hint? |
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On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:49:14 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 1/28/2018 4:47 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2018 4:30 PM, justan wrote: justan Wrote in message: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 1/28/2018 3:00 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2018 2:56 PM, Its Me wrote: On Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 2:23:56 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote: No cheating using Google: Of all the flags/pennants flown on US Navy ships which is the *only* one that is flown *above* the Stars and Stripes? Diver Down! Good guess but: Bong!Â* Wrong! Hint:Â* Rule does not apply anywhere except on a US Navy ship.Â* Does not apply at land based buildings, etc. Wanna bet? :-) -- x Hint: on a particular building in the big apple. The flag/pennant I am referring to has nothing to do with the big apple. You all want another hint? I do not know but I might guess a quarantine flag or a "bravo" during live fire exercises |
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On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:11:24 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: I do not know but I might guess a quarantine flag or a "bravo" during live fire exercises "Nomen" googled it and spoiled the fun. The Christian, Jewish or Muslim flag pendants are the only ones authorized by the US Flag Code to be flown above the "Colors" and only on Navy ships when church services are being conducted on board. I was reading that this part of the code has been challenged by those obsessed with separation of church and state but it takes a hell of a lot to change Navy tradition. I remember it being flown on Sunday mornings while at sea. Only time anything flow above the ensign. We never had a chaplain on the CG cutters I was on so I suppose I never saw that. I don't remember and services either. I do know we flew bravo when we were shooting but I didn't really pay any attention to where it was. That was for the deck apes to deal with ;-) I did think it was funny that we had this little red flag and we might be lobbing 5" shells out 10,000-12.000 yards. You would need real good optics to see it where the 50 cal was landing. |
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On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 23:22:14 -0500,
wrote: On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 20:21:15 -0500, wrote: On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:11:24 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I do not know but I might guess a quarantine flag or a "bravo" during live fire exercises "Nomen" googled it and spoiled the fun. The Christian, Jewish or Muslim flag pendants are the only ones authorized by the US Flag Code to be flown above the "Colors" and only on Navy ships when church services are being conducted on board. I was reading that this part of the code has been challenged by those obsessed with separation of church and state but it takes a hell of a lot to change Navy tradition. I remember it being flown on Sunday mornings while at sea. Only time anything flow above the ensign. We never had a chaplain on the CG cutters I was on so I suppose I never saw that. I don't remember and services either. I do know we flew bravo when we were shooting but I didn't really pay any attention to where it was. That was for the deck apes to deal with ;-) I did think it was funny that we had this little red flag and we might be lobbing 5" shells out 10,000-12.000 yards. You would need real good optics to see it where the 50 cal was landing. === Code flags, like Bravo, are generally flown from the starboard spreader (yardarm), at least on yachts. --- That is probably right but I never looked up. ;-) |
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