ORIGINAL: GMMAT
LC:
I never even knew that retired servicemen/women received a flag at their retirement. Is there a protocol to displaying on or the other (i.e. I don't want togive the impressionthat mine is anything other than what it is).
Anything in the code about this? Just curious.
Thanks...and thanks for yours and your wife's (and your family's) service.
God Bless
Jeff
Jeff,
When it comes to displaying flags in this manner, there's no protocol that I know of except that it is to be displayed exactly as you have it. The flag was presented to you for a reason, and it's does my heart good to see that you have it where it should be - displayed proudly in honor of a man who served his country.I was proud to see that flag hanging on your wall even before I knew who it was meant to honor.
Having a flag presented to you at your retirement is an option that is available to all military retirees. Given enough notice, a military retiree can have the the flag that will be presented to him/her flown over any site where the American Flag normally flies. My wife's was flown over the USS ARIZONA memorial in Pearl Harbor. Mine was flown aboard the USS CONSTITUTION.