Transcript FLAG HONORS

FLAG HONORS
D&C
CHAPTER 2
HONORING THE FLAG
 REPRESENTS HERITAGE OF NATION
 SYMBOL OF
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AMERICA
 US FLAG & NATIONAL ANTHEM
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SYMBOLS OF OUR PEOPLE, THEIR LAND
AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS
MOST CEREMONIES ARE WITH
NATIONAL ANTHEM
 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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FLAG CEREMONY WITHOUT MUSIC
NORMALLY CONDUCTED INDOORS
PROCEDURES FOR
RENDERING PROPER
COURTESIES
 IN UNIFORM IN FORMATION
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CALLED TO ATTENTION AND GIVEN
“PRESENT ARMS”
 IN UNIFORM NOT IN FORMATION
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OUTDOORS, COME TO ATTENTION, FACE
FLAG AND SALUTE
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IF FLAG IS NOT VISIBLE, FACE THE
BAND/MUSIC AND SALUTE IN ITS
DIRECTION.
 INDOORS AND THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM OR TO THE COLORS IS
PLAYED
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INDOORS, WHEN THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM, FACE THE FLAG (IF
PRESENT) AND ASSUME THE
POSITION OF ATTENTION
IF NO FLAG IS PRESENT, ASSUME
THE POSITION OF ATTENTION
FACING THE MUSIC
NO REQUIREMENT AT
HOME/TV/RADIO
• DO NOT SALUTE UNLESS UNDER
ARMS
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WHEN OUTDOORS IN CIVILIAN
CLOTHES
• STAND AT ATTENTION, FACE THE
FLAG (IF THE FLAG IS NOT VISIBLE,
FACE THE MUSIC)
• PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER
HEART
• MALE REMOVES HEADDRESS WITH
THE RIGHT HAND AND HOLDS IT AT
THE LEFT SHOULDER WITH THE
RIGHT HAND OVER HEART
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WHEN IN CIV CLOTHING INDOORS
• RENDER THE CIVILIAN SALUTE, STAND AT
ATTENTION, PLACING RIGHT HAND OVER
THE HEART
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TO AN ESCORTED FLAG OUTDOORS
• AT A OUTDOOR EVENT, STAND AT
ATTENTION, FACE THE FRONT, AND RENDER
THE APPROPRIATE SALUTE
• SALUTE IS RENDERED APPROXIMATELY 6
PACES BEFORE THE FLAG IS EVEN WITH
YOU AND HELD UNTIL THE FLAG HAS
PASSED APPROXIMATELY SIX PACES
BEYOND YOU
 STATIONARY FLAGSTAFF
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SALUTED ONLY AT REVEILLE, RETREAT,
AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
SMALL FLAGS, AND FLAGS ON HALF
STAFF ARE NOT SALUTED. NEITHER
ARE CASED AND FOLDED FLAGS
 HALF STAFF
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FLOWN TO HONOR AND PAY RESPECT
TO DECEASED PERSONS OF NATIONAL
IMPORTANCE.
DECEASED CADETS MAY ALSO BE
HONORED IN THE SAME MANNER
 DISRESPECT TO FLAG
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NEVER DIPPED IN SALUTE
NEVER DISPLAYED WITH UNION STARS
DOWN
DO NOT TOUCH THE GROUND
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IF COVERING A CASKET, NOTHING IS
PLACED ON TOP OF IT.
 DISPOSAL
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DESTROYED FIRST BY CUTTING THE
BLUE FIELD FROM THE FLAG, THEN
BURNING THE 2 PIECES
REVEILLE
 SIGNIFIES THE START OF THE
OFFICIAL DUTY/SCHOOL DAY.
 REVEILLE AND RETREAT PAY
RESPECT TO THE FLAG.
 COURTESY IS RENDERED TO SALUTE
THE FLAG WHEN RAISED OR
LOWERED.
Displaying the Flag
 Refer to page A-2 for correct ways to
display the flag
Folding the Flag
 Refer to page A-3 for the correct way to
fold the flag
 Flag Detail
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Morning - You will have a letter signed by an
instructor to justify getting to class late
Afternoon - same as above; leave 10 minutes
early
 Raise and Lower flag with honor
 Morning Detail
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Assemble
Fall in and approach flag pole
Loosen halyards from hook/place flag on
halyards
On the first note of the National Anthem, raise
flag slowly (other members of party will salute,
release salute on last note)
March back to school and immediately go back
to class
 Afternoon Detail
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Form up and march to flag pole
Release halyards from hooks and lower slowly.
Fold flag
Present to Commander of Detail
March back to school and return to office