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[*] posted on 4-30-2008 at 08:06 PM
Question about military uniforms


Noticed something in a movie today that I've seen several times. Anybody know why the flags on their sleeves are backwards?



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[*] posted on 4-30-2008 at 08:42 PM


I'm gonna go out on a limb and say its the camera, I can think of no reason why anyone, in any unit, in any military, would wear a backwards flag.



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[*] posted on 4-30-2008 at 09:25 PM


Heh seeing Jericho reminded me of this as well. On 1 sleeve its the right way, on the other sleeve its backwards.

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[*] posted on 4-30-2008 at 09:38 PM


is it because its the same patch so when you put it on the opposit side its backwards?



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[*] posted on 4-30-2008 at 11:08 PM


Yeah it just sounds like the cunts were too cheap to order 2 versions of the patch, and they sewed them all on the wrong sleeve.



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[*] posted on 5-1-2008 at 01:15 AM


The stars go into battle (meaning forward). So when the flag is on the right shoulder, they use a backwards flag.
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[*] posted on 5-1-2008 at 08:19 AM


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The stars go into battle (meaning forward). So when the flag is on the right shoulder, they use a backwards flag.


Thats really interesting. I didnt know that!




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[*] posted on 5-1-2008 at 04:19 PM


Seems logical I guess.



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