UNCLASSIFIED NTP 13 (B)

NAVAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES

FLAGS, PENNANTS & CUSTOMS

NTP 13 (B)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
NAVAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMAND
440l MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20394-5460
15 September 1986

LETTER OF PROMULGATION

1. NTP 13(B), FLAGS, PENNANTS AND CUSTOMS, was developed under the direction
of the Commander, Naval Telecommunications Command, and is promulgated for use
by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.

2. NTP 13(B) is an unclassified, non-registered publication.

3. NTP 13(B) is EFFECTIVE UPON RECEIPT and supersedes NTP 13(A).

4. Permission is granted to copy or make extracts from this publication

without the consent of the Commander, Naval Telecommunications Command.

5. This publication, or extracts thereof, may be carried in aircraft for use

therein.

6. Correspondence concerning this publication should be addressed via the

normal military chain of command to the Commander, Naval Telecommunications
Command (32), 4401 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20394-5460.

7. This publication has been reviewed and approved in accordance with SECNAV
Instruction 5600.16.

A. F. CAMPBELL
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
Commander, Naval Telecommunications Command

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RECORD OF CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS

Enter Change or Correction in Appropriate Column

Identification of Change or
Correction; Reg. No. (if any) By whom entered
and date of same Date Entered (Signature; rank, grade
or
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RECORD OF CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS

Enter Change or Correction in Appropriate Column

Identification of Change or
Correction; Reg. No. (if any) By whom entered
and date of same Date Entered (Signature; rank, grade
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FLAGS, PENNANTS AND CUSTOMS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Paragraph Subject Page
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL
101. Scope...............................................................1-1
102. Definitions.........................................................1-1
103. Color Symbolism.....................................................1-2
104. Fringe..............................................................1-2
105. Cord and Tassels....................................................1-2
106. Folding the National Ensign.........................................1-2
107. Repair and Destruction of the National Ensign.......................1-2
CHAPTER 2
THE NATIONAL FLAG
201. General Rules and Illustrations for Displaying......................2-1
202. In a Procession.....................................................2-1
203. With Two or More Nations............................................2-1
204. In a Group..........................................................2-1
205. From Crossed Staffs.................................................2-1
206. During Church Services..............................................2-2
207. At the United Nations Headquarters..................................2-2
208. From a Window Sill, Balcony, or Front of a Building.................2-2
209. Other Than From a Staff.............................................2-2
210. States, Cities, Localities or Societies.............................2-2
211. In a Church or on the Speaker's Platform............................2-3
212. Behind a Speaker....................................................2-3
213. Unveiling...........................................................2-3
214. Covering a Casket...................................................2-3
215. Half-Mast...........................................................2-3
216. Saluting the Flag...................................................2-4
217. With the National Anthem............................................2-4
218. Pledge of Allegiance................................................2-4
219. National and Navy Customs...........................................2-4
220. Draping the National Flag in Mourning...............................2-4
CHAPTER 3
HOISTING, LOWERING, HALF-MASTING, AND DIPPING
THE NATIONAL ENSIGN AND UNION JACK
301. Hoisting and Lowering...............................................3-1
302. Following Motions of the Senior Officer Present.....................3-1
303. Half Masting........................................................3-1
304. Ordering Half-Mast or Holiday Color Display.........................3-1
305. Dipping the National Ensign.........................................3-1
306. Dipping to a Yacht Ensign...........................................3-2
307. Naval Forces Ashore.................................................3-2
CHAPTER 4
NATIONAL ANNIVERSARIES AND AUTHORIZED HOLIDAYS
401. National Anniversaries and Authorized Holidays......................4-1

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CHAPTER 5
AFLOAT DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL ENSIGN AND UNION JACK
501. General.............................................................5-1
502. Vessels Not Underway................................................5-1
503. Vessels Underway....................................................5-1
504. Display of the National Ensign and Union Jack in Boats..............5-1
505. Size of National Ensign and Union Jack for Shipboard Use............5-2
CHAPTER 6
AFLOAT DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL ENSIGN DURING CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS
601. General.............................................................6-1
602. Display of the U.S. National Ensign During Dress and Full-Dress
Ship..............................................................6-1
603. Display of Foreign National Ensign During Dress or
Full-Dress Ship...................................................6-1
604. Display of the U.S. National Ensign During Gun Salute to the
U.S. or to a U.S. Civil Official..................................6-1
605. Display of Foreign National Ensign During Gun Salute to
Foreign Nation or Dignitary.......................................6-1
606. Invitation to Participate...........................................6-2
607. Passing Washington's Tomb...........................................6-2
CHAPTER 7
DRESS AND FULL-DRESS SHIP
701. Purpose.............................................................7-1
702. Applicability.......................................................7-1
703. Authority to Modify or Exempt.......................................7-1
704. Rainbow Colors......................................................7-1
705. Sequence of Signal Flags and Pennants...............................7-1
706. Equipment...........................................................7-2
CHAPTER 8
DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL ENSIGN AT U.S. NAVAL SHORE ACTIVITIES
801. General.............................................................8-1
802. Topping Ornament....................................................8-1
803. Flag Size for Shore Activities......................................8-2
804. Practices Related to the National Ensign Ashore.....................8-2

CHAPTER 9
SHIPBOARD DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAGS, COMMAND PENNANTS
AND ABSENTEE PENNANTS
901. Distinctive Mark....................................................9-1
902. Display of Personal Flags and Command Pennants......................9-1
903. Restrictions........................................................9-1
904. Broad and Burgee Command Pennants...................................9-2
905. Size to be Flown....................................................9-2
906. Succession to Command...............................................9-2
907. Miscellaneous Personal Flags/Pennants...............................9-3
908. Use of Absentee and Speed Pennants..................................9-3
909. Intention to Depart Officially......................................9-4
910. Display of Two Personal Flags Simultaneously........................9-4

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911. Personal Flag Display When the National Ensign is at a

Masthead..........................................................9-4
912. Half-Masting and Preservation of Personal Flags,
Command Pennants and Commission Pennants..........................9-5
913. Preservation of Personal Flags......................................9-5

CHAPTER 10
DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAG AND PENNANTS IN BOATS
OF THE NAVAL SERVICE
1001. In the Bow.........................................................10-1
1002. Miniatures.........................................................10-1
1003. Staff Ornaments....................................................10-1
1004. Boat Hails and Coxswain Replies When Officer or Official
Embarked.........................................................10-1
1005. Bow Insignia.......................................................10-2
CHAPTER 11
FLAGSTAFF TOPPING ORNAMENTS
1101. Boat Display.......................................................11-1
1102. Locations Other Than in Boats......................................11-1
1103. U.S. Navy Flag and Battalion Colors................................11-1
1104. Guidon.............................................................11-1
1105. Automobiles........................................................11-2
1106. Sketches of Flagstaff Ornaments....................................11-2
CHAPTER 12
ANNOUNCING ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES AND USE OF TONES
1201. Announcing Arrivals/Departures and Use of Tones....................12-1
CHAPTER 13
PRECEDENCE OF ANNOUNCING HONORS ONBOARD SHIP
1301. Precedence of Shipboard Means of Announcing........................13-1
1302. "Passing Honors" and "Close Aboard"................................13-1
1303. Sequence in Rendering Passing Honors...............................13-1
1304. Dispensing With Passing Honors.....................................13-1
1305. Calling Attention to Colors Ceremony...............................13-2
CHAPTER 14
DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAGS AND PENNANTS ON VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT
1401. Display of Personal Flags on Vehicles..............................14-1
1402. Display of Personal Flags on Aircraft..............................14-1
CHAPTER 15
DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAG AND COMMAND PENNANTS ASHORE
1501. General............................................................15-1
1502. Official Visits of Foreign Official or Military Officer............15-1
1503. Flagpole Configurations............................................15-1
1504. Size to be Flown...................................................15-2

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CHAPTER 16
AWARD FLAGS AND PENNANTS
1601. Rules for Display Afloat...........................................16-1
1602. Rules for Display Ashore...........................................16-1
1603. Presidential Unit Citation Pennant.................................16-1
1604. Navy Unit Commendation Pennant.....................................16-1
1605. Meritorious Unit Commendation Pennant..............................16-1
1606. Environmental Protection Award Flag................................16-2
1607. Energy Conservation Award Flag.....................................16-2
1608. Battle Efficency Pennant...........................................16-2
1609. Homeward Bound Pennant.............................................16-2
CHAPTER 17
MISCELLANEOUS FLAGS, PENNANTS, CUSTOMS, AND PRACTICES
1701. Church and Jewish Worship Pennants.................................17-1
1702. Senior Officer Present Afloat Pennant..............................17-1
1703. Use of "Prep" for Colors Ceremony and Sunrise......................17-2
1704. U.S. Storm Warning Signals.........................................17-2
1705. Commission Pennant.................................................17-2
1706. Merchant Marine House Flags........................................17-3
1707. Flag of Truce......................................................17-3
1708. First Navy Jack....................................................17-3
1709. POW/MIA Flag.......................................................17-3
1710. Flag of the United States Navy.....................................17-4
1711. U.S. Navy Infantry Battalion Flag..................................17-5
1712. U.S. Navy Guidon...................................................17-5
1713. Bureau and Systems Command Flags...................................17-6
1714. U.S. Naval Academy Flag............................................17-6
1715. Naval Reserve Yacht Pennant........................................17-6
1716. Naval Reserve Yacht Owner's Distinguishing Pennant.................17-7
1717. Merchant Marine Naval Reserve Flag.................................17-7
1718. Making Up a Flag for "Breaking"....................................17-7
1719. Ships Passing USS Arizona Memorial.................................17-8
1720. Ceremonial Bunting.................................................17-8
1721. Red Cross Flag (Geneva Convention Flag)............................17-9
1722. Identification of Medical Transports...............................17-9
1723. Cord and Tassels..................................................17-10
1724. Military Order of Precedence......................................17-11
1725. Quick - Look Table for Display or Flags/Pennants..................17-12
CHAPTER 18
PERSONAL FLAGS OF CIVIL OFFICIALS AND MILITARY OFFICERS
1801. Personal Flag of the President of the United States................18-1
1802. Personal Flag of the Vice President of the United States...........18-1
1803. Personal Flag of the Secretary of Defense..........................18-1
1804. Personal Flag of the Deputy Secretary of Defense...................18-1
1805. Personal Flag of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense..............18-2
1806. Personal Flag of the Secretary of the Navy.........................18-2
1807. Personal Flag of the Under Secretary of the Navy...................18-2
1808. Personal Flag of the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy.............18-2
1809. Personal Flag of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.........18-2
1810. Personal Flag of the Chief of Naval Operations.....................18-2
1811. Personal Flag of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations................18-3
1812. Personal Flag of a Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy..................18-3
1813. Personal Flag of an Admiral of the U.S. Navy.......................18-3
1814. Personal Flag of a Vice Admiral of the U.S. Navy...................18-3

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1815. Personal Flag of a Rear Admiral of the U.S. Navy...................18-3

1816. Personal Flag of a Rear Admiral (Lower Half) of the Navy...........18-3
1817. Personal Flag of a Flag Officer Not Eligible for Command at Sea....18-4
1818. Cord, Tassels and Fringe...........................................18-4
1819. Broad and Burgee Command Pennants..................................18-4
ANNEX A
FLAG CODE FOR THE NATIONAL FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America on Congress Assembled....................A-1
ANNEX B
THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG
1. Display of the United Nations Flag..................................B-1
2. Personal Flags of the United Nations or
Treaty Organization Officials.....................................B-1
3. United Nations Flag Code............................................B-1
4. The United Nations Flag Code as Amended
on November 11, 1952..............................................B-1
5. The United Nations Flag Regulations as
Amended on 1 January 1967........................................B-3
ANNEX C
DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL FLAG AT HALF-MAST
Display of the National Flag at Half-Mast...........................C-1
ANNEX D
SIGNAL FLAGS AND PENNANTS
Illustrations and Dimensions........................................D-1
ANNEX E
ILLUSTRATIONS OF DISPLAYS ENSIGNS, PERSONAL FLAGS AND COMMISSION PENNANTS
Illustrations of Displays Ensigns, Personal Flags
and Commission Pennants............................................E-1

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CHAPTER 1
GENERAL
101. SCOPE
a. NTP 13(B), FLAGS, PENNANTS, AND CUSTOMS, supports and amplifies U.S.
Navy Regulations and incorporates information from public laws, executive orders
and other directives. NTP 13(B) contains information and instructions regarding
the description, dimension and display of flags and pennants, bow insignia,
flagstaff ornaments and other related material. The MARINE CORPS FLAG MANUAL (MCO
P10520.3), amplifies material contained in this publication for U.S. Marine Corps
use.

b. Inquiries concerning display of flags and pennants under unusual or

peculiar circumstances may be made to the following activities:

(1) Naval Telecommunications Command (Code N31) - phone AUTOVON

292-0528/9 Commercial 202-282-0528/9

(2) Advanced Signal School - AUTOVON 564-3842

(3) U.S. Navy Protocol Office - Commercial 202-695-5334

102. DEFINITIONS
a. Many countries have variations to their national flag that have been
authorized for their specific use. National flags most generally encountered and
of particular interest to the Navy are those designated to be flown by men-of-war
and merchant ships. While the terms used below are not universally used by all
countries, most are generally accepted and understood:

(1) National Flag - The flag flown to represent a national

government.

(2) Ensign - The flag designated by a country to be flown by it's

men-of-war.

(3) Merchant Ensign - The flag designated by a country to be flown

by it's merchant ships.

(4) Fly - Length of the flag.

(5) Hoist - Width of the flag.

(6) Union - That rectangular blue portion of the U.S. national flag
containing the stars. This portion is also called the Union Jack.

b. The national and organizational (regimental/battalion) flags carried by

dismounted organizations are called the "national color" and the "organizational
color". The singular word "color" implies the national color, while the plural
word "colors" implies the national color and organizational color.

c. The national and organizational flags carried by mounted or motorized

units are called the "national standard" and the "regimental/battalion standard".
The singular word "standard" implies the national standard, and the plural word
"standards" implies both the national and organizational standards.

d. The words "flags", "ensign", "color", and "standard" preceded by the

word "national" are used interchangeably and all mean the emblem to represent the
national government.

e. Colors may be carried in any formation in which two or more companies

participate, and by escorts when ordered.

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f. No more than one national color will be carried by a regiment, or any
part thereof, when assembled as a unit.

g. Each landing party battalion is equipped with a national color and an

organizational color. When participating independently in operations, ceremonies,
or street parades ashore, each battalion will carry it's own colors. When two or
more such battalions are formed as a regiment, only one national color and one
organizational color will be carried.

103. COLOR SYMBOLISM

The traditional meaning of the colors in the flag of the United States of
America are red (courage), white (liberty), and blue (loyalty).

104. FRINGE
The Navy's policy regarding fringe on the national ensign is as follows:

a. Fringe will not be attached to the national ensign when displayed

out-of-doors.

b. Fringe shall not be removed from any flag of historical nature or value.

105. CORD AND TASSELS

a. Only red, white, and blue cord and tassels may be attached to the
flagstaff of the national ensign (see Chapter 17).

106. FOLDING THE NATIONAL ENSIGN

As shown in Figure 1-1, the national ensign is folded lengthwise so that the
crease parallels the red and white stripes. It is again folded in half lengthwise
so that the new crease parallels the stripes as before and the blue field is kept
on the outside. The fly end (the end away from the blue field) is folded up to
the top so that the single edge lays perpendicularly across the stripes. By
repeatedly folding the triangle, the flag is folded into the shape of a cocked
hat.

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107. REPAIR AND DESTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL ENSIGN

a. Minor repairs may be made to the national ensign as required to maintain
it's fitness as an emblem. A soiled ensign should be cleaned by dry cleaning or
washing, dependent upon the type of material from which it is made.

b. When the national ensign is in such condition that it is no longer an

acceptable emblem for display, it shall not be cast aside nor used in any way that
might be viewed as disrespectful. If it is not preserved, it will be destroyed
as a whole, in private, preferably by burning, but in any case by some method
lacking any suggestion of irreverance or disrespect to it as the national emblem.
This destruction should be complete to the extent that no part remaining is
recognizable as once having been a part of the national emblem.

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CHAPTER 2
THE NATIONAL FLAG
201. GENERAL RULES AND ILLUSTRATIONS FOR DISPLAYING
a. This chapter is a paraphrased version of Public Law 623 approved June
22, 1942 as amended by Public Laws 829 - 77th Congress and 107 - 83rd Congress.

b. Annex A contains the Public Law applicable to the proper display and use
of the flag of the United States of America.

202. IN A PROCESSION
The national flag, when carried in a
procession with another flag or flags,
shall be on the marching right; i.e.,
the flag's own right; or if there is a
line of other flags, in front of the
center of that line. The national flag
shall not be displayed on a float in a
parade, except from a staff, or if
suspended, its folds shall fall free.

203. WITH TWO OR MORE NATIONS

When flags of two or more nations are
displayed, they shall be flown from
separate staffs of the same hight and
shall be approximately equal in size.
International usage forbids the display
of the flag of one nation above that of
another in time of peace.

204. IN A GROUP
The national flag shall be at the center
and at the highest point of a group when
a number of flags or pennants of states,
localities or societies are grouped and
displayed from staffs.

205. FROM CROSSED STAFFS

The national flag, when displayed with
another flag against a wall from crossed
staffs, shall be on the right, the
flag's own right, and its staff shall be
in front of the staff of the other
flags.

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206. DURING CHURCH SERVICES

No other flags or pennants shall
be placed above or, if on the same
level, to the right of the national
flag. The only exception to this rule
is during church services conducted by
naval chaplains at sea for personnel of
the Navy, when the church or Jewish
worship pennant may be flown above the
national flag. The term "at sea" is
interpreted to mean on board a ship of
the U.S. Navy.

207. AT THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

Nothing in this section shall be construed to make unlawful the practice of
displaying the flag of the United States in a position of superior prominence or
honor, and other national flags in a position of equal prominence with the U.S.
national flag at the headquarters of the United Nations.

208. FROM A WINDOW SILL, BALCONY OR FRONT OF A BUILDING

When the national flag is

displayed from a staff projecting
horizontally or at an angle from a
window sill, balcony, or front of a
building, the union of the flag shall be
placed at the peak of the staff unless
the flag is at half-mast. When the
national flag is suspended over a
sidewalk from a rope extending from a
house to a pole at the edge of the
sidewalk, the flag shall be hoisted out,
union first, from the building.

209. OTHER THAN FROM A STAFF

When the national flag is
displayed other than from a staff, it
shall be displayed flat, whether indoors
or out, and so suspended that its folds
fall free as though the flag were
staffed. When the national flag is
displayed over the middle of the street,
it shall be suspended vertically with
the union to the north on an east-west
street or to the east on a north-south
street.

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210. STATES, CITIES, LOCALITIES OR

SOCIETIES
When flags or pennants of states,
cities, localities or societies are
flown on the same halyard with the
national flag, the latter shall always
be in the position of superior honor.
When flags are flown on adjacent staffs,
the national flag shall be hoisted first
and lowered last. None of these flags
or pennants will be placed above or to
the right of the national flag.

211. IN A CHURCH OR ON THE SPEAKER'S PLATFORM

When the national flag is displayed from

a staff in a church or public
auditorium, it shall occupy the position
of superior prominence, in advance of
the audience, and in the position of
honor at the clergyman's or speaker's
right as he faces the audience. Any
other flag so displayed shall be placed
on the left of the clergyman or speaker,
to the right of the audience.

212. BEHIND A SPEAKER

When used on a speaker's
platform, the national flag, if
displayed flat, shall be displayed above
and behind the speaker.

213. UNVEILING
The national flag shall form a
distinctive feature of the ceremony of
unveiling a statue or monument, but it
will never be used as the covering for
the statue or monument.

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214. COVERING A CASKET

When the national flag is
used to cover a casket, it shall be so
placed that the union is at the head and
over the left shoulder. The flag will
not be lowered into the grave or allowed
to touch the ground.

215. HALF-MAST
The national flag, if flown
at half-mast, shall first be hoisted to
the peak. On the last note of the
"National Anthem", or "To the Color",
it is then lowered smartly to that
position. Before lowering from the
half-mast position, it is hoisted
smartly to the peak on the first note of
the music and then ceremoniously
lowered.
216. SALUTING THE FLAG
During the ceremony of hoisting or
lowering the national flag or when the
flag is passing in a parade, all persons
present shall face the flag, stand at
attention and salute. Those in uniform
shall render the military salute. Other
men shall remove the headdress, holding
it at the left shoulder with the right
hand over the heart. Men without hats
and women should salute by placing the
right hand over the heart. Salutes to
the flag in a moving column are rendered
at the moment the flag passes.

217. WITH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

When the national anthem is played and the national flag is displayed all
shall salute as specified in paragraph 216. holding the salute through the last
note of the national anthem. When the national anthem is played and the national
flag is not displayed, all shall face the music and salute as specified in
paragraph 216. holding the salute through the last note of the national anthem.
The same mark of respect, as specified above, prescribed for the national anthem
of the United States, shall be shown during the playing of a foreign national
anthem.

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218. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Naval personnel in uniform but
uncovered or in civilian clothes shall render
the pledge of allegiance to the flag by facing
the flag and standing at attention with the
right hand over the heart. Personnel in
uniform and covered shall render the military
salute. The pledge of allegiance is as
follows: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of
the United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands, one nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for
all."

219. NATIONAL AND NAVY CUSTOMS

It is the national custom to display the national flag from sunrise until
sunset on buildings and on stationary flag staffs in the open, but it should not
be displayed on days when the weather is inclement. However, Navy custom
prescribes that the national flag be displayed from 0800 until sunset, regardless
of weather conditions.

220. DRAPING THE NATIONAL FLAG IN MOURNING

When authorized by the President, the national flag shall be draped in
mourning in the following manner: A black streamer, the length of which should be
approximately one and a half times the fly dimension of the flag to be draped, is
tied at its center around the ferule just below the battle-ax leaving two 6 inch
loops or bows near the knot. The width of the streamer should be proportional to
the size of the flag to be draped, up to a maximum of 12 inches. The loose ends
of the streamer are allowed to fall free.

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CHAPTER 3
HOISTING, LOWERING, HALF-MASTING, AND DIPPING
THE NATIONAL ENSIGN AND UNION JACK
301. HOISTING AND LOWERING
a. The national ensign is never "broken", but always hoisted briskly and
smartly, and lowered ceremoniously. The only exception to this practice is when
the national ensign is hauled down briskly and smartly from the gaff as a ship
shifts colors to the flagstaff when anchoring or mooring between the hours of 0800
and sunset.

b. Onboard ships and craft of the Navy, the union jack at the jackstaff
shall be hoisted, lowered, and half-masted with the national ensign at the
flagstaff.

302. FOLLOWING MOTIONS OF THE SENIOR OFFICER PRESENT

a. Onboard ship or at a command ashore, upon all occasions of hoisting,
lowering, or half-masting the national ensign, the motions of the senior officer
present shall be followed, except as prescribed for answering a dip or firing a
gun salute.

b. A ship displaying the flag of the President, Secretary of Defense,

Deputy Secretary of Defense, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the
Navy, Under Secretary of the Navy, or Assistant Secretary of the Navy shall be
regarded as the ship of the senior officer present within the meaning of this
article.

303. HALF-MASTING
a. When half-masting the national ensign and union jack they shall, if not
already hoisted, first be hoisted to the peak then lowered to the half-mast
position. Before lowering from the half-mast position, they shall be hoisted to
the peak, then lowered.

b. When the President directs the national ensign to be flown at half-mast

at military installations and on Navy ships, it shall be flown at half-mast
whether or not the ensign of another nation is flown close-up alongside the U.S.
national ensign.

c. When the national ensign is flown at half-mast in ships or craft of the

Navy, the church or Jewish worship pennants, if flown, shall be hoisted just above
the national ensign.

304. ORDERING HALF-MAST OR HOLIDAY COLOR DISPLAY

If holiday colors are to be displayed on days other than sundays and
holidays, or if colors are to be displayed at half-mast on days other than
Memorial Day, the senior officer present shall, at 0745, hoist the appropriate
signal. If such signal is hoisted after 0800, colors shall be shifted or
half-masted when the signal is hauled down. If half-masting is ordered during
periods of dress or full-dress ship, only the national ensign at the flagstaff
will be half-masted.

305. DIPPING THE NATIONAL ENSIGN

a. When any ship, under U.S. registry or the registry of a nation formally
recognized by the U.S., salutes a ship of the Navy by dipping it's ensign, it
shall be answered dip for dip. If not already displayed, the national ensign
shall be hoisted for the purpose of answering the dip and, after a suitable
interval, hauled down. If displayed at half-mast, the national ensign shall first
be hoisted to the peak before answering the dip, then returned to half-mast after

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a suitable interval.

b. In accordance with the State Department (Protocol) listing of 6/86, the

following governments are not formally recognized by the United States and are not
entitled to the answering of a dip:

ALBANIA, ANGOLA, KAMPUCHEA (formally Cambodia), CUBA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA

(Democratic Peoples Republic of), LIBYA, MONGOLIA, VIETNAM (Social Republic of),
and SOUTH YEMAN (Peoples Democratic Republic of)

c. No ship of the Navy shall dip the national ensign unless in return for
such compliment. U.S. Naval Ships (USNS) of the Military Sealift Command do not
dip the national ensign to Navy ships since they are public ships of the U.S.

306. DIPPING TO A YACHT ENSIGN

a. The yacht ensign was authorized by Congressional Law in 1848 and the
design was approved by the Secretary of the Navy the following year. Yachts
meeting certain legal criteria are empowered to fly this ensign, and customarily
fly it in lieu of the national ensign.

b. The flag prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy under the authority
of this act and which continues to be the recognized U.S. Yacht Ensign, is the
U.S. National Ensign whose union portion has been modified to contain a white
fouled anchor, encircled by thirteen white stars in lieu of a star for every
state.

c. On March 2, 1939, the Secretary of the Navy approved the following

ruling of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy:

d. "...that a ship of the Navy should return a dip made by a yacht flying
the yacht ensign and that the yacht ensign may properly be made the object of a
hand salute to be rendered on boarding or leaving a yacht.

307. NAVAL FORCES ASHORE

Of the colors carried by a Naval force on shore, only the U.S. Navy Flag
and the Battalion Colors shall be dipped in rendering or acknowledging a salute.

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CHAPTER 4
NATIONAL ANNIVERSARIES AND AUTHORIZED HOLIDAYS
401. The following days require display of the holiday size national ensign
(holiday colors). Some days also require other ceremonies as explained in notes
1 through 4.

New Year's Day 1 January

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday 3rd Monday in January

Inauguration Day 20 January (every 4th year)

Lincoln's Birthday 12 February

Washington's Birthday (Note 1) 3rd Monday in February

Easter Sunday Variable

Mother's Day 2nd Sunday in May

Armed Forces Day 3rd Saturday in May

National Maritime Day 22 May

Memorial Day (Note 2) Last Monday in May

Flag Day 14 June

Independence Day (Note 3) 4 July

Labor Day 1st Monday in September

Constitution Day 17 September

National POW/MIA Day 3rd Friday in September

Columbus Day 2nd Monday in October

Navy's Birthday 13 October

(Full dress as directed)

Navy Day 27 October

Veteran's Day 11 November

Thanksgiving 4th Thursday in November

Christmas Day 25 December

State Birthday's (Note 4) Date of Admission into

Union

All Sundays and such other days as may be directed by the President of the United
States.

NOTE 1: Every Commissioned Ship in the Navy, not underway, full-dress ship.
At 1200, designated ship(s) and station(s) equipped with saluting
battery fire a national salute of 21 guns. (Ships of the Military
Sealift Command may dress in lieu of full dress ship).

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NOTE 2: Every Commissioned Ship in the Navy, not underway, dress ship. Each
saluting ship and each Naval Station equipped with a saluting
battery, fire at noon a salute of 21 minute-guns. All ships and
Naval Stations display the national ensign at half-mast from 0800
until completion of the salute, or until 1220 if no salute is fired
or heard.

NOTE 3: Same ceremony as describe in Note 1. If, however, the 4th of July
occurs on a Sunday, ceremonial events, including full-dress ship
will be postponed until the following day.

NOTE 4: Holiday ensign displayed by ships/stations within state boundary.

Dates of admission into Union are as follows:

Alabama (22) December 14, 1819

Alaska (49) January 3, 1959

Arizona (48) February 14, 1912

Arkansas (25) June 15, 1836

California (31) September 9, 1850

Colorado (38) August 1, 1876

Connecticut (5) January 9, 1788

Delaware (1) December 7, 1787

Florida (27) March 3, 1845

Georgia (4) January 2, 1788

Hawaii (50) August 21, 1959

Idaho (43) July 3, 1890

Illinois (21) December 3, 1818

Indiana (19) December 11, 1816

Iowa (29) December 28, 1846

Kansas (34) January 29, 1861

Kentucky (15) June 1, 1792

Louisiana (18) April 30, 1812

Maine (23) March 15, 1820

Maryland (7) April 28, 1788

Massachusetts (6) February 6, 1788

Michigan (26) January 26, 1837

Minnesota (32) May 11, 1858

Nebraska (37) March 1, 1867

Mississippi (20) December 10, 1817

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Missouri (24) August 10, 1821

Montana (41) November 8, 1889

Nevada (36) October 31, 1864

New Hampshire (9) June 21, 1788

New Jersey (3) December 18, 1787

New Mexico (47) January 6, 1912

New York (11) July 26, 1788

North Carolina (12) November 21, 1789

North Dakota (39) November 2, 1889

Ohio (17) March 1, 1803

Oklahoma (6) November 16, 1907

Oregon (33) February 14, 1859

Pennsylvania (2) December 12, 1787

Rhode Island (13) May 29, 1790

South Carolina (8) May 23, 1788

South Dakota (40) November 2, 1889

Tennessee (6) June 1, 1796

Texas (2) December 29, 1845

Utah (45) January 4, 1896

Vermont (4) March 4, 1788

Virginia (10) June 25, 1788

Washington (42) November 11, 1889

West Virginia (35) June 20, 1863

Wisconsin (30) May 29, 1848

Wyoming (44) July 10, 1890

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CHAPTER 5
AFLOAT DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL ENSIGN AND UNION JACK
501. GENERAL
This chapter covers the display of the national ensign and union jack in
vessels and boats of the Naval service.

502. VESSEL NOT UNDERWAY

a. When not underway, the national ensign and union jack shall be displayed
from 0800 until sunset from the flagstaff and jackstaff, respectively.

b. In the case of a mastless ship, the ensign shall be displayed from the
loftiest hoist available.

c. A ship which enters port at night shall, when appropriate, display the
national ensign from the gaff at daylight for a time sufficient to establish her
nationality. It is customary for other ships of war to display their national
ensign in return.

d. A daily size union jack shall be displayed at a signal yardarm to denote

a general court-martial or court of inquiry in session.

e. In accordance with SECNAVINST 10520.4, the oldest ship in active status,

as identified by the Chief of Naval Operations, shall display the first Navy Jack
in lieu of the union jack at the jackstaff.

503. VESSEL UNDERWAY

a. During peacetime, the national ensign shall be displayed during daylight
hours from the gaff (or from the triatic stay in the case of those ships with mast
mounted booms and stays which would interfere with the hoisting, lowering, or
flying of the national ensign) under the following circumstances, unless otherwise
directed by the senior officer present:

(1) Getting underway or mooring/anchoring

(2) Falling in with other ships

(3) Cruising near land

(4) When engaged in battle

b. When cruising under wartime conditions, it is customary to fly the

national ensign continuously at sea, since battle action may be regarded as always
imminent.

c. If a vessel is not equipped with a gaff, the national ensign shall be

displayed from the after masthead or, in the case of a single-masted ship, from
the mainmast.

d. The Union Jack is not flown underway except as prescribed in paragraph

502.d.

504. DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL ENSIGN AND UNION JACK IN BOATS

a. The national ensign shall be displayed in boats of the Naval service
as follows:

(1) When underway during daylight hours in a foreign port.

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(2) When ships are dressed or full-dressed.

(3) When going alongside a foreign ship (day or night).

* (4) When an officer or official is embarked on an official occasion.

* (5) When a flag officer, a unit commander, a commanding officer, a chief

of staff, or a chief staff officer, in uniform, is embarked in a boat of his
command or one assigned for his personal use.

* Staff ornament required (see Chapter 11).

b. The only occasion in which a union jack is flown in a boat is when it

is being used as a personal flag (see Chapter 10). The union jack is never used
as a personal flag aboard ship.

505. SIZE OF NATIONAL ENSIGN AND UNION JACK FOR SHIPBOARD USE
a. The table shown below is used to determine the appropriate size national
ensign and union jack used aboard ship. The union jack displayed from the
jackstaff shall be the same size as the union portion of the national ensign
displayed from the flagstaff (see note 1):

NOTE 1 - No size 10 jacks manufactured so ships should substitute

a size 8 jack, or use the field of a size 10 ensign.

b. The national ensign flown while underway (steaming ensign) is normally

the size prescribed for daily use. On some ships, however, the mast configuration
may necessitate the need to use an ensign one size smaller than the daily size.

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CHAPTER 6
AFLOAT DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL ENSIGN
DURING CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS*
601. GENERAL
This chapter contains information on display of the U.S. and foreign
national ensigns during ceremonial occasions such as dress and full-dress ship
and gun salutes.

602. DISPLAY OF THE U.S. NATIONAL ENSIGN DURING DRESS AND FULL-DRESS SHIP
On occasions of dress and full-dress ship, the largest national ensign in
the ships allowance shall be displayed from the flagstaff and, except as
prescribed for a ship displaying a personal flag or command pennant (see Annex
E), a national ensign shall be displayed at each masthead. The national ensign
displayed at the mastheads shall be the size prescribed for daily use, except
when, due to substantial difference in height of mastheads, a difference in size
of national ensigns is appropriate. Should half-masting or dipping of the
national ensign be required on occasions of dress or full-dress, only the ensign
at the flagstaff shall be half-masted or dipped.

603. DISPLAY OF FOREIGN NATIONAL ENSIGN DURING DRESS OR FULL-DRESS SHIP

When a ship is dressed or full-dressed in honor of a foreign nation, the
ensign of that nation shall replace the United States national ensign at the main,
or at the masthead in the case of a single-masted ship. When a ship is dressed
or full-dressed in honor of more than one nation, the ensign of each nation shall
be displayed at the main, or at the masthead in the case of a single-masted ship.

604. DISPLAY OF THE U.S. NATIONAL ENSIGN DURING GUN SALUTE TO THE U.S. OR TO A
U.S. CIVIL OFFICIAL
In addition to the national ensign displayed from the gaff or the flagstaff,
a ship shall display a second national ensign at a masthead while firing a salute
in honor of a U.S. national anniversary or a U.S. civil official. The location
of this second national ensign shall be:

a. At the main during the national salute prescribed for the 3rd Monday
in February and the 4th of July.

b. At the main during a 21 gun salute prescribed for the President or a

former President of the United States. The ship displaying the personal flag of
the President, (or the national ensign for a former President), will not fire a
salute.

c. At the fore during a salute to any other U.S. civil official. The ship
displaying the personal flag or national ensign of such official will not fire a
salute.

*Applicable to ships underway. Ships not underway will be full-dressed on

these days.

605. DISPLAY OF FOREIGN NATIONAL ENSIGN DURING GUN SALUTE TO FOREIGN NATION OR
DIGNITARY
a. A ship of the U.S. Navy shall display a foreign national ensign at the
mainmast:

(1) While firing a salute to such nation on entering port.

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(2) While returning a salute fired by a warship of such nation.

(3) While firing a salute on occasion of a national anniversary, celebration,

or solemnity of such nation.

(4) While firing a 21-gun salute to a dignitary of such nation.

b. A ship of the U.S. Navy shall display a foreign national ensign at the
foremast while firing or returning a salute to an official of such nation entitled
to less than 21 guns.

c. While a salute is being fired when two or more foreign ensigns are
displayed, the ensign of the nation being honored, or whose dignitary is being
honored, shall be displayed alone.

d. If a single-masted ship, underway, is not fitted with a gaff, the

foreign national ensign(s) will be displayed to port of the U.S. national ensign
at the masthead.

606. INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE

In a foreign port, or in a port in company with a foreign warship, and a

national anniversary or solemnity is being observed by foreign port authorities
or a foreign warship, a ship of the U.S. Navy shall, upon official invitation,
follow the example of the foreign authority or warship in dress or full-dress
ship, firing salutes, and half-masting ensigns. Salutes shall not exceed 21 guns
unless the senior officer present deems it necessary to fire a greater number in
order to properly participate in the ceremony, or to avoid giving offense. On all
such occasions, efforts shall be made to conform, insofar as practicable, with the
foreign authorities in the time and manner of conducting the ceremonies.

607. PASSING WASHINGTON'S TOMB

A special ceremony calling for half-masting the ensign is required of ships

passing Washington's Tomb between sunrise and sunset. A full band and guard are
paraded (if aboard), the ship's bell is tolled, and the ensign is half-masted as
the ship comes in sight of Mount Vernon, Virginia. When the ship is opposite the
tomb, the guard and all persons on deck face the tomb and salute. Upon sounding
"Taps", the ensign is raised to the peak, and tolling of the bell ceases on last
note of "Taps". The band then plays the national anthem, which is followed by
"carry on".

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CHAPTER 7
DRESS AND FULL-DRESS SHIP
701. PURPOSE
The purpose of dress and full-dress ship is to recognize U.S. and, upon
official invitation, foreign national anniversaries or solemnities. Display of
the U.S. and foreign national ensigns at the mastheads during periods of dress and
full-dress ship is explained in Chapter 6.

702. APPLICABILITY
Ships not underway shall dress or full-dress from 0800 until sunset. Ships
underway do not dress or full-dress.

If half-masting of the U.S. national ensign is prescribed during periods of

dress or full-dress ship, only the national ensign at the flagstaff will be
displayed at half-mast.

Only the national ensign at the flagstaff will be used to answer a dip (see
Chapter 3).

Ships operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC), are not required to
be full-dressed, but will dress ship when full-dress is specified, and on all
occasions of dress ship.

703. AUTHORITY TO MODIFY OR EXEMPT

The senior officer present may exempt ships undergoing shipyard overhaul
and/or repairs from dress or full-dress ship. He may also, when full-dress is
prescribed, direct that dress-ship be observed in lieu of full-dress if, in his
opinion, weather conditions make such action advisable.

704. RAINBOW COLORS

a. On occasions of full-dress ship, in addition to dressing the mastheads
with the U.S. or foreign national ensign(s), a rainbow of signal flags and
pennants, arranged in the order prescribed herein, shall be displayed. The
rainbow shall reach from the foot of the jackstaff to the mastheads and thence to
the foot of the flagstaff. Pecularily masted or mastless ships shall make a
display as little modified from the rainbow effect as is practicable.

b. When full-dressing ships with two "macks" (masts and stacks combined),
or ships with superstructures aft, which are considered single-masted, the rainbow
of flags and pennants should include the peak of the after "mack" or structures
as a point of suspension to prevent fouling, although a national ensign is not
flown from this point.

c. Dress-ship lights (also known as "Med or Friendship Lights") will be

displayed only as directed by the fleet commander, senior officer present, or
other competent authority.

705. SEQUENCE OF SIGNAL FLAGS AND PENNANTS

The sequence of signal flags and pennants for the rainbow display shall be
as follows:

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(1) Flag 3 (18) Uniform (34) Pennant 6 (50) 4th Sub

(2) Flag 4 (19) Flag 6 (35) Whiskey (51) Papa
(3) Pennant 1 (20) Xray (36) Pennant 0 (52) Form
(4) Sierra (21) Negat (37) Flag 1 (53) Victor
(5) 1st Sub (22) Flag 2 (38) Oscar (54) Golf
(6) Alfa (23) Port (39) 3rd Sub (55) Starboard
(7) Prep (24) November (40) Hotel (56) India
(8) Charlie (25) Pennant 2 (41) Echo (57) Foxtrot
(9) Mike (26) Tango (42) Emerg (58) Quebec
(10) Speed (27) 2nd Sub (43) Lima (59) Pennant 8
(11) Juliett (28) Bravo (44) Pennant 7 (60) Yankee
(12) Pennant 5 (29) Delta (45) Flag 0 (61) Desig
(13) Romeo (30) Turn (46) Int (62) Flag 7
(14) Pennant 9 (31) Flag 5 (47) Div (63) Pennant 3
(15) Zulu (32) Station (48) Pennant 4 (64) Squad
(16) Corpen (33) Kilo (49) Flag 9 (65) Ans
(17) Flag 8

NOTE:(1) If one set of flags does not complete the rainbow, repeat the
sequence starting with
Flag 3, Flag 4, etc.

(2) All flags and pennants in the allied flagbag used except Screen, Subdiv,
and Group.

706. EQUIPMENT
The NAVSEA drawing number for full-dress ship lines is 53711 804 5184208.
Also included in these drawings are related items for flaghoist signaling such
as belaying pins, retriever rings, downhaul grab rings, padeyes for securing
uphauls, and retriever expansion springs. The drawing number for flagbag
fingers is S7002-860019.

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CHAPTER 8
DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL ENSIGN AT
U.S. NAVAL SHORE ACTIVITIES
801. GENERAL
a. The national ensign shall be displayed from 0800 until sunset at all
U.S. Naval activity headquarters. Additionally:

(1) No other flag or pennant will be displayed above, or, if on

the same level, to the right of the U.S. national ensign.

(2) When displayed with foreign national ensigns, the U.S.

national ensign shall be displayed to the extreme right and on the same level.
International usage forbids display of the flag of one nation above that of
another nation in time of peace. The national ensign of other nations shall be
displayed right to left after the U.S. national ensign, beginning in
alphabetical order of the names of such nations in the english language except
that:

(a) When the U.S. Naval activity is located in a foreign

country, the national ensign of that country is displayed to the immediate left
of the U.S. national ensign without regard to it's alphabetical listing.

(3) In a semi-circle grouping, all flags other than the U.S.

national ensign shall be displayed in the english alphabetical order of the
countries represented, starting from the left and reading clockwise. The U.S.
national ensign is displayed in the middle of the semi-circle.

b. Display of the national ensign from various flagpole configurations

is explained herein. The right side of a flagpole is determined by looking
from the main entrance of the headquarters building to the pole:

(1) Polemast - Flown from the peak. If peak is equipped with two
halyards, flown from right side. Half-mast position is three-fourths of the
way to the peak.

(2) Polemast with Crosstree - Flown at peak of pole. When at

half-mast, the bottom of union portion shall be even with crosstree. If
displayed with foreign ensign(s), the U.S. national ensign shall be displayed
from the outermost halyard on right hand crosstree.

(3) Polemast with Gaff - Flown at peak of gaff. Half-mast position

is half way between top and bottom of gaff. When displayed with foreign
ensign(s), the U.S. national ensign is flown on right hand side of gaff.

(4) Polemast with Crosstree and Gaff - This is commonly called a

"yacht club mast". Displayed from the gaff. When displayed with foreign
national ensign(s), display U.S. national ensign from outermost halyard on
right hand crosstree.

802. TOPPING ORNAMENT

Flagpoles at Naval shore activities shall be topped with a brass ball of
appropriate size.

803. FLAG SIZE FOR SHORE ACTIVITIES

The chart shown below may be used in determining the size of the national
ensign to be flown. A large size shall be flown on sundays and holidays, and a

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smaller size flown daily, if such a choice is available. There is no allowance

prescribed for shore activities:

Height of flagpole: Recommended size:

less than 35 feet: #8 (3' 6" X 6' 7 3/4")

35-55 feet: #7 (5' X 9' 6")

Greater than 55 feet: #5 (8' 11 3/8" x 17')

804. PRACTICES RELATED TO THE NATIONAL ENSIGN ASHORE

a. The union jack is not displayed ashore.

b. The Church Pennant and Jewish Worship Pennant is not displayed above
the national ensign ashore, but may be displayed separately if desired.

c. The following sites have been authorized by Congress to fly the

national ensign 24 hours a day:

(1) U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

(2) White House, Washington, D.C.

(3) Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland

(4) Home of Betsy Ross, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

(5) U.S. Marine Corps Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington,

Virginia

(6) Battle Green, Lexington, Massachusetts

(7) Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

(8) Customs Ports of Entry

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CHAPTER 9
SHIPBOARD DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAGS, COMMAND PENNANTS
AND ABSENTEE PENNANTS
901. DISTINCTIVE MARK
a. The distinctive mark of a ship or craft in the Navy, in commission,
shall be one of the following:

(1) The personal flag of a flag officer eligible for command at

sea, or;

(2) The broad command pennant of an officer, other than a flag

officer, eligible for command at sea, or;

(3) The burgee command pennant of an officer, other than a flag

officer, eligible for command at sea, or;

(4) If none of the above, a commission pennant.

(5) The distinctive mark of a hospital ship of the Navy, in

commission, shall be the Red Cross Flag.

b. The manner of display of the distinctive mark shall be:

(1) Not more than one distinctive mark shall be displayed by a

ship or craft at one time.

(2) The commission pennant, if displayed, shall be hauled down

when the personal flag of a civil official of the United States is displayed.

(3) Except as prescribed in Navy Regulations for certain occasions

of ceremony, the distinctive mark shall remain at the after masthead day and
night, or, in a mastless ship, from the loftiest and most conspicuous hoist.
(Ceremonial occasion may require the shifting of the distinctive mark to
another masthead or to the starboard yardarm (see Annex E)).

902. DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAGS AND COMMAND PENNANTS

a. Except as otherwise prescribed in Navy Regulations, a flag officer or
unit commander afloat shall display his personal flag or command pennant from
his flagship. At no time shall he display it from more than one ship.

b. When a flag officer eligible for command at sea is embarked for

passage in a ship of the Navy, his personal flag shall be displayed from such
ship, unless there is already displayed from such ship the flag of an officer
his senior.

c. When a U.S. civil official, in whose honor the display of a personal

flag is prescribed during an official visit, is embarked for passage in a ship
of the Navy, his personal flag shall be displayed from such ship and the
commission pennant, if displayed, shall be hauled down.

903. RESTRICTIONS
a. A personal flag or command pennant may be hauled down during battle
or at any time the officer concerned, or the senior officer present, considers
the need to render the flagship less distinguishable. If hauled down, it shall
be replaced with a commission pennant.

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the service of the United States shall not display a personal flag, command
pennant, or commission pennant from such ship, or in the bow of a boat.

c. A ship underway shall not display a personal flag or command pennant

unless a flag officer or unit commander is aboard. Should a flagship get
underway during the absence of the flag officer or unit commander, the personal
flag or command pennant shall be hauled down and replaced with a commission
pennant. Should the flag officer or unit commander depart his flagship while
at sea for a brief call to other ships or stations, his personal flag or
command pennant shall remain hoisted in his flagship.

d. Personal flags or command pennants of military officers, other than

U.S. Naval officers eligible for command at sea, shall not be displayed from
ships or craft of the U.S. Navy.

e. The presence of foreign military officers and officials onboard U.S.

Naval ships or craft is recognized by the display of the appropriate foreign
national ensign as prescribed by Navy Regulation: "No flag or pennant, other
than as prescribed by Navy Regulations or as may be directed by the Secretary
of the Navy, shall be displayed from a ship or craft of the Navy, or from a
naval station, as an honor to a nation or an individual, or to indicate the
presence of any individuals."

904. BROAD AND BURGEE COMMAND PENNANTS

a. The broad and burgee command pennant shall be the personal command
pennant of an officer in the Navy, not a flag officer, commanding a unit of
ships or aircraft.

(1) The broad command pennant shall indicate command of:

(a) A force, flotilla, squadron, or group of ships of any

type i.e., PHIBGRU, DESRON

(b) An aircraft wing

(2) The burgee command pennant shall indicate command of:

(a) A division of ships other than aircraft carriers or

cruisers

(b) A major subdivision of an aircraft wing

b. The broad and burgee command pennants shall be shown with numerals to
indicate the organizational number of a command within a type, when numerals
are assigned. When two commanders within a type are entitled to display the
same command pennant and have the same organizational number in different
echelons of command, the commander in the higher echelon shall use roman
numerals on the pennant. In all other cases, Arabic numerals shall be used.
Numerals on the broad command pennant shall be blue, and numerals on the burgee
command pennant shall be red.

c. The following restrictions apply to display of the broad and burgee

command pennants:

(1) Officers are not entitled to fly a command pennant based

solely on command of the following units:

(a) Task organizations (TF, TG, TU, TE)

(b) Commands with only reserve fleet ships or craft assigned

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(2) Commands with only U.S. Naval Ships (USNS), those under
operational control of the Military Sealift Command (MSC), or non-commissioned
ships.

d. The broad command pennant is also the pennant used as a unit

indicator in accordance with allied communications procedures, and is referred
to as a Group pennant when used as such.

905. SIZE TO BE FLOWN

For uniformity, a vessel under 600 feet in length shall display a size 6
command pennant or a size 7 personal flag. Vessels 600 feet or more in length
shall display a size 4 command pennant or size 6 personal flag.

906. SUCCESSION TO COMMAND

a. When a flag officer or unit commander has been succeeded temporarily
in command as prescribed in chapter 8 of Navy Regulations, or when he departs
his flagship or headquarters with the intent of remaining absent for a period
in excess of 72 hours, or is absent in excess of 72 hours, his personal flag or
command pennant shall be hauled down until his return. The officer who has
succeeded temporarily to the command shall display his personal flag or command
pennant to which he is entitled.

b. In a foreign port on the occasion of the absence of a flag officer

from his command for a period exceeding 72 hours, the command, subject to any
direction from the flag officer, shall devolve upon the senior officer present
of the unit who is eligible to exercise command at sea. As standard procedure,
the flag officer's flag shall continue to be flown in his regular flagship
until that ship is underway, at which time the personal flag shall be hauled
down until the flag officer returns to his flagship. Commanders-in-chief and
fleet commanders have the authority to modify this procedure with respect to
their personal flags as the exigencies of the service require.

907. MISCELLANEOUS PERSONAL FLAGS/PENNANTS

a. Commission pennant - While not a personal flag of the ship's
commanding officer, the commission pennant is sometimes regarded as a personal
symbol of that status i.e., in the bow of a boat when the commanding officer is
embarked on an official visit, or when the commission pennant is presented to
him at his change of command ceremony, or half-masted at the time of his
death (see paragraph 912).

b. United Nations and Treaty Organizations - Personal flags of United

Nations and Treaty Organization officials and officers such as NATO and CENTO,
etc., will not be displayed when these officers are embarked in U.S. Navy ships
unless the officer holding such office qualifies for display of a personal
flag/pennant by being a U.S. Naval Officer eligible for command at sea.

c. Convoy Commodore - The convoy commodore's flag is to be flown in his

ship while the convoy is forming up or reforming, or on any other occasion the
commodore wishes to make his ship readily identifiable. It is flown on similar
occasions by the vice or rear commodore's ship when such officer has assumed
command of the convoy or is acting independently of the commodore when in
charge of some portion of the convoy.

The flag of the convoy commodore closely resembles a large X-ray flag.

908. USE OF ABSENTEE AND SPEED PENNANTS

In ships not underway, the absence of an embarked flag officer, unit
commander, chief of staff, chief staff officer, or commanding officer shall be

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indicated from sunrise to sunset by an absentee pennant displayed from the

signal yardarm as prescribed in the table shown below. In case of the absence
of a commanding officer who is also a unit commander or acting as a temporary
unit commander, both specified absentee pennants will be displayed.

WHERE NORMALLY
SUB INDICATION DISPLAYED ABSENCE
1ST Absence of an S t a r b o a r d Absence of a
official from signal yardarm flag officer or
his ship for a (outboard) unit commander
period of 72 whose personal
hours or less flag or command
pennant is
flying on this
ship.

2ND Same as 1ST Port signal Absence of

Substitute y a r d a r m Chief of Staff
(inboard) or chief staff
officer of the
commander whose
personal flag
is flying on
this ship (See
note below)

3RD Same as 1ST Port signal Absence of

Substitute y a r d a r m captain (Its
(outboard) use immediately
shifts to the
e x e c u t i v e
officer w hen
the captain
departs for a
period of
absence of 72
hours or more)

4TH Same as 1ST S t a r b o a r d Absence of

Substitute signal yardarm c i v i l o r
(inboard) m i l i t a r y
official whose
flag is flying
on this ship.

_____________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: On a flagship where the commander's personal flag has been hauled down
and replaced by a commission pennant, the chief of staff's absentee
pennant is not displayed.

909. INTENTION TO DEPART OFFICIALLY

a. The display (from a location where best seen by ships present) of the
speed pennant by a ship not underway indicates that the official or officer
whose personal flag or pennant is displayed will leave the ship officially in
about five minutes. When hauled down it means the official or officer has
departed. Example of flag officer shifting his flag:

(1) Five minutes prior to departure, the flagship hoists the SPEED

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pennant where best seen.

(2) On departure, the flagship hauls down the SPEED pennant and
hoists the flag officer's absentee pennant.

(3) On arrival of the flag officer on the new flagship or at

headquarters, that ship or headquarters breaks his flag.

(4) Simultaneously (or as nearly as possible) with the breaking of

the personal flag on the new flagship or at headquarters, the former flagship
hoists a commission pennant and hauls down the personal flag and absentee
pennant.

NOTE: Allied naval units may modify the use of the speed pennant when signaling
official departures. (See ATP 1, VOL II, Allied Maritime Tactical Signal
and Maneuvering Book)

910. DISPLAY OF TWO PERSONAL FLAGS SIMULTANEOUSLY

a. When the personal flag of a civil official is displayed aboard a ship
or craft of the Navy, a personal flag or command pennant of the embarked
commander shall be displayed, if required, as follows:

(1) Aboard a single-masted ship, at the starboard yardarm

(2) Aboard a two-masted ship, at the foremast.

(3) Aboard a ship with more than two masts, at the aftermast.

b. When, in accordance with chapter 10 of Navy Regulations, the personal

flag of a civil official and the personal flag or command pennant of an officer
of the Navy are displayed at the starboard yardarm, the personal flag of the
civil official will be displayed outboard. (see Annex E).

When two or more civil officials, entitled to display personal flags, are
both embarked in a ship of the Navy, only the flag of the senior shall be
displayed.

911. PERSONAL FLAG DISPLAY WHEN THE NATIONAL ENSIGN IS AT A MASTHEAD

a. On the occasion of an official visit, the President's personal flag
shall be displayed from the mainmast. If displayed during periods of dress or
full-dress ship, it shall remain at
the mainmast to port of the national ensign and to starboard of any foreign
national ensign.

b. A personal flag or command pennant of a flag officer or unit

commander will not be displayed at the same masthead with a national ensign
(U.S. or Foreign), but shall:

(1) During a gun salute, be lowered clear of the national ensign.

(2) During an official visit, be shifted to the starboard yardarm

on a single-masted ship, and to the foremast on a two-masted ship.

(3) If displayed from the foremast or from the masthead of a

single-masted ship, be shifted to the starboard yardarm.

(4) If displayed from the mainmast, be shifted to the foremast in

lieu of the national ensign at that mast.

(5) If displayed from the aftermast of a ship with more than two

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masts, remain at the aftermast in lieu of the national ensign at that mast.

912. HALF-MASTING AND PRESERVATION OF PERSONAL FLAGS, COMMAND PENNANTS AND

COMMISSION PENNANTS
a. Personal flags, command or commission pennants shall not be displayed
at half-mast except as prescribed in the appropriate articles of Navy
Regulations and this publication for the death of certain officials and
officers. A summary of the intent of these articles relating to half-masting
is as follows:

b. The personal flag, command or commission pennant of a ship or unit

commanded by the following officers shall be half-masted from the time of their
death until sunset of the day of the funeral or until the removal of the body
from the ship or station.

(1) Chairman or former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

(2) United States Military officer of 5-star rank

(3) Chief or former Chief of Naval Operations

(4) Commandant or former Commandant of the Marine Corps

(5) Commandant or former Commandant of the Coast Guard

(6) Flag Officer in Command

(7) Unit Commander who is not a flag officer

(8) Commanding Officer of that ship

c. In the event the deceased was a flag officer, a unit commander, or

the commanding officer of a ship, his personal flag, command pennant or the
ship's commission pennant shall be draped in mourning and displayed at
half-mast from a staff in the bow of the boat carrying the body. The manner of
draping these flags or pennants in mourning shall be the same as that
prescribed for draping the national ensign in mourning. (See Chapter 2).

913. PRESERVATION OF PERSONAL FLAGS

a. Personal flags flown in Navy engagements shall be preserved, tagged,
and forwarded to the Curator, Department of the Navy, Navy Yard, Washington,
D.C. 20374.

b. When a ship of the Navy has been engaged in carrying a high official
of the Government on a special mission or occasion involving the flying of a
personal flag, that flag should be preserved, and a narrative report of the
mission or occasion forwarded to the Curator to determine the desirability of
preserving the flag as a matter of historical interest.

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CHAPTER 10
DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAGS AND PENNANTS IN
BOATS OF THE NAVAL SERCICE
1001. IN THE BOW
a. A flag or pennant shall be displayed in the the bow of a boat to
signify an individual embarked on an official occasion as follows:

(1) A personal flag or command pennant for an officer in command,

or for a chief of staff or chief staff officer when acting for such officer,
or,

(2) If not entitled to a personal flag or command pennant, a

commission pennant.

(3) A union jack for:

(a) A diplomatic representative of or above the rank of

charge d'affaires within the waters of the country to which he is accredited.

(b) A governor general or governor commissioned as such by

the President, within the area of his jurisdiction.

(4) The consular flag for a consular representative. (This flag

is not flown in Navy ships).

(5) The prescribed personal flag for other U.S. civil officials when
such officials are entitled to the display of a personal flag during an
official visit.

1002. MINIATURES
An officer entitled to the display of a personal flag or command pennant
may display a miniature of such flag or pennant in the vicinity of the
coxswain's station when embarked on other than an official occasion in a boat
of the Naval service. The miniature shall be the size of that prescribed for
an automobile.

1003. STAFF ORNAMENTS

Staff ornaments for personal flags and pennants shall be the same as that
prescribed for the U.S. national ensign (see Chapter 11).

1004. BOAT HAILS AND COXSWAIN REPLIES WHEN OFFICER OR OFFICIAL EMBARKED
a. During hours when honors are rendered i.e., sunrise to sunset, the
OOD should challenge an approaching boat as soon as possible by raising his arm
with his fist closed in the direction of the boat and should train a long glass
or binoculars on the coxswain. The coxswain shall reply to this challenge by
holding up the number of fingers corresponding to each sideboy required to
honor the senior officer or official.

b. Boats approaching a Navy ship between the hours of sunset and sunrise
should be hailed as soon as they are within hearing distance. The watch aboard
ship will call out "boat ahoy." The boat coxswain will then reply with the

appropriate word or phrase shown in the table below to indicate the rank of the
highest officer or official in the boat:

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OFFICER OR OFFICIAL ABOARD BOAT COXSWAIN'S REPLY

President or Vice President of " United States"

the United States

Secretary, Deputy or an assistant "Defense"

Secretary of Defense

Secretary, Under Secretary, or an "Navy"

Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff "Joint Chiefs"

Chief of Naval Operations or the "Naval Operations"

Vice Chief of Naval Operations

Fleet, Force, or Type Commander "Fleet" or abbreviation of

administrative title, i.e.,
"6th Fleet," "PACFLT," etc.

A Flag Officer "Flag Officer"

A Chief of Staff/Chief Staff Officer" "Staff"

A Flotilla/Group Commander "(Type) Flot/Gru

(Number)" i.e., "CRUDESGRU
SIX, "SERVGRU THREE," etc

A Squadron Commander" "(Type) Ron (Number)," i.e.,

"DESRON TWO TWO"

A Division Commander "(Type) Div (Number)," i.e.

"MINEDIV ELEVEN"

A Marine Brigade Commander "Brigrade Commander"

A Commanding Officer of a "(Name of Ship of

ship or station Station)," i.e.,
"YORKTOWN," "NAVSTA SAN
DIEGO," etc.

A Marine Regimental Commander "Regimental Commander"

Any other Commissioned Officer "Aye, Aye"

Warant Officer "No, No"

Enlisteds "Hello"

A boat not intending to come "Passing"

alongside, regardless of rank of
passenger

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1005. BOW INSIGNIA

A boat regularly assigned to an officer for his personal use shall carry
an insignia on the port and starboard bow as follows:

a. A flag officer - Stars as arranged on his personal flag.

b. A unit commander- A replica of his broad or burgee command pennant.

c. A commanding officer, chief of staff, or chief staff officer - An

arrow.

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CHAPTER 11
FLAGSTAFF TOPPING ORNAMENTS
1101. BOAT DISPLAY
a. A staff ornament shall top the flagstaff upon which the national
ensign is displayed in boats of the Naval service under the following
conditions:

**(1) When an officer or civil official is embarked on an official

occasion or

(2) When a flag officer, unit commander, commanding officer, chief

of staff, or chief staff officer, in uniform, is embarked in a boat of his
command or one assigned for his personal use.

**An additional staff ornament of the same type must top the
flagstaff in the bow upon which is affixed the personal flag, command pennant,
or commission pennant of such officer or civil official.

b. The topping ornament shall have a highly polished brass finish and be
displayed as follows:

(1) A SPREAD EAGLE - For civilian officials and flag officers

whose official gun salute is 19 or more guns. This includes such individuals
as the President and Vice President, Secretaries of State, Defense, Army, Navy,
Air Force; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, State Governors, and Service
Chiefs. Tables of gun salutes of military officers and civil officials are
contained in Chapter 10, U.S. Navy Regulations.

(2) A HALBERD - For flag officers whose official gun salute is

less than 19 guns, and for civil officials whose gun salute is 11 or more but
less than 19 guns. Included in this category are such individuals as the
Under and Assistant Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; Naval or
Military Governors; and flag officers of the Armed Forces other than those of
5-star rank or Service Chiefs.

(3) A BALL - For officers of the grade or equivalent grade of

Captain in the Navy, and for such diplomatic officials as Career Ministers,
Consuls, or First Secretary of an Embassy or Legation.

(4) A STAR - For officers of the grade or equivalent grade of

Commander in the Navy.

(5) A FLAT TRUCK - For officers below the grade or equivalent

grade of Commander in the Navy, and for civil officials for whom honors are
prescribed on the occasions of an official visit, but are not the equivalent of
those officials listed above.

1102. LOCATIONS OTHER THAN IN BOATS

a. The staff ornament for the national ensign, when displayed other than
in boats, shall be the battle-ax.

b. Personal flags and command pennants shall be topped with the ornament
prescribed for boat display when displayed indoors.

1103. U.S. NAVY FLAG AND BATTALION COLORS

A battle-ax shall top the flagstaff on which is flown the Navy flag and

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battalion colors.

1104. GUIDON
The flagstaff topping ornament for the guidon shall be the spearhead.

1105. AUTOMOBILES
The flagstaff ornament used for personal flags and command pennants
displayed from an automobile shall be the acorn, regardless of the rank or
title of the officer or civil official in the vehicle.

1106. SKETCHES OF FLAGSTAFF ORNAMENTS

The head of the spread eagle and the cutting edges of the halberd and the
battle-ax shall face forward. The points of the stars and edges of the
spearhead shall be aligned fore and aft:

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CHAPTER 12
ANNOUNCING ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES AND USE OF TONES
1201. Passing the word and the use of tones to announce the arrival/departure
of officers and officials are not a means of rendering honor. These are used
simply to indicate the arrival and departure of Commanders, Chiefs of Staff,
Chief Staff Officers, Commanding Officers, and Civil Officials to interested
personnel. Arrivals/departures are announced only during the hours between
reveille and taps. Commanding officers should be familar with local SOPA
regulations governing the use of topside speakers for making shipboard
announcements.

a. Tones are sounded by the use of a boat gong, special gong, bell, or
siren as specified by the Commanding Officer.

b. Arrivals/departures are announced as follows:

(1) Sound the tones in groups of two, corresponding to the number

of sideboys to which the officer/official is entitled (each group is separated
by a short pause).

(2) Announce the person's short title, using the same format as
the coxswain's replies shown in Chapter 10. Example:

(a) Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group 6...."CRUDESGRU

SIX, ARRIVING"
(b) Commander, Naval Base Charleston........"NAVBASE
CHARLESTON, DEPARTING
(c) Commanding Officer, USS BELKNAP........."BELKNAP, ARRIVING"

(3) A single tone is then sounded as the embarked Commander, Chief

of Staff, Chief Staff Officer, or Commanding Officer steps on the ship when
arriving, or on the bow when departing. This single tone is also used for an
embarked Civil Official.

c. The arrival of a visiting Navy Captain or Commander (or officer of

equivalent grade in the other services) who is not a type/operational
Commander, Chief of Staff, Chief Staff Officer, or Commanding Officer, or whose
command identity is not known by the Officer of the Deck, is announced by rank
and service (i.e., "Captain, U.S. Navy, or Colonel, U.S. Army, Arriving). If
such officer does not hold an official title, it is not necessary to announce
his departure unless required by ship's policy.

d. When unable to determine the rank or position of an arriving officer

or official, the term "STAFF GANGWAY" shall be announced and, since this term
is used only on arrival, it is not necessary to add the word "Arriving". After
the unknown officer/official boards the vessel, the OOD will obtain the
visitor's official title and use such information upon departure of the
visitor.

e. If an arriving/departing party consists of more than one officer or

official, or combination of both, only the senior official and senior military
officer entitled to an announcement need be announced.

f. It is common practice for units to announce the crossing of certain

officers over topside speakers to units outboard or inboard as the case may be.
This is a perfectly acceptable procedure since tones and passing the word are
not honors, but rather an information signal to those personnel having a need
to know.

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CHAPTER 13

PRECEDENCE OF ANNOUNCING HONORS ONBOARD SHIP

1301. PRECEDENCE OF SHIPBOARD MEANS OF ANNOUNCING

a. There are a number of commonly used means to call attention to
ceremonies, events, departures, arrivals, etc., aboard a Navy ship. The
preferential order in which these means should be used is as follows:

(1) Bugle

(2) Whistle

(3) Passing the word

b. Not more than one means should be used for a given event and the same
means should be used throughout that event, e.g., "attention to port", should not
be announced by a whistle and then followed by the same order verbally over the
ship's loudspeaker; "carry on" should not be announced using a different means
than that used to announce "attention".

c. In the event that the use of any of the means listed above could
possibly cause confusion with another operation in hand such as the use of the
whistle to call attention for passing honors while the whistle is also being used
for signaling directions to tugs while berthing, the use of any othet means should
be substituted without regard for the precedence or preference contained in the
paragraphs above.

1302. "PASSING HONORS" AND "CLOSE ABOARD"

a. "Passing honors" are those honors, other than gun salutes, rendered on
occasions when ships or embarked officials or officers pass, or are passed, close
aboard. "Close aboard" shall mean passing within six hundred yards for ships and
four hundred yards for boats. This rule shall be interpreted liberally, to insure
that ap- propriate honors are rendered.

b. Passing honors, consisting of sounding "attention" and rendering the

hand salute by all persons in view on deck and not in ranks, shall be exchanged
between ships of the Navy and between ships of the Navy and the Coast Guard,
passing close aboard.

1303. SEQUENCE IN RENDERING PASSING HONORS

"Attention" shall be sounded by the junior when the bow of one ship passes
the bow or stern of the other, or, if a senior is embarked in a boat, before the
boat is abreast, or nearest to abreast, the quarter-deck. In order to standardize
bugle and whistle signals when used for passing/side honors, the following are
prescribed:

(1) one blast attention to starboard

(2) two blasts attention to port

(3) one blast render salute

(4) two blasts terminate salute, remain at

attention
(5) three blasts carry on

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1304. DISPENSING WITH PASSING HONORS

Passing honors shall not be rendered after sunset or before 0800
except when international courtesy requires.

b. Passing honors shall not be exchanged between ships of the Navy

engaged in tactical evolutions outside port.

c. The senior officer present may direct that passing honors be dispensed
with in whole or in part.

d. Passing honors shall not be rendered by nor be required of

ships with small bridge areas, such as submarines, particularly when in
restricted waters.

1305. CALLING ATTENTION TO COLORS CEREMONY

a. When whistle signals are used to call attention to colors, a
single blast indicates "ATTENTION" and those not in ranks render the hand
salute. At the conclusion of the ceremony, three short blasts indicates
"CARRY ON."

b. Voice commands are used only as a last resoft i.e., in the absence
of a bugle or whistle. The words "ATTENTION TO COLORS" and "CARRY ON" are
passed over the ships announcing system. The hand salute is rendered as
described above.

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CHAPTER 14
DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAGS AND PENNANTS ON VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT
1401. DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAGS ON VEHICLES
a. An officer entitled to display a personal flag or command pennant
may, when riding a government vehicle on official occasions, display such
flag or pennant forward on the vehicle. The staff used for vehicle flags
shall be topped by an acorn, regardless of the rank of the official or
officer in the vehicle.

b. All flag officers are authorized to show stars of their rank on

their assigned vehicles. The method of showing such stars shall be by
plates resembling civilian license plates in shape and size. These plates
will be attached in essentially the same location as the civilian license
plate. Coloring will correspond to that of the personal flag. Stars or
replicas of personal flags are not to be painted on vehicles.

c. It is not the intent of Chapter 10 of Navy Regulations that a

vehicle size personal flag of a foreign flag officer be provided for display
on a vehicle but rather that the national flag of the country he represents
be displayed at the activity visited. If however, the flag officer has in
his possession his own personal flag, there will be no objection to its
display on the vehicle in which he is riding. It is acceptable practice to
display a U.S. flag officer's personal vehicle flag for a foreign officer
of equivalent rank.

1402. DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAGS ON AIRCRAFT

a. Civil and Military official aircraft plates are facsimiles, less
fringe, of individual personal flags of the official concerned, reduced in
scale and reproduced on a metal plate 11 by 14 inches. Normally the civil
or military official's aide will be responsible for insuring that the
individual's aircraft plate is available for display.

b. Aircraft plates are authorized for display for the following U.S.
Officials:

President
Vice President
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Other Cabinet Members
Deputy Secretary of Defense; Secretaries of the Army,
Navy and Air Force
Assistant Secretaries of Defense; Under Secretaries of
the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Research and
Engineering
General of the Army, Fleet Admiral, General of the Air
Force
Assistant Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chief of Staff,
United States Army; Chief of Naval Operations; Chief of
Staff, United States Air Force; Commandant, United
States Marine Corps

c. Personal flags also may be printed on aircraft assigned to flag

officers or officers acting in flag billets. Sheet metal replicas inserted
in metal slots are also authorized. The flags should be located on each
side of the forward fuselage and shall conform to a size of 11 by 14
inches.

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d. Aircraft plates may be displayed for officials of friendly foreign

nations at the discretion of the host if the official occupies a position
equivalent to those listed in the above paragraphs.

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CHAPTER 15
DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAG AND COMMAND PENNANTS ASHORE
1501. GENERAL
a. Personal flags and command pennants are flown day and night at
Naval shore activities.

b. When the points of display of two or more personal flags or

command pennants are in such proximity as to make their separate display
inappropriate, that of the senior officer only shall be displayed.

c. If two or more commanders are occupying the same headquarters

building, only the personal flag/command pennant of the senior shall be
displayed. Should such officer haul down his flag/pennant in accordance
with Navy Regulations, that of the next senior commander shall be displayed.

d. If two or more civil officials entitled to display a personal flag

are present, officially, at a command at the same time, only the flag of the
senior shall be displayed.

1502. OFFICIAL VISITS OF FOREIGN OFFICIAL OR MILITARY OFFICER

a. Upon occasion of an official visit of a foreign president or
sovereign, the national ensign of that nation is flown during the visit.

b. Visits by any other foreign officials require display of the

foreign national ensign or personal flag during the gun salute only:

(1) If the foreign visitor is a military official/officer, his

personal flag, if provided, is flown during the salute and from automobiles.
If no flag is provided, the foreign ensign of such nation is flown during
the salute, and an equivalent personal flag of a U.S. Naval officer may be
flown from automobiles and a comparable plate shown on a military plane
transporting the dignitary.

(2) U.S. personal flags for specific positions i.e., SECNAV,

CNO, VCNO, etc, are not used for foreign visitors. In these cases, either
the military rank equivalent flag (for officers) or foreign national ensign
(for civilians) is used for honors.

(3) During all first official visits for foreign service

chiefs, the rank of the visitor is equal to that of the U.S. counterpart.
Therefore, a U.S. Navy line officer four-star flag is flown for foreign navy
chiefs (instead of CNO personal flag), regardless of the foreign service
chief's rank.

1503. FLAGPOLE CONFIGURATIONS

The following information is provided in selecting the proper halyard
to be used for displaying a personal flag or command pennant with the U.S.
national ensign:

a. POLEMAST - Personal flag/command pennant not flown.

b. POLEMAST WITH CROSSTREE - Outermost halyard, right-hand crosstree.

c. POLEMAST WITH GAFF - Peak of pole.

d. POLEMAST WITH CROSSTREE AND GAFF - Peak of pole.

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NOTE: If a Naval activity uses a polemast as the normal point of display of

a personal flag or command pennant, and a personal flag or foreign
ensign is required during an official visit of, or gun salute to, a
civil official or foreign official or officer, it shall be displayed
from the polemast, and the personal flag/command pennant of the
officer in command shall be displayed at some other point within the
command.

1504. SIZE TO BE FLOWN

The table shown below may be used as a guide in selecting the
appropriate size personal flag or command pennant to be flown at a shore
activity from flagstaffs of varying heights.

ABroad or Burgee
Flagstaff Heights Personal Flags Command Pennants

Less than 35 feet #7 - 1 foot 10 #8 - 1 foot 2

inches by 2 feet inches by 1 foot
8 inches 6 inches

Greater than 35 feet #6 - 3 feet 7 #6 - 2 feet by 2

inches by 5 feet feet 7 inches
1 1/2 inches

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CHAPTER 16
AWARD FLAGS AND PENNANTS
1601. RULES FOR DISPLAY AFLOAT
When not underway, ships awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, Navy
Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Environmental
Protection Award or the Energy Conservation Award Flags shall fly the
pennants at the foremast from sunrise to sunset, on the same halyard, one
below the other, in the following order of seniority: PUC, NUC, MUC, EPAF
AND ECAF.

1602. RULES FOR DISPLAY ASHORE

Unit award flags and pennants may be displayed in the order of
seniority from the port yardarm at U.S. Naval Activities ashore. For
commands without an appropriate flagpole , a replica of the award flag or
pennant may be displayed in or near the vicinity of the command's
quarterdeck. When a unit award flag or pennant is presented to a department
or division within a command, a replica of the award flag or pennant may be
displayed in or near the main entrance to that department or division.

1603. PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION PENNANT

The Presidential Unit Citation Pennant shall be of the following form
and design (see Annex D for illustration and dimensions).

a. A burgee pennant design of old glory blue, spanish yellow and

scarlet.

b. The blue and scarlet stripes run parallel to the yellow. Where
spanish yellow and/or scarlet material is not available, yellow and/or red
may be substituted.

c. Should a unit be cited more than once, for each citation in

addition to the first for which the insignia is authorized, there shall be
added one bronze star up to a total of five stars. Stars will be displayed
upon the center yellow stripe of the insignia, and will decrease in size as
the awards increase due to limitation on the size of this section.

1604. NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION PENNANT

The Navy Unit Commendation Pennant shall be of the following form and
design: (See Annex D for illustration and dimensions).

a. A burgee pennant design of royal blue, spanish yellow, scarlet or

hunter green.

b. The blue, yellow and scarlet stripes run parallel to the green.
Where scarlet material is not available, red may be substituted.

c. Should a unit be cited more than once, for each citation in

addition to the first for which the insignia is authorized, here shall be
added one bronze star up to a total of five stars. Stars will be displayed
upon the center green stripe of the insignia.

1605. MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION PENNANT

The Meritorious Unit Commendation Pennant shall be of the following
form and design:

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a. A burgee pennant design of hunter green, air force yellow,

ultra-marine blue, air force yellow and scarlet.

b. The green, yellow, blue and yellow stripes run parallel to the
scarlet. Where scarlet material is not available, red may be substituted.

c. Should a unit be cited more than once, for each citation in

addition to the first for which the insignia is authorized, there shall be
added one bronze star up to a total of five stars. Stars will be displayed
upon the center scarlet stripe of the insignia, and will decrease in size
as the awards increase due to limitation on the size of this section.

1606. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AWARD FLAG

The Environmental Protection Award Flag is a rectangular flag with a
swallow tail fly. The field is green with the ecology symbol centered
between the hoist and the indentation of the flag (see Annex D for
illustrations and dimensions).

1607. ENERGY CONSERVATION AWARD FLAG

The Energy Conservation Award Flag is a rectangular flag. The field
is white with a narrow spanish yellow border and a large spanish yellow dish
on the horizontal center line approximately one-third of the distance from
the hoist to the fly. At the bottom of the field is a royal blue strip
representing waves of the ocean with four crests covering the bottom of the
dish (see Annex D for illustrations and dimensions).

1608. BATTLE EFFICIENCY PENNANT

a. The battle efficiency pennant shall be flown at the foremast from
sunrise to sunset, when not underway, during the period provided in
instructions for awards for intra-type competition. The pennant is a
triangular red pennant with a black ball located on the horizontal center
line; the center of the ball is to be at one-third of the distance from the
hoist to the fly. Ships shall display a pennant of the size most nearly
corresponding to the signal flags used (see Annex D for illustration and
dimensions).

b. When the Guard flag, Ready-duty flag, Presidential Unit Citation,

Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation Pennants, the
Environmental Protection Award or the Energy Conservation Award Flags are
displayed at the foremast with the battle efficiency pennant, the latter
shall be flown below such other flag(s). The battle efficiency pennant
shall be hauled down while the Bravo flag is being displayed at the
foremast.

c. The Naval Sea System Command does not manufacture the battle
efficiency pennant. Therefore, it is necessary for ships or units to
manufacture those required.

d. Subject to the provisions above, ships awarded a gold "E" are

authorized to display the Special Battle Efficiency Pennant which is a blue
pennant with a gold ball, in lieu of the standard battle efficiency pennant.

1609. HOMEWARD BOUND PENNANT

a. A ship which has been on duty outside the limits of the United
States continuously for a period of nine months (270 days) or more may fly
the homeward bound pennant upon getting underway to proceed to a port of the
United States. This pennant may be displayed until sunset on the day of
arrival in a United States port of destination.

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b. The term "United States" as used in this paragraph shall be

interpreted as all of the states of the United States of America and the
District of Columbia but not including the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust
Territories, and U.S. Possessions.

c. The homeward bound pennant is divided vertically into two parts:

that portion next to the hoist is blue and the fly is divided horizontally
into halves, the upper red and lower white. In the blue portion is placed
one white star for the first nine months that the ship has been continuously
on duty outside the United States, plus one additional white star for each
additional six months. The overall length of the pennant is normally one
foot for each officer and enlisted on the ship who has been on duty outside
the United States in excess of nine months. owever, its length is to be
kept within practical limits and is not to exceed the length of the ship.

d. Upon arrival in a port of the United States, the blue portion

containing the stars is presented to the Commanding Officer. The remainder
of the pennant is divided equally among the officers and enlisted of the
ship's company.

e. The relative proportions of the pennant shall be as follows:

Length of pennant.................................... 1

Width at hoist...................................... .005

at fly........................................ .0015

Distance between centers of stars and from centers of end stars

to ends of blue portion............................... .004

(hence, the length of the blue portion is derived by

multiplying the number of stars, plus one, by .004)

Diameter of stars.................................. .003

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CHAPTER 17
MISCELLANEOUS FLAGS, PENNANTS, CUSTOMS, AND PRACTICES
1701. CHURCH AND JEWISH WORSHIP PENNANTS
a. Section 3 of Public Law 929 - 77th Congress as amended by Public
Law 107 - 83rd Congress authorized the use of the church pennant above the
national ensign "during church services conducted by naval chaplains at
sea." By long established customs, the phrase "Naval Chaplains" has
traditionally been recognized to indicate visiting church dignitaries and
chaplains of other services when actually engaged in conducting divine
services for naval personnel afloat. The phrase "at sea" is interpreted for
U.S. Navy purposes as meaning "on board a Navy ship."

b. Ships should be fitted with two halyards to the same point of

hoist at the flagstaff and the gaff; this will permit the display of the
church pennant and the ensign simultaneously.

c. If divine services are being conducted, or commence at the time

of morning colors, the ensign shall be hoisted to the peak at the prescribed
time. The church pennant is then hoisted and the ensign dipped just clear
of the church pennant.

d. Should divine services be conducted during time of evening colors,

the church pennant shall be hauled down and the ensign hoisted to the peak
just prior to the time for colors; the ensign is then hauled down upon
execution of evening colors.

e. Shore stations, while not authorized to display the church pennant

above the ensign, may display it separately if desired.

f. The church pennant consists of a triangular white field charged

with a blue Latin Cross, the long dimension of which is horizontally
aligned. The tip of the fly is rounded
instead of coming to a sharp point.

g. The Jewish worship pennant

(authorized 12/75 by SECNAV) shall be
displayed during Jewish religious
services afloat and ashore. The same
rules governing the display of the church
pennant apply to the display of the
Jewish worship pennant.

h. The Jewish worship pennant

consists of a triangular white field
charged with the tablet of the Law and
the Star of David in place of the blue
Latin Cross. The tip of the fly is
rounded instead of coming to a sharp
point.

i. Should the ensign be displayed

at half-mast the church or Jewish worship
pennant, when flown, shall be hoisted
just above the ensign.

1702. SENIOR OFFICER PRESENT AFLOAT PENNANT

The senior officer present afloat pennant shall be displayed in
accordance with instructions in the current edition of ATP 1 VOL II, Allied

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Maritime Tactical Signal and Maneuvering Book. Specifically, when two or

more ships of the Navy are together in port or at anchor, the SOPA pennant
shall be displayed from the ship in which the senior officer present is
embarked, unless his personal flag clearly indicates his seniority. If
Allied Naval ships are present, the SOPA pennant must be flown from the
senior U.S. Navy ship, if two or more are present.

1703. USE OF "PREP" FOR COLORS CEREMONY AND SUNRISE

a. When ships are moored alongside one another (nested), only the
ship with the visual guard need hoist PREP and initiate "attention" and
"carry on" which will be observed by personnel on all ships in the nest.

b. The PREP pennant will be used for morning and evening colors in
accordance with ATP 1 (current), Vol. II.

c. For intra - USN use, five minutes prior to sunrise, SOPA flagship
or signal tower will hoist PREP, (repeated by addressees). Sunrise is
observed when hauled down.

1704. U.S. STORM WARNING SIGNALS

The flags and pennants
delineated herein are hoisted at
Weather Bureau and other shore
stations in the United States and its
possessions to warn and indicate the
severity of storms in the area. It
should be noted that the following
four storm signals and their meanings
are not international in their usage.

SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS - This

signal consists of one red pennant
displayed by day and a red light over
a white light at night to indicate
winds up to 33 knots and/or sea
conditions dangerous to small craft
operations.

GALE WARNING - This signal

consists of two red pennants (one over
the other) displayed by day and a
white light over a red light at night
to indicate winds ranging between 34
and 47 knots.

STORM WARNINGS - This signal

consists of a single square red flag
with a black square center when
displayed during the day and two red
lights (one over the other) when
displayed at night to indicate that
winds 48 knots per hour and above are
forecast for the area. If the winds
are associated with tropical cyclone
(hurricane/typhoon), the storm warning
display indicates that the winds are
within the range of 48-63 knots.

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HURRICANE/TYPHOON WARNING- Hurricane/typhoon warning displayed only

in connection with a tropical cyclone, hurricane/typhoon. The signal
consists of two square red flags with square black centers flown one over
the other when displayed during the day and a white light between two red
lights in a vertical line when displayed at night to indicate winds of 64
knots per hour or above are forecast for the area.

1705. COMMISSION PENNANT

The commission pennant is an elongated pennant with a swallow-tailed
fly. The portion near the hoist consists of a blue field on which is
superimposed seven white 5-pointed stars in a row, each of the stars having
one point upward. The remaining portion of the flag is horizontally divided
into a red upper half and a white lower half with the last few inches split
to form a swallow-tail. The number of stars in the commission pennant has
no meaning. The pennant is available in two sizes. An illustration and the
appropriate dimensions of the pennant are contained in Annex D.

1706. MERCHANT MARINE HOUSE FLAGS

A house flag is a distinctive flag of the steamship company operating
the ship. It is usually displayed from the truck of the aftermost mast
whenever within harbor limits.

1707. FLAG OF TRUCE

The flag of truce is a square white flag, and its proper use, in
general, is in the interest of humanity. When displayed from any
conspicuous place of hoist, it indicates a desire to send a communication,
but the truce does not exist until the hoist has been replied to. A
belligerent may decline to receive the flag of truce. If blank guns are
fired while a flag of truce is displayed, the ship, boat or party nearing
it, must stop and not approach nearer. Bearers of the flag of truce are
inviolable provided they do not act improperly. Should they do so, or
should the flag be used improperly to obtain information, the bearers may
become subject to capture and punished as spies.

1708. FIRST NAVY JACK

The first Navy Jack consists of thirteen horizontal alternating red
and white stripes bearing diagonally across them a rattlesnake in a moving
position with the motto "Don't Tread on Me."

1709. POW/MIA FLAG

a. The POW/MIA flag is a rectangular flag with a black background,
with the silhouette of a prisoner of war camp guard tower overlooking a
prisoner of war, and the words "POW/MIA YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN" inscribed
thereon.

b. As directed by ALNAV 105/85, all activities authorized to fly the

national ensign are encouraged to fly the POW/MIA flag on occasions such as
Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and National POW/MIA day.

c. Ships shall display the POW/MIA flag from the inboard halyard,
port signal yardarm. Shore activities shall display this flag beneath the
national ensign. The POW/MIA flag may be displayed indoors to enhance

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commemoration ceremonies.

d. The POW/MIA flag is not available through the Navy Supply System.
CONUS activities should order from one of the following manufacturers:

(1) Annin Comp

Bloomfield Ave.
Verona, NJ 07044

POC: Randy Beard 201-239-9000

(2) U.S. Flags and Signal Co.

129 Penna Ave.
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

POC: Yetta Rancka 804-497-8947

(3) Valley Forge Flag

1 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020

POC: Mary Mercado 212-586-1776

e. Overseas requisitions are to be submitted off line directly to the

Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC), RIC S9T. Support will be provided
through procurement by DPSC Special Purpose Team (SPUR). Requisitions
should specify W/WO fringe (Indoor) and W/grommets or W/snap hooks
(Outdoor).

1710. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY

By Executive Order 10812 of 24 April 1959, the

President, upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of the Navy with the approval of the
Secretary of Defense, established and
prescribed an official flag for the United
States Navy. This flag is to be 4 feet 4
inches hoist (width) by 5 feet 6 inches fly
(length), of dark blue material, with yellow
fringe, 2 1/2 inches wide. In the center of
the flag is a device 3 feet 1 inch overall,
consisting of the inner pictorial portion of
the seal of the Department of the Navy (with
the exception that a continuation of the sea
has been substituted for the land area), in
its proper colors within a circular yellow
rope edging, all 2 feet 6 inches in diameter
above a yellow scroll inscribed "UNITED STATES
NAVY" in dark blue letters.

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a. The U.S. Navy flag shall be used to represent the Navy as follows:

(1) At official ceremonies

(2) In parades

(3) During official Navy display occasions

(4) At public gatherings when the Navy is an official

participant

(5) On such occasions as may be specifically authorized by the

Secretary of the Navy.

b. When used for the purposes listed above, the U.S. Navy flag will
accompany, and take the place of honor next after the national ensign except
when other branches of the armed forces are participating, in which case the
service flags will take the precedence of the services which they represent,
(see Article 1724 for the service precedences).

c. The U.S. Navy flag shall not be used for outdoor fixed (permanent)
display purposes.

d. There are no cord and tassels authorized for use with the flag of
the United States Navy.

e. Battle streamers displayed on the U.S. Navy flag represent both

war and non-war actions involving combat. The silver and bronze star
embroidered thereon signify selected actions and campaigns in which the Navy
has been engaged. Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation and
Meritorious Unit Commendation streamers bear numerals rather than stars,
indicating the total number of each award earned. Streamers are long,
narrow, swallow-tailed ribbons, 3 to 4 feet in length, of the same design
and width as the service ribbons or unit decoration, and are displayed
attached to the staff below the ornament by a brass ring.

f. To determine eligibility and entitlement refer to SECNAVINST

1650.1 (current) (Navy and Marine Corps Award Manual) and SECNAVINST 10520.2
(current).

g. The U.S. Navy flag is for official Navy use only, and shall not
be made available to civilian groups, organizations or individuals.

1711. U.S. NAVY INFANTRY BATTALION FLAG

Before the adoption of an official U.S. Navy flag, this flag was used
to represent the Navy.

The U.S. Navy infantry battalion

flag shall be used as an
organization color for ship's
landing party battalions and for
battalion organizations of naval
shore activities in operations,
ceremonies or street parades.
Such organization colors will
show thereon the name and
location of the battalion as
authorized below.

The flag consists of a white diamond

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centered on a field of Navy blue. A fouled anchor device of Navy blue is

centered in the diamond.

All naval units that may properly use the U.S. Navy infantry battalion
flag are authorized to show thereon the name of the organization on the blue
field above the anchor, and the location if appropriate, on the blue field
below the anchor. The lettering is to be white, centrally located and shall
conform to the following details:

a. The lettering shall be of the commercial gothic type as authorized

for U.S. Navy guidons, 6 inches in height except the TH, ST, ND and RD when
used after numerals are to be 4 inches in height; the tops of all letters
to be on the same line. All lettering shall be on a line parallel to and
2 inches from the top or bottom of the flag as appropriate. The width of
the larger letters shall be 1 1/4 inches while the width of the smaller
shall be 1 inch.

b. If the name of the organization is too large for the flag, the
letters may be reduced in size; both those above and below the anchor will
be equally reduced.

c. Authorized abbreviations will be used. The lettering above will

read "N.R.O.T.C." "1ST U.S. NAVAL CONSTR. BN," "NAVAL INF BN," etc; those
below, "SAN DIEGO, CA.," "3RD NAVAL DISTRICT," as the case may be.

1712. U.S. NAVY GUIDON

The guidon is a company/naval reserve division
identification flag. It is used for the purpose of iden-
tifying naval units parading ashore, at ceremonies and
at other times when prescribed by the Commander.

a. The guidon is a rectangular flag with a

swallow-tail fly. The field is Navy blue with a white
diamond centered between the hoist and the indentation of the fly. A Navy
blue fouled anchor device is centered upon the white diamond. Above the
white diamond shall be shown the distinctive name of the organization to
which the company/naval reserve division belongs. Below the diamond shall
be shown the abbreviated name of the company/naval reserve division itself.

b. The lettering is to be white, centrally located and shall conform

to the following details:

(1) The letters and numerals shall be condensed, commercial

gothic, upper case without serifs, and 3 1/2 inches in height except that
the ST, ND, RD, and TH when used after numerals shall be 2 1/2 inches in
height and shall be placed so that their upper points are on the same line
as the upper points of the 3 1/2 inch letters. The distance between the
upper edge of the guidon to the top of the upper line of letters shall be
1/2 inch and the same distance shall be kept between the lower edge of the
guidon and the bottom of the lower line of letters.

(2) If the name of the organization is too large for the flag,
the letters may be reduced in size; both those above and below the diamond
shall be equally reduced.

(3) The flagstaff on which the guidon is displayed is a single

piece of natural-color varnished wood. It is eight feet in length and
approximately one inch in diameter and topped by spearhead.

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1713. BUREAU AND SYSTEMS COMMAND FLAGS

a. To provide for uniform outdoor display of distinctive flags which
have been authorized for use by the bureau and systems commands of the Navy
Department, the following conditions under which these flags may be
displayed are hereby prescribed:

(1) At military or civil ceremonies at which personnel are

representing the bureau or systems command or an activity under the
management control of the bureau or systems command.

(2) At joint service activities where the display of a bureau

or systems command flag at the Navy activity concerned would be appropriate
to correspond with an activity flag of another service.

(3) Over Navy activities which are primarily engaged in

industrial or technical pursuits provided the activity is not geographically
within a larger naval activity under the command of another bureau systems
command or office.

(4) Over private industrial plants which are devoting at least

fifty percent of their manufacturing capacity to work under the sponsorship
of the bureau or systems command whose flag would be flown.

b. Subject to the above conditions, a bureau or systems command flag

may be displayed at the discretion of the chief of the bureaus or commanders
of the system or command concerned. Bureau and Command flags shall not be
displayed on the exterior of public buildings under the control of the
General Service Administration. There are no restrictions on appropriate
indoor displays.

1714. U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY FLAG

An official flag of the U.S. Naval Academy was approved on 24 January
1951. The flag consists of a Navy blue field (72 by 48 inches) with the seal
of the U.S. Naval Academy in gold design in the center and the inscription
"Brigade of Midshipmen" thereunder in Navy blue letters on a white scroll.

1715. NAVAL RESERVE YACHT PENNANT

A suitable pennant has been prescribed by the
Secretary of the Navy which may be flown as an emblem
of the Naval Reserve on yachts and similar ships
documented under the laws of the United States, under
a warrant issued for each craft by the Secretary of
the Navy. The pennant may not be flown in lieu of
the
national or yacht ensign.

a. In order to be eligible for such a warrant,

the vessel is first determined by the Chief of Naval
Operations as suitable for service as a naval
auxiliary in time of war, and so designated by the
Secretary of the Navy. The captain or owner must
also be a member of the Navy or Naval Reserve.

b. When any vessel that has been authorized to fly the Naval Reserve
Yacht Pennant is, for any reason, no longer eligible to fly it, the
certificate of authorization shall be returned to the Chief of Naval
Operations for cancellation.

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c. Application for a warrant to fly the Naval Reserve Yacht Pennant

should be made to the Chief of Naval Operations (via the applicant's CNO
area representative in the case of inactive Naval Reserve personnel). The
Navy Department does not provide the pennant, but it may be manufactured or
procured locally.

1716. NAVAL RESERVE YACHT OWNER'S DISTINGUISHING PENNANT

The Naval Reserve Yacht Owner's Distinguishing Pennant is
authorized to be flown as a personal pennant by individuals who
made a yacht or other vessels available to the Navy during World
Word II. It may be displayed on any craft owned or chartered by
such individuals.

1717. MERCHANT MARINE NAVAL RESERVE FLAG

A suitable flag has been prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy which
may be flown from seagoing vessels, documented under the law of the United
States, as an emblem of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve under the warrant
issued for each vessel by the Secretary of the Navy. This flag may not be
flown in lieu of the national ensign.

a. In order to be eligible for

such awarrant, the vessel must first be
determined by the Chief of Naval
Operations as suitable for service as
a Naval Auxiliary in time of war and so
designated by the Secretary of the
Navy. In addition, the master or
commanding officer and not less than 50
percent of the other licensed officers
must be members of the Navy or the
Naval Reserve.

b. The flag is normally flown from a signal halyard (triatic stay)

when the vessel is in port.

c. When any vessel which has been authorized to fly a Merchant Marine
Naval Reserve flag is, for any reason, no longer eligible to fly the flag,
the warrant of authorization shall be returned to the Chief of Naval
Operations for cancellation.

d. The flag is of the burgee type and consists of a blue field upon
which is mounted an emblem of a red, white and blue shield over two crossed
anchors all topped by a white spread eagle. This flag is not available
through supply channels and must
be manufactured locally.

1718. MAKING UP A FLAG FOR "BREAKING"

a. The practice of "breaking" certain flags and pennants has been

followed for many years and is a sign of a smart ship. Flags and pennants
should be made up and ready for breaking in the following situations:

(1) Man overboard

(2) Breakdown of the ship

(3) Assuming the guide

(4) Displaying absentee pennants

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(5) Displaying personal flags and pennants

b. The national ensign is never "broken" but always hoisted briskly

and smartly.

c. The most commonly used method for making up a flag for breaking
is shown in the steps and illustrations below:

(1) Usually two men hold the flag while folding it into proper
form, or if only one man is available, the flag is laid out on a desk, hoist
end away, with the ring on the left and the snap on the right.

(2) The flag is folded to the right, so that the left half just
covers the right half.

(3) The flag is folded again from left to right so that the
left half just covers the right half.

(4) The fly end is folded up so that it is positioned

approximately three-quarters of the way toward the hoist end of the flag.

(5) Starting with the folded end away from the snap, the flag
is tightly rolled toward the hoist.

(6) Approximately two inches in from each end of the resulting

roll, two turns of white twine are wrapped around the rolled flag and
securely tied.

(7) The tail (distance) line connecting the snap to the flag
is inserted under the twine at the ring end and looped around the twine.
With the remaining portion of the tail line, this operation is repeated

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around the twine at the other end of the rolled flag.

(8) The flag is now ready for breaking. When the flag is
hoisted and a sharp downward pull is made on the halyard, the twine will
snap and the flag will deploy.

Note that the numbers under each part of the illustration correspond
to the steps described.

1719. SHIPS PASSING USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL

When a ship of the Navy is passing the USS ARIZONA Memorial, Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii between sunrise and sunset, passing honors consisting of
sounding "Attention" and rendering the hand salute by all persons in view
on deck and not in ranks shall be executed by that ship.

1720. CEREMONIAL BUNTING

In accordance with the instructions contained in the Flag Code for the
National Flag of the United States of America, bunting of blue, white, and
red, arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle and the red
below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of
a platform, and for decoration in general.

1721. RED CROSS FLAG (GENEVA CONVENTION FLAG)

a. The Red Cross Flag is displayed
at the sanitary branch (dispensary,
infirmary) of an activity of the naval
shore establishment. It is either flown
from a separate staff or from a gaff or
signal yard of the staff flying the
national ensign, but always in company
with the national ensign, indicating that
the area immediately surrounding it is
entitled to protection under
the rules of the Geneva Convention. It is
not flown by the military services on the
same halyard as the national ensign.
Boats engaged in sanitary service and
hospital boats of landing parties display
the Red Cross flag from a staff in the
bow.

b. Some nations in the Middle East

regard the cross as a symbol contrary to
their religious beliefs. Instead of a Red
Cross Flag, they use a Red Crescent on a
White field as an indication of a mission of mercy or amnesty from attack.

1722. IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL TRANSPORTS

The information herein is provided by Notice To Mariners 52/85 (NM
52/85):

IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL TRANSPORTS IN ARMED

CONFLICT AND PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION
OF RESCUE CRAFT*

Shape, color, and positioning of emblems for medical transports

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1. The following emblems can be used separately or together to show

that a vessel is protected as a medical transport under the Geneva
Convention.

2. The emblem, positioned on the vessel's sides, bow, stern and deck,
shall be painted dark red on a white background.

a. On the vessel's sides the emblem shall extend from the

waterline to the top of the ship's hull.

b. The emblems on the vessel's bow and stern must, if

necessary, be painted on a wooden structure so as to be clearly visible to
other vessels ahead or astern.

c. The deck emblem must be as clear of the vessel's equipment

as possible to be clearly visible from aircraft.

3. In order to provide the desired contrast for infrared film or

instruments, the red emblem must be painted on top of a black primer paint.

4. Emblems may also be made of materials which make them recognizable

by technical means of detecting.

Illumination

At night and in restricted visibility the emblems shall be illuminated

or lit.

At night and in restricted visibility all deck and overside lights

must be fully lit to indicate that the vessel is engaged in medical
operations.

* In accordance with article 27 of the Second Geneva Convention of 12

August 1949, this chapter also applies to the coastal rescue craft.

1723. CORD AND TASSELS

a. Cord and tassels are supplied in only one length, that being 8
feet 6 inches (plus or minus one inch) which includes the tassels at each
end. They are attached to the flagstaff by means of a lark's head knot
(also called a cow hitch) and are fastened just below the flagstaff
ornaments so that the bitter ends fall free and are equidistant from the
knot. The various colors in which cord and tassels are manufactured and the
flags with which they are to be used are shown below:

Class 1 - Red, White and Blue

(a) National Colors
(b) President of the United States

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Class 2 - Medium Blue and White

(a) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(b) Secretary of Defense
(c) Deputy Secretary of Defense

Class 3 - Scarlet and White

(a) Assistant Secretaries of Defense
(b) Secretary of the Army
(c) Under Secretary of the Army
(d) Chief of Staff of the Army
(e) Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
(f) General of the Army

Class 4 - Blue and White

(a) Vice President of the United States
(b) Assistant Secretaries of the Army
(c) Coast Guard Standard

Class 5 - Ultramarine Blue and U.S. Air Force Yellow

(a) Secretary of the Air Force
(b) Under Secretary of the Air Force
(c) Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force
(d) Chief of Staff of the Air Force

Class 6 - Gray, Black and Golden Yellow

(a) United States Corps of Cadets

Class 7 - Golden Yellow

(a) Secretary of the Navy
(b) Under Secretary of the Navy
(c) Assistant Secretaries of the Navy
(d) Chief of Naval Operations and flag officers
assigned to OPNAV

Class 8 - Scarlet and Yellow

(a) Marine Corps Standard

b. The colors of the cord and various portions of the tassel are
shown in the following table:

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TABLE OF COLORS OF CORD AND TASSEL COMPONENT

BRAID OVER GROUSE
CLASS CORD WOOD MOULD SKIRTS CORD
____________________________________________________________________________
Class 1 Red Red Red Red
White White White
Blue Blue Blue
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Class 2 Medium Blue Blue Blue Blue
White
____________________________________________________________________________

Class 3 Scarlet Scarlet Scarlet Scarlet

White White White
____________________________________________________________________________

Class 4 Blue Blue Blue Blue

White White White
____________________________________________________________________________

Class 5 Ultramarine Blue Blue Blue

Blue
U.S. Air U.S. Air U.S. Air
Force Force Force
Yellow Yellow Yellow
____________________________________________________________________________

Class 6 Gray Gray Gray

Black Black Black
Golden Yellow Golden Yellow Golden Yellow Black
____________________________________________________________________________

Class 7 Golden Yellow Golden Yellow Golden Yellow Golden

____________________________________________________________________________

Class 8 Scarlet Yellow Scarlet Scarlet

Yellow Yellow
____________________________________________________________________________

c. Cord and tassels may be used only with the personal flags of the
officials and officers listed herein. Cord and tassels are not authorized
for the personal flags of:

(1) Navy flag officers (except as listed herein).

(2) Commandant of the Marine Corps

(3) General officers of the Marine Corps

1724. MILITARY ORDER OF PRECEDENCE

Pertinent parts of Department of Defense Directive 1005.8 of 31
October 1977 entitled "Order of Precedence of Member of Armed Forces of the
United States when in Formations" follow:

By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense, under

the provisions of Title 10, United States Code, Section 133(B) and pursuant
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Commerce, members of the armed forces of the United States and Merchant
Marine Midshipmen shall take precedence in the following order when in
formations:

1. Cadets, United States Military Academy

2. Midshipmen, United States Naval Academy

3. Cadets, United States Air Force Academy

4. Cadets, United States Coast Guard Academy

5. Midshipmen, United States Merchant Marine Academy

6. United States Army

7. United States Marine Corps

8. United States Navy

9. United States Air Force

10. United States Coast Guard

11. Army National Guard of the United States

12. Army Reserve

13. Marine Corps Reserve

14. Naval Reserve

15. Air National Guard of the United States

16. Air Force Reserve

17. Coast Guard Reserve

18. Other training organizations of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air
Force, and Coast Guard in that order respectively. Provided, however, that
during any period when the United States Coast Guard shall operate as part
of the United States Navy, the Cadets, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; the United
States Coast Guard; and the Coast Guard Reserve, shall take precedence,
respectively, next after the Midshipmen, United States Naval Academy; the
United States Navy; and the Naval Reserve.

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1725. QUICK - LOOK TABLE FOR DISPLAY OF FLAGS/PENNANTS

The nation ensign, union jack, personal flags, command or commission
pennant shall be displayed from ships and craft of the Navy as specified in
the following table:

UNION PERSONAL FLAG,

COMMAND
STATUS OF NATIONAL JACK PENNANT, OR
COMMISSION
SHIP ENSIGN DISPLAYED PENNANT DISPLAYED
_________________________________________________________________________

Active:

In commission Yes Yes Yes

In service Yes Yes No *(2)

Inactive:

In commission,
In reserve Yes Yes Yes

In service, in
reserve Yes Yes No

Out of Commission,
in reserve No *(1) No No

Out of service
in reserve No *(1) No No

Special Status:

In commission
special Yes Yes Yes

In service,
special Yes Yes No

Out of commission,
special No *(1) No No

Out of Service,
special No *(1) No No
________________________________________________________________________

*(1) National ensign shall be displayed if necessary to indicate the

national identity of the ship.

*(2) Applies to the display of the commission pennant only. A flag

officer or unit commander embarked may display a personal flag or
command pennant except in U.S. Naval Ship, (USNS).

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CHAPTER 18

PERSONAL FLAGS OF CIVIL OFFICIALS AND MILITARY OFFICERS

1801. PERSONAL FLAG OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

The flag of the President of the United States shall consist of a dark
blue rectangular background of sizes and proportions
to conform to service custom, on which shall appear the
coat of arms of the President centered and in proper
colors. Surrounding the coat of arms shall be a circle
of white stars, of number equal to the number of states
in the Union. The proportions of the elements of the
coat of arms shall be in direct relation to the hoist
while the fly shall vary according to the custom of the
various services. Three sides of the flag are trimmed
with a fringe of silver and gold bullion 2 1/2 inches
wide. The cord and tassels are red, white, and blue
strands.

The Naval Sea System Command furnishes to the

Naval Aide to the President such quantities and sizes
of personal flags of the President as may be required incident to official
visits by the President to ships and stations. The Presidents's advance
party will deliver the necessary flags to these activities as required.
Specific requests for personal flags of the President should, therefore, not
be submitted.

1802. PERSONAL FLAG OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

The flag of the Vice President of
the United States shall consist of a
white rectangular background of sizes and
proportions to conform to service custom,
on which shall appear the coat of arms of
the Vice President centered and in proper
colors. In each corner there shall be a
blue 5-point star with one point upward.
The proportion of the elements of the
coat of arms shall be in direct relation
to the hoist, while the fly shall vary
according to the customs of the various
services. The flag has a blue fringe 2
1/2 inches wide on three sides. The cord
and tassels are of blue and white
strands.

1803. PERSONAL FLAG OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

The flag of the Secretary of Defense shall
consist of a rectangular field of medium blue color
in each corner of which shall be a white 5-pointed
star with one point upward. In the center of the
flag will be an American bald eagle, with wings
displayed horizontally, grasping three crossed
arrows and bearing on its breast a shield. The flag
will be trimmed on three sides with a white fringe
2 1/2 inches wide. The appropriate cord and tassels
are medium blue and white.

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1804. PERSONAL FLAG OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

The flag of the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall be the same design
as that used for the Secretary of Defense except that the color of the stars
and field are reversed. The flag is trimmed with a 2 1/2 inch medium blue
fringe on three sides while the cord and tassels are medium blue and white.

1805. PERSONAL FLAGS OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE

The flag of the Assistant Secretaries of the Defense shall be the same
as that approved for the Deputy Secretary of Defense except that the stars
and fringe shall be scarlet while the appropriate cord and tassels are of
scarlet and white.

1806. PERSONAL FLAG OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

The flag of the Secretary of the Navy
shall consist of a rectangular blue field with
a fouled white anchor in the center. Four
white stars flank the anchor, two on each
side, all with one point of each star upward.
A gold fringe is authorized for use on the
flag when it is displayed in a static, indoor
position. The cord and tassels are of golden
yellow.

1807. PERSONAL FLAG OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

The flag of the Under Secretary of the Navy is the same design as that
for the Secretary of the Navy except that the field is red and the anchor
and stars are white. A gold fringe is authorized for use on the flag when
it is displayed in a static, indoor position. The cord and tassels are of
golden yellow.

1808. PERSONAL FLAGS OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY

The flags of each of the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy are the
same design as that for the Secretary of the Navy except that the field is
white and the anchor and stars are blue. Gold fringe is authorized for use
with the flag when it is displayed in a static, indoor position. The cord
and tassels are of golden yellow. The flag is the personal flag of the
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy for Financial Management, Installation and
Logistics, and Research and Development.

1809. PERSONAL FLAG OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT

CHIEFS OF STAFF
The flag of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff shall consist of a medium blue and white
rectangular field divided diagonally from upper hoist
to lower fly, the medium blue to the upper right and
the white to the lower left. In the center will be an
American bald eagle, with wings displayed
horizontally, grasping three crossed arrows and
bearing on its breast a shield. Arranged on an
imaginary diagonal line from the lower hoist to the
upper fly are four, 5-pointed stars with one point of
each upward. The two white stars are on the medium

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blue field while the two medium blue stars are on the white field. The flag
is trimmed on three edges with a fringe of yellow which is 2 1/2 inches
wide. The cord and tassels are medium blue and white.

1810. PERSONAL FLAG OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

The personal flag of the Chief of Naval
Operations consists of a blue and white
rectangular background divided diagonally from
lower hoist to upper fly, blue above and white
below. In the center of the flag appears an
adaption of the center of the official seal of
the Chief of Naval Operations, consisting of
an eagle clutching an anchor, all in proper
colors, encircled by fifty links of gold
chain. Directly above, below and to each side
of the circular center design is a 5-point
star with one point upward. On the blue field
the two stars are white and on the white field
the two stars are blue. A gold fringe is
authorized for use with the flag when it is
displayed in a static indoor position. The
cord and tassels are of golden yellow.

The personal aide to CNO has control of this flag, therefore, it is

not available through supply channels.

1811. PERSONAL FLAG OF THE VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

The personal flag of the Vice Chief of Naval
Operations consists of a blue and white rectangular
background divided diagonally from the lower hoist
to upper fly and again diagonally from the upper
hoist to lower fly, the upper and lower sections
white and the horizontal sections blue. In the
center of the flag appears an adaption of the center
of the official seal of the Chief of Naval
Operations, consisting of an eagle clutching an
anchor, all in proper colors, encircled by fifty
links of gold chain. Directly above and below, and
to each side of the circular center design at the
four cardinal compass points, is a 5-point star with
one point upward. On the blue field the two stars
are white and on the white field the other two stars
are blue. For indoor flags a yellow fringe is added.

Until distribution is made through regular supply channels, the aide

accompanying the Vice Chief of Naval Operations on a trip will provide the
flag on arrival.

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1812. PERSONAL FLAG OF A FLEET ADMIRAL OF THE U.S. NAVY

The flag of a Fleet Admiral consists of a rectangular

Navy blue field with a circle of five, 5-pointed, white
stars centered and evenly spaced on the field. Each of
the stars has one point upward.

1813. PERSONAL FLAG OF AN ADMIRAL OF THE U.S. NAVY

The flag of an Admiral of the U.S. Navy is the same
design as that for a Fleet Admiral except that there are four,
white, 5-pointed stars arranged in a diamond array, centered
and evenly spaced.

1814. PERSONAL FLAG OF A VICE ADMIRAL OF THE U.S. NAVY

The flag of a Vice Admiral of the U.S. Navy is the

same design as that for a Fleet Admiral's flag except that
there are only three, white, 5-pointed stars arranged in
a triangular formation, centered and evenly spaced.

1815. PERSONAL FLAG OF A REAR ADMIRAL OF THE U.S. NAVY

The flag of a Rear Admiral of the U.S. Navy is the
same design as that for a Fleet Admiral except that there
are two, white, 5-pointed stars arranged in a vertical line
and centered.

1816. PERSONAL FLAG OF A REAR ADMIRAL

(LOWER HALF) OF THE U.S. NAVY
The flag of a Rear Admiral (L/H) of the U.S. Navy is the
same design as that for a Fleet Admiral except that there
is a single, white, 5-pointed star mounted in the center.

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1817. PERSONAL FLAG OF FLAG OFFICER NOT ELEGIBLE FOR

COMMAND AT SEA
The flag for a flag offficer not eligible for command
at sea shall be the same as those of equivalent flag rank
described in the above paragraphs with the exception that
the flag colors are reversed, with the blue stars on a white
field.

1818. CORD, TASSELS AND FRINGE

Personal flags of flag officers of the U.S. Navy may have gold fringe
attached when displayed indoors. Cord and tassels are authorized only for
the personal flags of the Chief of Naval Operations and flag officers
assigned to OPNAV. They are to be used for indoor display and shall conform
to the colors prescribed in Chapter 17.

1819. BROAD AND BURGEE COMMAND PENNANTS

a. The broad and burgee command pennant shall be the personal command
pennants of an officer of the Navy, not a flag officer, commanding a unit
of ships or aircraft in the administrative organization of the U.S. Navy.

b. The broad command pennant shall indicate command of:

(1) A force, flotilla/group, i.e., PHIBGRU, SEVGRU, of squadron

or ships of any type

(2) An aircraft wing

c. The burgee command pennant shall indicate command of:

(1) A division of ships other than aircraft carriers, or

cruisers

(2) A major subdivision of an aircraft wing

d. The broad and burgee command pennants shall be shown with numerals
to indicate the organizational number of a command within a type, when
numerals are assigned. When two commanders within a type are entitled to
display the same command pennant and have the same organizational number in
different echelons of command, the commander in the higher echelon shall use
Roman numerals on the pennant. In all other cases, Arabic numerals shall
be used. Blue numerals shall be used on group command pennants and red
numerals on burgee command pennants.

e. Officers are not entitled to fly a command pennant based solely

on command of the following units:

(1) Task organization (TF, TG, TU, TE)

(2) Commands with only reserve fleet ships or craft assigned.

f. Commands with only U.S. Naval Ships (USNS), those under

operational control of Military Sealift Command, or non-commissioned ships
or craft assigned.

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g. The broad and burgee command pennants are both swallow-tailed

pennanats. The broad command pennant consists of a white field with a Navy
blue border on the upper and lower edges. The burgee command pennant is
similar except that the borders are of red and the taper towards the fly end
is more pronounced than in the broad command pennant. While the burgee
pennant is symmetrical about the horizontal center line, the broad command
pennant tapers only on the upper fly; the lower fly is not tapered. The
numerals surcharged on these pennants are Navy blue for the broad command
pennant and red for the burgee command pennant. Illustrations are shown in
Annex D.

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ANNEX A
FLAG CODE FOR THE NATIONAL FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
That Public Law Number 94-344 approved July 7, 1976, entitled "Joint
resolution to codify and emphasize existing rules and customs pertaining to the
display and use of the flag of the United States of America", be, and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:

That the following codification of existing rules and customs pertaining

to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America be, and it is
hereby established for the use of such civilians or civilian groups or
organizations as may not be required to conform with regulations promulgated by
one or more executive departments of the Government of the United States. The flag
of the United States for the purpose of this chapter shall be defined according
to title 4, United States Code, chapter 1, section 1 and section 2 and Executive
Order 10834 issued pursuant thereto.

SEC. 2.(a) It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise
to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when
a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day
if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.

The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.

The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement,
except when an all weather flag is displayed.

The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on New Year's Day,
January 1; Inauguration Day, January 20; Lincoln's Birthday, February 12;
Washington's Birthday, third Monday in February; Easter Sunday (variable);
Mother's Day, second Sunday in May; Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May;
Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), the last Monday in May; Flag Day, June 14;
Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, first Monday in September; Constitution Day,
September 17; Columbus Day, second Monday in October; October 13; Navy Day,
October 27; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in
November; Christmas Day, December 25; and such other days as may be proclaimed by
the President of the United States; the birthdays of States (date of admission);
and on State holidays.

The flag should be displayed daily, on or near the main administration

building of every public institution.

The flag should be displayed in or near every polling place on election

days.

The flag should be displayed during school days in or near every school.

SEC. 3 That the flag, when carried in a procession with another flag or
flags, should either be on the marching right; that is, the flag's own right, or
if there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line.

The flag should not be displayed on a float in a parade except from a staff.

The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a
vehicle or of a railroad train, or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a
motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the right fender.

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to the right of the flag of the United States of America except during church
services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church or Jewish worship
pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for personnel of the
Navy. No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other
national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior
prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place
within the United States or any territory or possession thereof; provided, that
nothing in this section shall make unlawful the continuance of the practice
heretofore followed of displaying the flag of the United Nations in a position of
superior prominence or honor, and other national flags in position of equal
prominence or honor, with that of the flag of the United States at the
headquarters of the United Nations.

The flag of the United States of America, when it is displayed with another
flag against a wall from crossed staffs, should be on the right, the flag's own
right, and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.

The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the
highest point of the group when a number of flags of states or localities or
pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.

When flags of states, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are

flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should
always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag
of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or
pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the United States
flag's right.

When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from
separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal
size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above
that of another nation in time of peace.

When the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting
horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a building,
the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag
is at half-staff. When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope
extending from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be
hoisted out, union first, from the building.

When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union

should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left.
When displayed in a window,
the flag should be displayed in the same way, with the union or blue field to the
left of the observer in the street.

When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be
suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or
to the east in a north and south street.
When used on a speaker's platform, the flag, if displayed flat, should be
displayed above and behind the speaker. When displayed from a staff in a church
or public auditorium, the flag of the United States of America should hold the
position of superior prominence, in advance of the audience, and in the position
of honor at the clergyman's or speaker's right as he faces the audience. Any
other flag so displayed should be placed on the left of the clergyman or speaker
or to the right of the audience.

The flag should form a distinctive feature of the ceremony of unveiling a

statue or monument, but it should never be used as the covering for the statue or
monument. The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted to the peak
for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag should be
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flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of
the staff. By order of the President, the flag shall be flown at half-staff upon
the death of principal figures of the United States Government and the Governor
of a State, territory, or possession, as a mark of respect to their memory. In
the event of the death of other officials or foreign dignitaries, the flag is to
be displayed at half-staff according to Presidential instructions or orders, or
in accordance with recognized customs or practices not inconsistent with law. In
the event of the death of a present or former official of the government of any
State, territory, or possession of the United States, the Governor of that State,
territory, or possession may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at
half-staff. The flag shall be flown at half-staff thirty days from the death of
the President or former President; ten days from the day of death of the Vice
President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or
the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day of death until interment
of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or
military department, a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State,
territory, or possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a
Member of Congress. As used in this subsection-
the term 'half-staff' means the position of the flag when it is one-half
the distance between the top and bottom of the staff;

the term 'executive or military department' means any agency listed under
section 101 and 102 of title 5, United States Code; and

the term 'Member of Congress' means a Senator, a Representative, a Delegate,

or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.

When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the
union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered
into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.

When the flag is suspended across a corridor or lobby in a building with

only one main entrance, it should be suspended vertically with the union of the
flag to the observer's left upon entering. If the building has more than one main
entrance, the flag should be suspended vertically near the center of the corridor
or lobby with the union to the north, when entrances are to the east and west or
to the east when entrances are to the north and south. If there are entrances in
more than two directions, the union should be to the east.

SEC. 4 That no disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States
of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental
colors, state flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as
a mark of honor.

The flag should never be displayed with the union down except as a signal
of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the
floor, water, or merchandise.

The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and
free.

The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, or drapery. It should

never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free.
Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white
in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk,
draping the front of a platform, and for decoration in general.

The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a

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The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.

The flag should never have placed upon it, or on any part of it, nor
attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture or
drawing of any nature.

The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding,

carrying, or delivering anything.

The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner
whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or
handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or
boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising
signs should be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.

No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform.

However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel,
firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents
a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel
flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.

The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem

for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.

SEC. 5 During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag or when the
flag is passing in a parade or in review, all persons present except those in
uniform should face the flag and stand at attention with the right hand over the
heart. Those present in uniform should render the military salute. When not in
uniform, men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at
the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart.

Aliens should stand at attention. The salute to the flag in a moving column
should be rendered at the moment the flag passes.

SEC. 6 During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed,
all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with
the right hand over the heart. Men not in uniform should remove their headdress
with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the
heart. Persons in uniform should render the military salute at the first note of
the anthem and retain this position until the last note. When the flag is not
displayed, those present should face toward the music and act in the same manner
they would if the flag were displayed there.

SEC. 7 The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, 'I pledge allegiance to the
flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one
Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.' should be
rendered by standing at attention with the right hand over the heart. When not
in uniform men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at
the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain
silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.

SEC. 8 Any rule or custom pertaining to the display of the flag of the
United States of America, set forth herein, may be altered, modified, or repealed,
or additional rules with respect thereto may be prescribed, by the Commander in
Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, whenever he deems it to be
appropriate or desirable; and any such alteration or additional rule shall be set
forth in a proclamation.

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ANNEX B
THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG
1. DISPLAY OF THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG
a. The following policy from Department of Defense Directive Number 1005.1
of 30 June 1952 is effective for the armed forces of the United States concerning
the display of the United Nations flag:

(1) The United Nations flag will be displayed at installations of

the armed forces of the United States only on occasion of visits of high
dignitaries of the United Nations while in the performance of their duties with
the United Nations. When so displayed it will be displayed with the United States
flag; both flags will be of approximately the same size and flown on the same
level, the flag of the United States in the position of honor on the right (i.e.,
observer's left).

(2) The United Nations flag will be carried by troops on occasions

when the United Nations or high dignitaries thereof are to be honored. When so
carried, the United Nations flag will be carried on the marching left of the
United States flag and other United States colors or standards normally carried
by such troops.

b. On occasions similar to those referred to in paragraph 1.a.(1) above,

U.S. Navy ships will display the United Nations flag in the same manner as
prescribed for a foreign ensign during visits of a foreign president or sovereign.

c. Except as indicated in the above three paragraphs, the United Nations

flag will be displayed by United States armed forces only when so authorized by
the President of the United States.

2. PERSONAL FLAGS OF UNITED NATIONS OR TREATY ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS

The personal flags of United Nations or treaty organization officials, such
as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), will not be displayed when these
officers are embarked in U.S. Navy ships, unless the officer holding such office
qualifies for displaying his personal flag by being a U.S. Navy flag officer
eligible for command at sea.

3. UNITED NATIONS FLAG CODE

The remaining portion of this annex contains extracts from the United
Nations Flag Code and Regulations as amended. The format and paragraph numbering
does not follow that utilized throughout the remainder of this publication.

4. THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG CODE AS AMENDED ON NOVEMBER 11, 1952

Whereas by resolution 167 (II) of 20 October 1947 the General Assembly
decided that the flag of the United Nations should be the official emblem adopted
by the General Assembly in resolution 92 (I) of 7 December 1946, centered on a
United Nations blue background, and authorized the Secretary-General to adopt a
Flag Code, having in mind the desirability of a regulated use of the flag and the
protection of its dignity;

Whereas under this authority a Flag Code was issued by the Secretary-General
on 19 December 1947; and

Whereas it has become desirable to amend this Flag Code to permit display
of the United Nations Flag by organizations and persons desiring to demonstrate
their support of the United Nations;

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The Secretary-General, by virtue of the authority vested in him, hereby

rescinds the Flag Code of 19 December 1947 and adopts the following Flag Code:

1. DESIGN OF FLAG

The flag of the United Nations shall be the official emblem of the United
Nations, centered on a United Nations blue background. Such emblem shall appear
in white on both sides of the flag except when otherwise prescribed by regulation.
The flag shall be made in such sizes as may from time to time be prescribed by
regulation.

2. DIGNITY OF FLAG

The flag shall not be subjected to any indignity.

3. FLAG PROTOCOL

(1) The flag of the United Nations shall not be subordinated to any other
flag.

(2) The manner in which the flag of the United Nations may be flown, in
relation to any other flag, shall be prescribed by regulation.

4.USE OF FLAG BY THE UNITED

NATIONS
AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

(1) The flag shall be flown:

(a) From all buildings, offices and other property occupied by the United
Nations.

(b) From any official residence when such residence has been so
designated by regulations.

(2) The flag shall be used by any unit acting on behalf of the United
Nations such as any Committee or Commission or other entity established by the
United Nations in such circumstances not covered in this Code as may become
necessary in the interests of the United Nations.

(3) The flag may be flown from all buildings, offices and other property
occupied by any specialized agency of the United Nations.

5. USE OF FLAG GENERALLY

The flag may be used in accordance with this Flag Code by Governments,
organizations and individuals to demonstrate support of the United Nations and
to further its principles and purposes. The manner and circumstances of display
shall conform, in so far as appropriate, to the laws and customs applicable to the
display of the national flag of the country in which the display is made.

6. USE OF FLAG IN MILITARY OPERATIONS

The flag may be used in military operations only upon express authorization
to that effect by a competent organ of the United Nations.

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7. PROHIBITION

The flag shall not be used in any manner inconsistent with this Code or with
any regulations made pursuant thereto. On no account shall the flag or a replica
thereof be used for commercial purposes or in direct association with an article
of merchandise.

8. MOURNING

The Secretary-General will prescribe by regulation or otherwise the cases

in which the flag shall be flown at half-mast as a sign of mourning.

9. MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF FLAG

(1) The flag may be manufactured for sale only upon written consent of the
Secretary-General.

(2) Such consent shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) The flag shall be sold at a price to be agreed upon with the
Secretary-General.

(b) It shall be the responsibility of the manufacturer to ensure that

every purchaser of the flag is furnished with a copy of this Code as well as a
copy of any regulations issued pursuant thereto, and that each purchaser is
informed that his use of the flag is subject to the conditions contained in this
Code and in the regulations made pursuant thereto.

10. VIOLATION

Any violation of this Flag Code may be punished in accordance with the law
of the country in which such violation takes place.

11. REGULATIONS

(1) The Secretary-General may delegate his authority under this Code.

(2) The Secretary-General or his duly authorized representative is the

only person empowered to make regulations under this Code. Such regulations may
be made for the purposes indicated in this Code and generally for the purpose of
implementing or clarifying any provision of this Code whenever the
Secretary-General or his duly authorized representative considers such
implementation or clarification necessary.

5. THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG REGULATIONS AS AMENDED ON 1 JANUARY 1967

I. DIMENSIONS OF FLAG

(1) In pursuance to article 1 of the Flag Code the proportions of the

United Nations Flag shall be:

(a) Hoist (width) of the United Nations Flag-2

Fly (length) of the United Nations Flag-3;

or

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(b) Hoist (width) of the United Nations Flag-3

Fly (length) of the United Nations Flag-5;

or

(c) The same proportions as those of the national flag of any

country in which the United Nations Flag is flown.

(2) The emblem shall in all cases be one half of the hoist of the United
Nations flag and entirely centered.

II. FLAG PROTOCOL

In pursuance to article 3(2) of the United Nations Flag Code the manner in
which the United Nations Flag may be displayed is as follows:

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Under article 5 of the Flag Code the United Nations Flag may be
displayed or otherwise used in accordance with the Flag Code by Governments,
organizations, and individuals to demonstrate support of the United Nations and
to further its principles and purposes.

(b) The United Nations Flag may be displayed alone or with one or more
other flags to demonstrate support of the United Nations and to further its
principles and purposes. The Secretary-General may, however, limit such display
to special occasions either generally or in particular areas. In special
circumstances he may restrict the display or the United Nations Flag to official
use by United Nations organs and specialized agencies.

(c) When the United Nations flag is displayed with one or more other flags,
all flags so displayed should be displayed on the same level and should be of
approximately equal size.

(d) On no account may any flag displayed with the United Nations Flag be
displayed on a higher level than the United Nations Flag and on no account may any
flag so displayed with the United Nations Flag be larger than the United Nations
Flag.

(e) The United Nations Flag may be displayed on either side of any other
flag without being deemed to be subordinated to any such flag within the meaning
of article 3(1) of the United Nations Flag Code.

(f) The United Nations Flag should normally only be displayed on buildings
and on stationary flagstaffs from sunrise to sunset. The United Nations Flag may
also be so displayed at night upon special occasions.

(g) The United Nations Flag should never be used as drapery of any sort,
never festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free.

2. CLOSED CIRCLE OF FLAGS

The United Nations Flag should in no case be made a part of a circle of

flags. In such a circle of flags, flags other than the United Nations Flag should
be displayed in the English alphabetical order of the countries represented
reading clockwise. The United Nations Flag itself should always be displayed on
the flagpole in the center of the circle of flags or in an approrpriate adjoining
area.

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3. LINE, CLUSTER OR SEMI-CIRCLE OF FLAGS

In line, cluster or semi-circle groupings all flags other than the United
Nations Flag shall be displayed in the English alphabetical order of the countries
represented starting from the left. The United Nations Flag in such cases, should
either be displayed separately in an appropriate area or in the center of the
line, cluster or semi-circle or, in cases where two United Nations Flags are
available, at both ends of the line, cluster or semi-circle.

4. NATIONAL FLAG OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE DISPLAY TAKES PLACE

(a) The national flag of the country in which the display takes place
should appear in its normal position according to the English alphabetical order.

(b) When the country in which the display takes place wishes to make a
special display of its national flag, such a special display can only be made
where the arrangement of the flags takes the form of a line, cluster or
semi-circle grouping, in which case the national flag of the country in which the
display is taking place should be displayed at each end of the line of flags
separated from the grouping by an interval of not less than one-fifth of the total
length of the line.

III. USE OF FLAG GENERALLY

(a) In accordance with article 5 of the United Nations Flag Code, the
United Nations Flag may be used to demonstrate the support of the United Nations
and to further its principles and purposes.

(b) It is deemed especially appropriate that the United Nations Flag should
be displayed on the following occasions:

(i) On all national and official holidays

(ii) On United Nations Day, October 24

(iii) On the occasion of any official event, particularly in honor

of the United Nations

(iv) On the occasion of any official event which might or is desired

to be related in some way to the United Nations.

IV. PROHIBITIONS

(a) In accordance with article 7 of the United Nations Flag Code, on no

account shall the United Nations Flag or a replica thereof be used for commercial
purposes or in direct association with an article of merchandise.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clause (a) of

this section, neither the United Nations Flag nor any replica thereof shall be
stampe, printed, engraved or otherwise affixed on any stationery, books,
magazines, periodicals or other publications of any nature whatsoever in a manner
such as could imply that any such stationery, books, magazines, periodicals or
other publications were published by or on behalf of the United Nations unless
such is in fact the case or in a manner such as has the effect of advertising a
commercial product.

(c) Subject to the provisions of clauses (b) and (d) of this section,
neither the United Nations Flag nor any replica thereof should be affixed in any
manner on any article of any kind which is not strictly necessary to the display
of the United Nations Flag itself. Without restricting the generality of the
foregoing sentence the United Nations Flag should not be reproduced on such
articles as cushions, handkerchiefs and the like, nor printed nor otherwise

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impressed on paper napkins or boxes, nor used as any portion of a costume or

athletic uniform or other clothing of any kind, nor used on jewelry.

(d) Not withstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section,

a replica of the United Nations Flag may be manufactured in the form of a lapel
button.

(e) No mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture or drawing

of any nature shall ever be placed on or attached to the United Nations Flag or
placed upon any replica thereof.

V. MOURNING

(a) On the death of a Head of State or Head of Government of a Member

State, the United Nations flag will be flown at half-mast at United Nations
Headquarters, at the United Nations Office at Geneva and at United Nations offices
located in that Member State.

(b) On such occasions, at Headquarters and at Geneva, the United Nations

Flag will be flown at half-mast for one day immediately upon learning of the
death. If, however, flags have already been flying on that day they will not
normally be lowered, but will instead be flown at half-mast on the day following
the death.

(c) Should the procedure in paragraph (b) not be practicable due to weather
conditions or other reasons, the United Nations Flag may be flown at half-mast on
the day of the funeral. Under exceptional circumstances it may be flown at
half-mast on both the day of the death and the day of the funeral.

(d) United Nations offices other than those covered by paragraph (a) above,
in the case of the death of a national figure or a Head of State or Head of
Government of a Member State, will use their discretion, taking into account the
local practice, in consultation with the Protocol Office of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and/or the Dean of the locally accredited Diplomatic Corps.

(e) The Head of a specialized agency is authorized by the Secretary-General

to lower the United Nations Flag flown by the agency to half-mast in cases where
he wishes to follow the official mourning of the country in which the office of
the agency is located. He may also lower the United Nations Flag to half-mast on
any occasion when the specialized agency is in official mourning.

(f) The United Nations Flag may also be flown at half-mast on special
instructions of the Secretary-General on the death of a world leader who has had
a significant connection with the United Nations.

(g) The Secretary-General may in special circumstances decide that the

United Nations Flag, wherever displayed, shall be flown at half-mast during a
period of official United Nations mourning.

(h) The United Nations Flag when displayed at half-mast should first be
hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-mast position.
The flag should again be raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.

(i) When the United Nations Flag is flown at half-mast no other flag will
be displayed.

(j) Crepe streamers may be affixed to flagstaffs flying the United Nations
Flag in a funeral procession only by order of the Secretary-General of the United
Nations.

(k) When the United Nations Flag is used to cover a casket, it should not
be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.

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VI. MANUFACTURE OF UNITED NATIONS FLAG

In accordance with article 9(2)(a) of the United Nations Flag Code the
Secretary-General hereby grants permission to sell the United Nations Flag without
reference to the Secretary-General as to the price to be charged.

VII. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS

The English alphabetical order of the members of the United Nations is

listed below (corrected Oct 1986).

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Afghanistan Gabon Panama

Albania Gambia Papua New Guinea
Algeria German Democratic Paraguay
Angola Republic Germany, Peru
Antigua and Barbuda Federal Republic Philippines
Argentina of Ghana Poland
Australia Greece Portugal
Austria Grenada Guatemala Qatar
Bahamas Guinea Romania
Bahrain Guinea-Bissau Rwanda
Bangladesh Guyana Saint Christopher
Barbados Haiti and Nevis
Belgium Honduras Sainta Lucia
Belize Hungary Saint Vincent and
Benin Iceland the Grenadines
Bhutan India Samoa
Bolivia Indonesia Sao Tome and
Botswana Iran (Islamisc PRincipe
Brazil Republic of) Saudi Arabia
Brunei Darussalam Iraq Senegal
Bulgaria Ireland Seychelles
Burkina Faso Israel Leone
Burma Italy Ivory Coast Singapore
Burundi Jamaica Solomon Islands
Byelorussiam Soviet Japan Somalia
Socialist Republic Jordon Sousth Africa
Cameroon Kenya Spain
Canada Kuwait Sri Lanka
Cape Verde Lao People's Sudan
Central African D e m o c r a t i c Suriname
Republic Republilc Swaziland
Chad Lebanon Sweden
Chile Lesotho Syrian Arab
China Liberia Republic Thailand
Colombia Libyan Arab Togo
Comoros Jamahiriya Trinidad and Tobago
Congo Luxembourg Tunisia
Costa Rica Madagascar Turkey
Cuba Malawi Uganda
Cyprus Malaysia Ukrainian Soviet
Czechoslovakia Maldives Socialist Republic
D e m o n c r a t i c Mali Union of Soviet
Kampuchea Malta Maurithania Socialist Republics
Democratic Yemen Mauritius United Arab
Denmark Mexico Emirates
Djibouti Mongolia United Kingdom of
Domonica Morocco Great Britian and
Dominican Republic Mozambique Northern Ireland
Ecuador Nepal United Republic of
Egypt Netherlands Tanzania
El Salvador New Zealand United States of
Equatorial Guinea Nicaragua America
Ethiopia Niger Uruguay
Fiji Nigeria Vanuatu
Finland Norway Viet Nam
France Oman Yemen
Pakistan Yugoslavia
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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ANNEX C

DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL FLAG AT HALF-MAST

(As authorized in Presidential Proclamation 3044

of 1 March 1954 and U.S. Navy Regulations)

Occasion Places Period Notification

Death of: All Buildings, 30 days from From any

President grounds and naval date of death. reliable
Former President vessels of the source
-Elect federal including
government in news media.
District of
Columbia,
throughout
the United States
and its
territories and
possessions.
Death of: United 10 days from Same as above.
President States embassies, date of death.
Chief Justice of legations, and
the United States other facilities
Speaker of the abroad including
House of military
Representatives facilities, naval
vessels and
stations.
Death of: Same as above. From day of death Same as above.
Associate until interment
Justice of
Supreme Court
Member of the
Cabinet
Former Vice
President
Secretary of
the Army
Secretary of the
Navy
Secretary of the
Air Force.

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DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL FLAG AT HALF-MAST

Occasion Places Period Notification

Death of: All buildings, On the day From any reli-

United States grounds and naval of death and able source
Senator vessels of the the following including
United States federal government in day. media.
Representative metropolitan area of
Territorial District of Columbia.
Delegate Buildings, grounds From day of
Resident Com- and naval vessels of death until
missioner from the federal govern- interment.
Commonwealth ment in the state,
of Puerto congres-sional
Rico district, territory,
or commonwealth of
such senator,
representative,
delegate or
commissioner,
respectively.
Death of: All buildings, and From day of Same as above.
Governor of a grounds of the death until
State, territory federal government interment.
or possession. located in the state,
territory, or
possession of the
United States of the
deceased.
Death of: All ships and From the time Same as above.
Chairman or stations of the of death until
former Chairman Department of the sunset of the
of the the Navy. day of
Joint funeral.
Chiefs of Staff
United States
military
officer
of 5-star rank
Chief or former
Chief of Naval
Operations
Commandant or
former Comman-
dant of the
Marine Corps.
Death of: All ships present not From the time Same as above.
Navy flag or underway, and by Navy of death until
Marine general and Marine Corps sunset of the
officer in shore activities in day of the
command. the vicinity. funeral or
removal of the
body from the
ship or shore
activity.

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DISPLAY OF THE NATIONAL FLAG AT HALF-MAST

Occasion Places Period Notification

Death of: Same as above. From the be- From any
Navy flag or ginning of the reliable
Marine general funeral until source
Officer not in sunset of that including news
Command. day. media.
Death of: All ships present not From the be- Same as above.
Unit Commander underway, and by Navy ginning of the
not a flag and Marine Corps funeral until
officer shore activities in sunset of that
Commanding the vicinity. day.
Officer.
Death of: Same as above. During the Same as above.
All other per- funeral and
sons in the for 1 hour
naval service. after.
Death of: To be displayed in As directed by Departmental
officials, such place in or at the message or
former accordance with direction of announcement.
officials, and orders of instruc- the President.
foreign digni- tions as may be
taries. issued by or at the
direction of the
President, or in
accordance with
recognized customs or
practices not
inconsistent with
law.

As directed by Building, grounds or As directed by Same as above.

the heads of naval vessels under head of the
the several de- jurisdiction of the department or
partments and appropriate agency.
agencies of the department head.
government on
occassions
other than
those listed
above which
they consider
that suitable
military honors
be rendered as
appropriate.

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