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BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 4, 2021

The USS Michael Murphy flies some of the best flags in the fleet

The flying of different flags on naval vessels is a sub-culture in and of itself. Depending on their heritage, culture…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 4, 2021

BYCoffee Or Die

Apr 29, 2020

From factory to fire: The journey of an American flag

Every step of this story is true. It was an early morning in Smoaks, South Carolina, and humidity hung in the air. A truck pulled into the Valley Forge Flag driveway, a facility whose sole purpose is flag production. Valley Forge has been prod…

BYCoffee Or Die

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Elon Musk amuses the internet with tweet about flags

Chad and Romania are situated on separate continents and share few historical or geographical links. They don’t even have an embassy in each other’s country. The two countries rarely come up in the same sentence. That is, unless you’re disc…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

‘Top Gun’ bows to China by changing Maverick’s jacket

The sequel to “Top Gun,” a film that boosted US Navy aviation recruitment by 500%, appears to have bowed to China’s powerful Communist party by changing the jacket of its titular character, Maverick, played by Tom Cruise. In the trailer for…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Army

Jan 28, 2019

Old Guard marks 70 years of ‘Flags In’ to honor Memorial Day

Almost seven years ago, Spc. Dakota Williams lost more than his stepbrother. He lost his hero. His stepbrother, Spc. Dylan Johnson, had been deployed in Iraq’s Diyala Province just north of Baghdad for less than a month when a bomb deton…

BYUnited States Army

Jan 28, 2019