Feelings on displaying the Confederate flag on your POV or person while on a military installation?

Very well written response 1LT Sandy Annala. It allows me to see things from different angles.

It has taken the Army years to understand that Regiments are families and not machines. For years the Army was trapped in the World War Two Individual Replacement System which looked at people as parts of a machine and not as human beings. The British Army never made that mistake they understood the emotional attachment that soldiers have for their Regiments. I served with the Fifth Cavalry Regiment which has a long and proud history and now the Army has finally realized will keep people going when any “rational” person would run like hell.
I live in Virginia and down here I am referred to as a "d*mnedyankee" and that is said as one word. Of course it really doesn't help my case that I wear a U.S. Cavalry Stetson hat with the crossed sabers marked with my regimental number and yellow cord and tell them that I am part of the Yankee Army of Occupation. I love southerners I have almost as much fun yanking their chains as Texans. Of course Texans have as wild a sense of humor as I do. I made a wise crack that “If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell.” Someone asked this Texan if he was not offended by my remark, he replied “Of course not damn a man who won’t stand up for his home state!”
I enlisted in the United States Army at age 17 and served with the Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam so I come with what we call the “standard issue Cavalry smart mouth”. My family comes from Spain and my first langue is Spanish although I was born in the United States. My grandfather, my father and my uncle Willie were also Cavalrymen so the “standard issue Cavalry smart mouth” is also genetic as well as professional. . My mother was crying that I was going to die in Vietnam if you have never seen a Spanish langue soap opera you have no idea of the production that is. So my grandfather said “My grandson who are you going to war with?” I replied “The First Squadron of the Fifth Cavalry Regiment grandfather. My grandfather said “Julia do not be concerned the Fifth Cavalry Regiment is a magnificent regiment I fought them in Porto Rico they fight like tigers led by jackasses but still they fight like tigers. Honestly what could I say but “Gee grandfather, I did not know you knew my officers.” My grandfather, my father and my uncle Willie and I all started laughing my got this Queen Victoria “we are not amused look on her face and muttered “canallas” which can be loosely translated as swine which made the four of us laugh even more. There is a legend that George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) is reputed to have asked his George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840) of the Tenth Royal Hussars why the British Army had cavalry regiments his reply was “Why Sir? To lend a little tone to what otherwise would be nothing more than a vulgar brawl.”

it should be up to the Post Commander as to whether or not something like that should be allowed or not.
and an article from 2015 in USAToday about it says a lot about how the DoD is handling that issue.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/25/military-ok-confederate-flag-now/29307077/

As long as I don't get called the "N" word or get treated like I am not human. I am ok. I expect to be respected as he would any other person walking the earth. I have southern pride too being from SC. I actually understand part of the southern pride. But only as far as they way of simple livin and all. Hell...I even love country music even though it never had me and my race in mind. I like the Merican feel of it. But I know it is for a target audience or group. And some would even say it is not my music...but whatever...it is a mindset. And the flag is also a mindset in the same way. I know the roots to the flag and it's links to the hood. I would even go as far to saw that there are two different groups of flag people. Ones that are racist and ones that are just cool guys that love all and love their southern roots. It is damn hard to tell the difference...often until it is too late.

As long as I don't get called the "N" word or get treated like I am not human. I am ok. I expect to be respected as he would any other person walking the earth. I have southern pride too being from SC. I actually understand part of the southern pride. But only as far as they way of simple livin and all. Hell...I even love country music even though it never had me and my race in mind. I like the Merican feel of it. But I know it is for a target audience or group. And some would even say it is not my music...but whatever...it is a mindset. And the flag is also a mindset in the same way. I know the roots to the flag and it's links to the hood. I would even go as far to saw that there are two different groups of flag people. Ones that are racist and ones that are just cool guys that love all and love their southern roots. It is damn hard to tell the difference...often until it is too late.

As long as I don't get called the "N" word or get treated like I am not human. I am ok. I expect to be respected as he would any other person walking the earth. I have southern pride too being from SC. I actually understand part of the southern pride. But only as far as they way of simple livin and all. Hell...I even love country music even though it never had me and my race in mind. I like the Merican feel of it. But I know it is for a target audience or group. And some would even say it is not my music...but whatever...it is a mindset. And the flag is also a mindset in the same way. I know the roots to the flag and it's links to the hood. I would even go as far to saw that there are two different groups of flag people. Ones that are racist and ones that are just cool guys that love all and love their southern roots. It is damn hard to tell the difference...often until it is too late.

Who cares? If it's about heritage then fly the flag of your State or where your family immigrated from, but if you want to fly it go ahead. I only fly one flag and it's the American Flag. Whether you align with them or not, it has been used by some bad folks that have done some bad things. Nobody but you will know your reason for flying it but I support your right. Even if you do align with them, that is your right also, provided you don't act on it against others. I don't think it should be flown in any official capacity and never with our US Flag, but otherwise it's much ado about nothing.

I don’t care what people wear or display.

To resolve this they should make this flag and “X” hats, shirts etc. the same. They are either signs of pride in one’s heritage that are allowed or they are both signs of racism and hatred and neither are allowed.

I have lived in many of these united states. Many of them were once foreign territory. These states fly the flags of the US, Spain, France, & the Confederacy. I do not feel insulted or afraid of any of them. I say who cares. There are more pressing things to worry about. Its like the English worrying over Roundheads & Cavaliers or red roses & white roses. Get over it.

It is the flag of treason, and we aught to hang our head in shame any time someone starts waving it around.