Is wearing a flag patch on a backpack against regulations?

It does we did it at Crete to prove when we ironed and starched the uniform you leave a great thermal image vs just a light press with an iron

Is this regulation and a foreign country where they don't want to endanger the welfare of the soldier. If it's in the United States I think the CSM it's totally wrong. The military is allowed too many civilians to control with the military does that has never served in the military. The military is turning into a woke military.

If it didn't feel right --don't do it.

I’m in Kuwait, 2006, getting ready to ship north into Iraq. Out of the cleaners comes a SGM carrying several sets of freshly starched ACUs. . . WTF??!! Now we had just made the conversion from DCUs to ACU when we were deployed. I asked him why he had his ARMY COMBAT UNIFORM starched? He said it was on the orders of the Camp Mayor. He didn’t want his Soldiers looking like a soup sandwich. Me and the Camp Mayor had an interesting conversation before I departed.

I am afraid you are right. I know a kid who misses\d "roll call" and was court martialed. He beat the trail because they had the wrong charged. They got him later for an unbuttoned shirt.DON"T EVER PROVE A SUPERIOR WRONG. Although I did chew out a Captain because he went against my decision. I promptly went out and put the aircraft on a RED CROSS.

I always would look from who the information came.

MSgt Marvin Kinderknecht - You can prove a superior wrong, if you do it correctly. Sadly, not every superior can be corrected, correctly.

MSgt J D McKee - I encountered a similar but altogether environment! There is a DEEP divide between the submarine vs Surface vs Air fleets. A divide beyond being anything close to professionalism! I first qualified Submarine Surface Warfare. That entitled me to wear the SSW "Dolphins". Later I was transferred to the Surface Fleet. I made CPO, E-7, based on qualifying for Enlisted Surface Warfare. I was sent to a Submarine Electronics training school as an instructor. I continued to wear both pins on my uniform. The SSW above the ESW as stipulated. The CO of Sub School commenced an undocumented personal attack on me for my ESW pin despite Naval uniform regulations that followed me to my next command with both a personal call to my next CO and negative evals I did not deserve! That blocked any future advancement no matter how well I performed. Today, I would still have decked that CO into total disability for life! It left a very bad lasting impression on the ability of any senior officers to function without personal bias against any enlisted personnel whenever they wanted too without question! I have seen too many other cases where this also applied during my time in service! I am still proud of my qualifications. But I would NEVER degrade or denigrate ANYONE under my command for qualifying across the board like I was subjected too!

The officer that approve the regulations

I always liked to call Rank, Private, Scissors.

It should go "rank, rank, rank"!

That is funny. And true in it's entirety.

Are you pulling my "pierna"?

I heard this a couple of years ago. I looked into it. The blue field always is in the forward direction of whatever it is placed on. I never got a good answer concerning horizontally placed flag decals on rocket bodies.

United States Flag Code outranks any tradition or military reg. The problem with your pole comment is; the patch isn’t on a pole, it is a stationary symbol and therefore should be worn IAW the US Flag Code.

CSM John Mead - I agree with you now.

CPT (Join to see) yes sir. Politics and opinions should always be kept to oneself. You never know who'll be listening.

Wow! This thing grew legs from when I first posted a looonnnggg time ago. To be clear, this was 83% in jest because I have a connection to General Mattis: he signed my enlistment documents and administered my first oath when he was the Recruiting Station Commander in Portland, Oregon. I also served directly with him in the first Gulf War and briefed him several times on my intel products. I was and will always be honored to have served with him in ground combat. CSM John Mead- perhaps you favor prior commanders like Gen Betrayus, Gen Powell, Gen Milley, Gen Dempsey, Adm Mullen, and Gen McRaven who turned coat and inserted their opinions when they should have remained silent? Would you condemn them as you do Mattis?
When I made this post, I was frustrated with the comments coming down essentially saying to love, honor, and cherish the CSM as if they were a walking deity. T'was in jest my friends! Jim Mattis has stepped in it since then, and all you arm-chair quarterbacks got the win on this one.
Thanks for playing along!

SSgt Ken Baldwin - Oh, we were playing? I didn't get that memo, but none the less, my opinion of Mattis holds. Concerning the other flag rank officers, my input is to stay out of the political arena. Once you're in it, the past will not support you if you screw up. Once retired, they thought that they were beyond touch and let their mouths and actions run amok.

exactly this.. called Leadership..

I once witnessed an E7 tell an E4 that wearing both shoulder straps is forbidden. I corrected her, and was told to prove that I'm correct. We both double checked the regs, and she ended up admitting that I was right.

Pretty much what I was thinking.

Your BN CSM is one of the "good" ones.

True. In the same vein never wear any uniform off-post overseas unless it is a duty requirement. It is hard enough to not look American without making it easy for the adversary.

I volunteer with Team Rubicon, a Disaster Response organization and we are told zero camo when we travel internationally - not even for our personal sleep space inside because of how a foreign military can be perceived. I would assume that would apply to having an American flag too.

MAJ (Join to see) I believe that when you refer to a back pack, they are referring to one's carried while in uniform or part of it

If it is not against the written regs you may do it. A service member can only get in trouble for violating a reg. If issue is not covered there is no foul. The commander may make a rule for next time but you get a pass on the first time when I was in as o2then o3 I caused that to happen twice. Once with a BG. He was pissed but by 1700 it was against post regs. I did get jacked up but wasn’t the first time n

Who made the army the go to? Read the US Flag Code, Leave it to the Army to muck up such a simple rule on something so precious to every veteran.

CSM Richard StCyr That is a better depiction of Hannity’s Flag pin than what I am able to see on TV. I believe it is a wrongful addition to the Flag pin.