Top Marine Orders Confederate Paraphernalia to Be Removed from All Bases

Okay. I have no problem with that. When you serve, you simply don't have the same "freedom" that civilians do

Thank you for the news share brother Kevin.

I was stationed at Ramstein , West Germany from 1985 to 1989 and this is the flag that hung in my room . At one time I had 3 roommates in what was supposed to be a 2 man room . Anyway , I had at one time my roommates as follows : Black from Michigan , Mexican from El Paso , Texas and White also from Michigan . We all partied together and were brothers . We had an inspection once with the new Colonel and our Sgt Major who was from Tennessee . The Colonel told me I had to take down the flag .

My roommate from Texas had the Mexican flag over his bed and nothing was said to him . The Sgt Major turns to my Black roommate and says does the flag offend you ? He said no , Tracy and I go to the Number One Club all the time which was a predominately Black club and he is cool and can even Rap like crazy . He asked the Mexican and he said no he has his flag and I have mine , we are both cool with each other and we are on the same squad . He asked the white guy from Michigan and he said no problem , Tracy likes everyone , he is proud of his heritage and had several ancestors in the Civil War . I have 5 that fought in regiments in S.C. and N.C.

The Sgt Major looks at the Colonel and says Colonel the boy can keep his flag up , next room ! This is a picture of me and one of my friends who was from N.J. and he was half Black and half Puerto Rican . He knew more about the KKK than anyone I had ever met and he knew I was not like that and he took this picture to show his support of me and my flag . He said show this to anyone who doesn't think a Black man doesn't support your right to fly your flag ! I still keep in contact with lots of my Army brothers and miss them all .