Color Guard Questions

Color Guard Questions

1. The three types of flags used by the United States Army are the post flag, the garrison flag and the storm flag.

2. The post flag is 10 feet by 19 feet, the garrison flag is 20 feet by 38 feet, and the storm flag is 5 feet by 9 ½ feet.

3. The garrison flag is only flown for special occasions such as Veteran’s Day or special ceremonies.

4. The storm flag is flown only during inclement weather.

5. To fly the flag at half staff, the flag must be raised to the top of the staff first, then lowered to half staff. When taking the flag down at the end of the day, the flag will again be raised to the top of the staff and then lowered as the flag is retired for the evening.

6. The only time the flag is flown during hours of darkness is when it is properly illuminated.

7. When the flag is flown upside down, it is a signal of distress.

8. The “Star Spangled Banner” became the National Anthem of the United States in 1931.

9. When the flag is hung from a staff projecting from a window sill, balcony, or front of a building, the union of the flag should be at the staff’s peak.

10. Blue field of stars on the flag is called the union.

11. There are 13 stripes on the flag alternating red and white. There 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes.

12. When the flag is displayed suspended across a street the flag should be vertical with the union to the north or east.

13. When the flag is displayed against a flat wall either horizontal or vertically, the union should be in the upper most and to the flags own right, or the observers left.

14. When used to cover a casket, place the union at the head and over the left should.

15. When the U.S. Flag is flown in a group of two or more nations or states fly them from separate flagstaffs of the same height. The flags should be of similar size.

16. When in uniform and the flag passes you, present your salute six paces before the flag approaches you and hold it until six steps after the flag has passed you.

17. The ball at the top of the flag pole is called the TRUK.

18. When a president or past president dies, you are required to fly the flag at half-staff for 30 days.

19. When folding the flag is should be folded so that only thirteen stars are showing.

20. The colors of the flag are represented as follows: Red stands for hardiness and valor; Blue stands for vigilance, perseverance, and justice; and white stands for purity and innocence.

21. Can you ever call the command “Rear March” for a color guard? No, the only ways to reverse the direction of a Color Guard 180 degrees is by calling the command, Colors, Reverse March, or Left About, March.