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Question: What does the Hoist and Fly of a flag mean?
The Hoist is the width of a flag (vertical edge measured from top to bottom); the Fly is the length of the flag (horizontal edge, measured from left to right)
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Questions in this topic: Flags
1 . On post, where is building number 1 located?
2 . Other than Garrison, Post, Field, Storm and Internment flags, name the other types of military flags. 3 . How is the flag flown on Memorial Day?
4 . When the flag is flown at night, what must be done?
5 . What date was the Army flag dedicated?
6 . When a President or Past President dies, how long is the flag flown at half-mast?
7 . How is the flag draped over the casket?
8 . How many stripes does the American flag have?
9 . What is the difference between the National Colors and the National Flag?
10 . What do the colors on the flag represent? 11 . When Military personnel die, the flag is presented to the beneficiary, who provides the flag?
12 . When the national flag is worn out, how is it disposed of?
13 . What are the 2 ways that the flag can be displayed?
14 . Who is traditionally responsible for the safeguarding, care and display of the unit's colors?
15 . How is the American flag raised to the half-staff position?
16 . If a flag is in the half-staff position, how is it lowered?
17 . When folded, what is the shape of the American flag?
18 . What does the Hoist and Fly of a flag mean?
19 . What Army Regulation governs the raising and the lowering of the Flag?
20 . What are the two bugle calls played at Retreat?
21 . What are some places that the flag is flown 24 hours a day by specific legal authority as of January 1966? 22 . Are the colors ever dipped as a salute or compliment?
23 . Name the 3 types of flags normally flown and their sizes 24 . What are the 5 basic US flags used by the Army? 25 . When a new state enters the Union, when is the star added to the flag?
26 . Approximately how long is "to the color"?
27 . How many National colors can be present during a review, parade, or honor guard ceremony?
28 . What is the height of a flagpole?
29 . What are the dimensions of the campaign streamers displayed on the Army Flag?
30 . What can be found on all but the last three campaign streeamers displayed on the Army flag?
