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Comment by chriscwick on August 15, 2011 at 10:02pm

Welcome & ask away!!!!

Comment by chriscwick on August 11, 2011 at 6:12pm

Have Daniel ask Chris how he got to & from airport!

Comment by chriscwick on August 11, 2011 at 7:53am

Ditto on the YEA!!!!!!!! : ). : )

Comment by chriscwick on August 10, 2011 at 8:50pm

About the Service Flag
The Service flag is an official banner authorized by the Department of Defense for display by families who have members serving in the Armed Forces during any period of war or hostilities the United States may be engaged in for the duration of such hostilities.

The Service flag, also called the Blue Star Flag, was designed and patented by WWI Army Captain Robert L. Queisser of the 5th Ohio Infantry who had two sons serving on the front line. The flag quickly became the unofficial symbol of a child in service. President Wilson became part of this history when in 1918 he approved a suggestion made by the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defenses that mothers who had lost a child serving in the war wear a gold gilt star on the traditional black mourning arm band. This led to the tradition of covering the blue star with a gold star on the Service flag to indicate that the service member has died.

During WWII the practice of displaying the Service flag became much more widespread. Most flags were hand made by mothers across the nation. One of the most famous flags was that of the five Sullivan brothers who all perished on the U.S.S. Juneau.

The Blue Star Mothers was founded as a Veteran Service Organization and was part of a movement to provide care packages to military members serving overseas and also provided assistance to families who encountered hardships as a result of their son or husband serving in the war.

In 1960 Congress chartered the Blue Star Mothers of America as a Veterans Service Organization and in 1966, the Department of Defense revised the specifications for design, manufacture and display of the Service flag.

The Department of Defense specifies that family members authorized to display the flag include the wife, husband, mother, father, stepmother or father, parent through adoption, foster parents, children, stepchildren, children through adoption, brothers, sisters and half brothers or sisters of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. The flag should be displayed in a window of the residence of persons authorized.

The Service flag may also be displayed by an organization to honor the members of that organization serving during a period of war or hostilities.

The Service Flag is an indoor flag and should be flown facing out from the front window of the home or organization.

If the U.S. flag is also displayed with the Service flag, the U.S. flag should be of equal or greater proportions and should take the place of honor above the Service flag.

Each blue star on the flag represents a service member in active duty. A gold star is displayed if a service member is killed in action or dies in service. If several stars are displayed by one family the gold star takes the honor of being placed at the top. The gold star should be slightly smaller than the blue star to create a blue border surrounding the gold star.

Display of a Service Star Banner is done during times of war. Once again families are displaying banners at home.

Flags may be purchased on the internet at ServiceFlags.com

Comment by chriscwick on August 10, 2011 at 4:55pm

I love the "guy & his dog" shots! Both handsome!
My Service Pins & flag have are gold edged, red bordered, white field with a blue five point star edged in gold. It has a black rubber tac to pin it down.

Comment by chriscwick on August 9, 2011 at 5:14pm

OK! I didn't want to be disrespectful out of ignorance. I'd understood that the wearer had to be considered close family to the person deployed on active duty. I also have a matching pennant in a window of our house. I got both online by Googling "Blue Star pins & flags". Thanks for the help!! : )

Comment by chriscwick on August 9, 2011 at 10:56am

Am unaware of chapters. Stupidly just thought it was a pin to shoe respect for our people deployed out of the States. Guess I need to do further homework! Hope I didn't step wrong?!

Comment by chriscwick on August 9, 2011 at 12:11am

Jaw still hurts from clenching, fingers wanting to wrap around things, tongue has bite marks. They shut up when someone called attention to my "Blue Star" pin. If only jets had trash shutes! Donation!!

Comment by chriscwick on August 8, 2011 at 10:10am

Someone in my flight to FL said, " well, that's what they signed up for." came soooo close to needing an Air Marshall & EMS. grrrrrrrrrr. Dumbass, unfeeling, uninformed........

Comment by chriscwick on August 5, 2011 at 11:24am

He's got another year in the sand. Yes, he got back OK. We got a very verbose text, "I'm here." Back to being Gary Cooper! lol
Yep, guess he has "dog envy"! He so wants to take up "leash". He spent lots of time with Ms. KC. He'd give her a command & told me I'd slacked on her training. Showed him...I'd give the same command, which would be followed. Guess who's dog she has become? She didn't like it when she checked his room the night he left. She did her usual bed check & not finding him, she came to me to find out why. She was a sad fur ball. Hmm, come to think of it, so are we.

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