Navy SEALs ordered to remove 'don’t tread on me' Navy Jack from uniforms

Daily Caller ^ | 11/1/13 | Carl Higbie

[mylife]

A prestigious alumni.

[glock rocks]

LOL

[DocRock]

Bookmark

[mylife]

We are all horrified as to how well Alinsky and Obama have infiltrated the system.

I don’t think these chuckleheads know that it works the same way against them, now that they are in charge.

Bid your time and take notes.

[Rodamala]

Yeah, the only attitude they’re prepared to accept these days is “PLEASE tread on me!”

More like, "Please come in my mouth"

[adaven]

Hahah, perfect!

[mylife]

There are so many flags going up today that I doubt Obama got my message.

But I have done my duty and voiced my concerns through military protocol.

There.
I am covered officially. *snark*

[mylife]

I have one last thing to say.

A good officer understands his commission and his position.

Obama cares for no one but himself.
Obama has turned out his so called brethren at every turn.

He is in very perilous water.

[LibLieSlayer]

3.5 years and you can wear it again boys!

[Bob]

Flags are not flown at the bow nor the stern while underway. The US flag is flown high on the superstructure while the ship is underway.

In port, the ensign (the US flag) is flown on the stern with the jack at the bow. When I was in (late 60's to early 70's), the jack was a field of 50 white stars on a blue field. It was changed to red and white stripes with a yellow snake and the words "Don't Tread On Me" in 2002.

More info on the jack: wikipedia article

[WayneS]

...and keep your powder dry.

[mylife]

Amen.

[mylife]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cY3ZTACUWk

[PapaBear3625]

The purpose of the order is to smoke out those who object to it, or who would defy it. These people will be noted down for termination of their military careers (one way or the other).

[Rodamala]

[PhiloBedo]

Obama’s crazy (period).

What amuses me is his public dismissiveness of the TEA party. “uh, that small group out there, whatever they call themselves”.

The TEA party really scares Barry.

[MasterGunner01]

“Does it still fly from the fantail of USN ships while they are at sea?”

No. The Navy Jack is flown only in port and on the bow; the National Colors are flown on the fantail. When the ship gets underway, the Jack and Colors are taken down and the Colors shifted and flown from the yardarm of the mainmast. When the ship returns to port and ties up, the process is reversed.

[TigersEye]

The Obama administration and the yes-men top brass have decided to wage war on our Navy’s heritage.

The Obama administration is waging war on America. That's a fact.
You can stick your head in the sand or accept the truth and deal with it.

[Travis McGee]

My comment after the Daily Caller article:

“After 9-11, (the first one, not Benghazi where a SEAL and other Americans were backstabbed and left to die by the POTUS), every US Navy warship sported a “Don’t Tread On Me” Navy Jack flag on the bow. Were they removed? When? Why? I wonder what my old BUD/S Class 105 and ST-2 former fellow ensign and now Admiral Sean Pybus thinks about this kind of political correctness. He’s now the top specops officer in Europe, and I’d like to think that if Americans were in a battle in Libya, (for example) he’d send a rescue force, even if the POTUS didn’t grant cross-border authority, but hid under his bed in the White House for 8 hours, like the last time.”

[Travis McGee]

I thought up this design a decade ago. It was sold on t-shirts and as stickers by LifeLibertyEtc.com until they folded a year or two ago. Anybody wants it, run with it. If Obama didn't like the standard Navy Jack, I think he'll hate this one.