Space Force Official Flag Presented To The President On Friday Because Of Course It Was
Space Force flag to be unveiled to the world, presented to President Trump on Friday, Fox News
“For the first time in 72 years, the official flag of a new U.S. military service will be unveiled on Friday. Military leaders will present the flag of the newly created Space Force to President Trump in the Oval Office during a signing ceremony for the 2020 Armed Forces Day proclamation.”
Keith’s note: The fun begins at 12:30 pm EDT in the Oval Office.
All hail the new #SpaceForce flag! pic.twitter.com/8CYB2XMQLg
— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 15, 2020
Well, we all wish there was a better president to present it to, but all services have ceremonial flags, so the USSF will be no different.
Not “all”. I am satisfied with our President. Far from perfect, but satisfied. As for the flag, meh, standard stuff, not really news. Every agency slaps their emblem on a background cloth and stands it in the corner.
Sure, but colors are also presented in parades, at unit activations and inactivations, and campaign streamers representing the services’ history are affixed to the top. So, they don’t *just* stand in the corner.
Trump loves all this military stuff, despite being a draft dodger.
At least he doesn’t pronounce “Marine Corps” as “Marine Corpse”, and other indicators of willful ignorance that almost elicit a Clintonian disdain for the military by the Commander in Chief. The idea, that either people who serve, or have served, or simply back the military, don’t notice the difference is a further sign of willful ignorance.
I just saw “Marine Corp” on a Fox News website last week.
While most people have no connection with the military, even fewer connected with the space program, virtually all effected with recent events… not sure how this presentation will go over. People will first see huge dollar amounts on something they have no connection with while suffering economic hardship like in the 1930s.
So the Commander And Chief of the United States Armed Forces is presented a flag from a newly created branch of said Armed Forces, and this is bad? This whole post exists to bash the president, because clearly no thought was put into it other than “Hate the Orange man!”
Not sure I would agree with this assessment. The leanings of our host are easy enough to learn, but it’s his site, and anyway he’s pretty much low key. And there are plenty of red folks around here to balance the blue ones like me.
So, don’t be so touchy!
I’m not bashing the president. I’m bashing the inane idea of the Space Force, as though its stated job wasn’t being adequately done by interservice cooperation already.
Here is the official DOD art. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
question … is the Space Force part of or separate to the USAF ?
if separate (as I thought it was) then why does the round “seal” include “Department of Air Force” ?
To answer my own question … initially USAF Space Command, became US Space Force (within the USAF), and has (or will) become a separate US Space Force. So the “seal” is from the transition state, and is not directly associated with the separate Space Force … ie the flag and the “Seal” are different Space Forces.
If I were a Roddenberry descendant, I’d sue, because that thing looks like a Starfleet symbol.
well, the Roddenberry-esque arrow head is a carry over form the earlier USAF Space Command.
It’s been pointed out here by someone else that the Star Trek logo is arguably derivative, preceded by earlier DoD art.
Does the Space Force have a song yet? The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines all have their songs. What song would you propose for the Space Force?
People need heroes.
https://youtu.be/2IQJY5SsJ6…