flags on soldiers uniform

[lele g]

i was watching Black Hawk Down + the American flags on the soldiers arms were backwards. Is this a movie thing or is it actually how they are in the real armed forces?

[kempie]

Military guidelines specify that if a flag patch is worn on the right sleeve the flag is reversed i.e. the blue starfield faces forward.

http://www.usflag.org/flagpatch.html

http://www.officerstore.com/store/product.cfm/ pid_110_embroidered_american_flag_patch_w_gold _border/

[lele g]

thanks