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[Gunner C]

So National Guardsmen shouldn't get an American flag?

A soldier who spends ninety percent of his/her career driving a desk get's a flag, but a guy who run's into burning buildings every day doesn't?

Many, many members of this forum need to get over themselves, and get a more firm plant into the rest of reality.

The whole National Guard issue can be debated on and on.  My feeling is if the said NG member never was federalized, never served on AD except for training.....then yes, he or she should get a State Flag.  In fact I am a firm believer that if you are not on Active Duty or ordered to Active Duty then you should be wearing the name of your state in place of "US Army" tapes.

A Soldier who is on AD sitting behind a desk for 90 percent of their career should be honored with an American Flag, because they served the United States as a whole.  The line between State and Federal has been blurred real bad.

I fail to see how a citizen of the US doesn't rate a US flag, regardless of their military service or lackthereof. There's a lot more ways to serve your country than just serving in the military.

One could make the argument that if you pay taxes, you should get a flag.

Sorry, doing what's required of you doesn't get you anything different. 

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Did the fifrefighters and police offiers who died on 9/11 not protect our country?

Sorry as a Firefighter and a member of the USAF I have to disagree here.  In no way am I belittling the actions of those involved in 9/11 at the towers or the pentagon, but there is a big differance between defending the country and running into a burning building to save lives.  They wernt going into the towers to fight the terrorists.
The are well deserving of flag drapped caskets for their actions, but they wernt protecting our country.

mk

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ai almost got furious when I read the previous post, then I realized that no one was denouncing those who died on 9/11. And I do agree that they were not protechting the US, but their actions do warrant the flag.