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SMDC honors Gold Star Families

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Soldiers and civilians raised a Gold Star Flag to honor local families who lost loved ones while serving in the armed ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

Rep. Mike Moffett: Gold Star flag is no slight to Old Glory

NAPOLEON once observed that “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” Indeed, colored cloth military decorations have long inspired prodigious and brave efforts on behalf of ...
WAFF

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command hosts Gold-Star Service Flag ceremony at Redstone Arsenal

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WAFF) - The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) hosted a Gold-Star Service Flag ceremony at Redstone Arsenal in honor of fallen warriors on Thursday. Around ...
The Post-Journal

Wave The Flag

A reader asked, “What country uses a little flag with just a red border and a big blue star in the center?” It is a service flag designed in 1917 that identified a family that had someone in service ...