to dip or not to dip, that is the question

[DSL1990]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/us/08chapel.html

 

[Swanee]

Please clue me in (and pardon my ignorance): what does it mean to "dip" the flag?

 

[ea6bflyr]

Just like a salute. When two ships pass, they dip their flags. Junior ship first, followed by the senior boat.

-ea6bflyr

 

[Single Seat]

Once again, I mistook the meaning of this thread from the title

 

[Blutonski816]

Once again, I mistook the meaning of this thread from the title

You're not alone on that one...

 

[Harrier Dude]

You're not alone on that one...

+1

I thought I was in for another bullshit lecture.......

 

[sbpilot]

+1

I thought I was in fo another bullshit lecture.......

+2

 

[Swanee]

+1

I thought I was in fo another bullshit lecture.......

exactly...

 

[BACONATOR]

Once again, I mistook the meaning of this thread from the title

I don't even dip, and this is the first thing that came to my mind as well.

 

[MattWSU]

+80

 

[raptor10]

+[size=-1]∞[/size]

 

[NavAir42]

+[SIZE=-1]∞[/SIZE]

Mad symbol skills.

 

[wink]

The article notes that the religious service flag dip/salute is not performed anywhere else in the Navy, but it did not point out the one religious tradition found throughout the fleet. The religious pennant is the only flag flown above the US flag. When religious services are being conducted a religious pennant may be flown above the national ensign on the same staff. I have not had the opportunity to witness that in a few years, but it happened on all of my cruises and on the base flag pole at North Island and Pcola when I was there.

 

[feddoc]

+1

I thought I was in for another bullshit lecture.......

I think I will go fire up a stogie.

 

[usmarinemike]

The article notes that the religious service flag dip/salute is not performed anywhere else in the Navy, but it did not point out the one religious tradition found throughout the fleet. The religious pennant is the only flag flown above the US flag. When religious services are being conducted a religious pennant may be flown above the national ensign on the same staff. I have not had the opportunity to witness that in a few years, but it happened on all of my cruises and on the base flag pole at North Island and Pcola when I was there.

I have very often seen the religious pennant being flown on the same pole as the national ensign, but never above it. I remember it this way because I always thought it was funny at 29 Palms when the garrison flag would swallow the religious pennant whole. This has nothing to do with either dipping a flag or dipping tobacco by the way. I'm just bored.