Clashing Over Church Ritual and Flag Protocol at the Naval Academy Chapel

<p>I don’t really have a position on this issue, but…
“The flag should never have placed on it, or attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind.”
I believe in the civil war military units embroidered their flags with the names of their battles and maybe some other stuff. They probably don’t do this anymore so it’s probably irrelevant.</p>

<p>I found this on the USNA website [Religious</a> Activities](<a href=“http://www.usna.edu/relact.htm]Religious”>http://www.usna.edu/relact.htm)
"Over the decades of our history, fighting Americans have learned by experience that there is a dimension to military leadership—both in and out of combat—that is essential to real effectiveness. This is the spiritual factor, the intangible quality we call moral courage. </p>

<p>It is this aspect of the academy’s mission that the Command Religious Program strives to fulfill: to foster spiritual growth and promote the moral development of the midshipmen within the tenants of their particular faith or beliefs."</p>

<p>Do with it what you will…</p>