Branch Flag Descriptions

Question 1

Army

Answer 1

The flag of the United States Army displays a blue replica of the War Office Seal set on a white field.
Above is a scroll with the words “This We’ll Defend” surrounded by a snake. Beneath the seal is a broad scarlet scroll bearing the inscription in white letters, “United States Army”. Beneath the scroll, in blue, is “1775”.

Question 2

Marine Corps

Answer 2

The Marine Corps flag is scarlet in color with the Marine Corps emblem, and features a globe intersected by a fouled anchor in gray and gold.
Atop the globe sits the American bald eagle with the Latin inscription “Semper Fidelis” on a ribbon extending from his beak. Below the image is a scroll with the words United States Marine Corps.

Question 3

Navy

Answer 3

The flag of the United States Navy consists of the seal of the U.S. Department of the Navy (Anchor, Constitution, Eagle) in the center, above a yellow scroll inscribed “United States Navy” in dark blue letters, against a dark blue background.

Question 4

Air Force

Answer 4

The flag of the United States Air Force consists of the U.S. Air Force’s crest and shield, which itself comprises 13 white stars and the Department of the Air Force’s coat of arms on a field of blue.
The 13 stars represent the 13 original British American colonies, the three star grouping at the top portray the three Departments of the Department of Defense. The crest includes the North American bald eagle, the cloud formation depicts the creation of a new firmament, and the wreath, composed of six alternate folds of silver and blue, incorporates the colors of the basic shield design.

Question 5

Space Force

Answer 5

The Space Force flag is a black field including the delta wing, globe, elliptical orbit, Polaris star, and star clusters. Beneath the central imagery “UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE” and “MMXIX” in white lettering, indicating the name and birth year of the service

Question 6

Coast Guard

Answer 6

A white field with a dark blue U.S. Great Seal (The supporter of the shield is a bald eagle with its wings outstretched).
From the eagle’s perspective, it holds a bundle of 13 arrows in its left talon, and an olive branch in its right talon.
The olive branch is usually depicted with 13 leaves and 13 olives.
In its beak, the eagle clutches a scroll with the motto E pluribus unum (“Out of Many, One”).
Over its head there is a glory with 13 stars on a blue field. The shield on the eagle’s breast has a blue chief over vertical red and white stripes. Inscribed in an arc above the eagle is “UNITED STATES COAST GUARD”; below the eagle is “SEMPER PARATUS” and beneath that are the Arabic numerals “1790”.

Question 7

Unit Flag

Answer 7

In design, it is the same as the flag for the U.S. Naval Infantry (Blue Fouled Anchor on a White diamond), with the letters NJROTC in gold above the lozenge and MAST in the same gold lettering below the lozenge