Reason why the American flag is sometimes backwards on military uniforms

According to United States Army regulations: “The full-color US flag cloth replica is worn so that the star field faces forward, or to the flag’s own right.”

This means that the flag has to be positioned to look like it is flying forward, and not dragging behind.

If the flag is positioned on your left shoulder, the flag looks like it’s floating in a breeze on a flag pole, but if it’s on a right sleeve, it looks like its floating backwards.

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