“Begins with the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army reporting to the President of the United States (POTUS) followed by our Nation’s flag carried by the Honor Guard’s Color ...

Trump’s rally at Fort Bragg was the latest event that has thrust the Army to the center of his most partisan machinations.

U.S. soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division hold up American flags during a speech by Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 10, 2025.

A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, according to the Smithsonian, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white ...