In many navies, the rank of commodore was merely viewed as a senior captain position, whereas other naval services bestowed upon the rank of commodore the prestige of flag officer status ; commodore is the highest rank in the Irish Naval Service, for example, and is held by only one person.

To correct this inequity, the rank of commodore as a single star flag officer was reinstated by both services in the early 1980s.

Although not flag officers, modern day commodores in the U. S. Navy rate a blue and white command pennant that is normally flown at their headquarters facilities ashore or from ships that they are embarked aboard when they are the senior officer afloat.

A requirement for being Chief of Naval Operations is having significant experience in joint duty assignments, which includes at least one full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment as a flag officer.

The high flag rank officers, junior officers and many high command officers from the Pakistan's Armed Forces were highly cautious about their appointment in East-Pakistan, and the assignment of governing East Pakistan and appointment of an officer was considered highly difficult for the Pakistan High Military Command.

# Officer: General or flag officer below the equivalent of a U. S. military chief of staff ; colonel or equivalent rank for service in assignments equivalent to those normally held by a general or flag officer in U. S. military service ; or military attachés.

The Supreme Commander (), a four-star general or flag officer is also the head of said agency, and he is the highest ranking professional officer on active duty.

; Jagul: Jagul is a flag officer rank which is approximately equivalent to a commodore or rear admiral.

Only the army and gendarmerie are important enough to have general officers, although the navy has been commanded by a flag officer in the past.

The flagship of Starfleet is often considered to be the starship USS Enterprise, even though that ship has generally not been commanded by a flag officer.

To save their lives, under a flag of truce, a British officer offers surrender terms to Pierre Cambronne ( Yevgeny Samoilov ), who replies with the famous " mot de Cambronne ".

NOAA ships in commission display the NOAA flag ; those with only one mast fly it immediately beneath the ship's commissioning pennant or the personal flag of a civilian official or flag officer if one is aboard the ship, while multimasted vessels fly it at the masthead of the forwardmost mast.

The chief is either an Air Force or an Army 4-star general ( flag ) officer, is the senior uniformed National Guard officer, and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

This duty is so prestigious that the color is generally carried by a young officer ( Ensign ), while experienced non-commissioned officers ( Colour sergeants ) are assigned to the protection of the flag.

In particular, it elevated the status of joint service for commissioned officers, making it in practice a requirement before appointments to general officer and flag officer grades could be made.

In the same way, Raeder always refused to appoint an flag officer with command experience to act as the liaison with the OKW out of the fear that such an officer might a threat to his power.

Before that day, the flag had served mostly as a military ensign or a convenient marking of American territory, flown from forts, embassies, and ships, and displayed on special occasions like the Fourth of July.

Old Glory served as the ship's official flag throughout the voyage.

In 1889, during a visit to Naples, Queen Margherita of Italy was served a pizza resembling the colors of the Italian flag, red ( tomato ), white ( mozzarella ) and green ( basil ).

Hill served as the driver representative on the stewards panel at the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix where he and the rest of the panel decided to relegate former rival Michael Schumacher for overtaking under yellow flag conditions.

On the other hand, the Chilean flag would have served as inspiration for the supporters of Cuban independence at the start the Ten Years ' War in the so-called War Cry of Yara ( Spanish: Grito de Yara ) in 1868.

File: Dardania Flag. svg | Flag of Dardania, served flag of the Republic of Kosova, and Presidential Flag under UNMIK, created by Ibrahim Rugova.

Sonoma served as the capital of the short-lived California Republic until the United States Stars and Stripes flag was raised during the Mexican-American war.

* Alfred Martin Ray, Buffalo Soldier, served in the U. S. Army from 1872 to 1903, planted the US flag on San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898.

Baldwin served as an intermediary between the rebels and the governor, carrying a flag of truce to the rebel camp north of Toronto on 5 December 1837, but failed to head off an armed clash.

* Veterans ' Park-A park dedicated to the hundreds of men and women from Sikeston and other communities in Southeast Missouri who have valiantly served their country in times of war, the park features a large, lighted granite monument and American flag display.

On 14 May 1941, Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano was reorganized as a state-owned company and became the flag carrier of Bolivia, which led to an expansion of the destinations served, as well as a fleet modernization.

Before reaching flag rank, he served on several battleships, commanded two destroyer divisions, a destroyer squadron, and the battleship.

Gordon Paiea Chung-Hoon, ( Honolulu, Hawaii, July 25, 1910 – July 24, 1979 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who served during World War II, and the first Asian American flag officer.

There were only three flag designs adopted, with later, minor variants made to those designs, that served as the official national flags of the Confederate States of America and used during its existence from 1861 to 1865.

The Red Ensign served as Canada's national flag until 1965 when, after considerable debate, it was replaced by today's Maple Leaf Flag.

The village possesses a historical church, Capel Cerrig, which is owned by the Remsen-Steuben Historical Society, as well as a newly-restored railroad depot which is served as a flag stop by the Adirondack Scenic Railroad.

The United Tribes flag design also features on the back of the Second Boer War medals presented to soldiers who served in the war, which indicates that the United Tribes flag was used widely in New Zealand until around this time.

On that day, Air France, which had served Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Nuremberg and its main base at Paris Le Bourget / Orly during the previous decade from Tempelhof with Douglas DC-4, Sud-Est Languedoc and Lockheed Constellation / Super Constellation piston equipment, shifted its entire Berlin operation to Tegel because Tempelhof's runways were too short to permit the introduction of the Sud-Aviation Caravelle, the French flag carrier's new short-haul jet, with a viable payload.

Although he served as governor for only 55 days, he worked to provide funds to complete the new state capitol building, create a labor statistics board, adopt an official state flag, and create a highway commission.

the 98-gun HMS Glory ( centre ) Stirling trained for midshipman on board the Camel and also served for a period on HMS Hercule under the flag of Admiral Sir John Duckworth, Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Squadron.

The new Canadian flag served as a symbol and a catalyst for this.

Before 1965, the Canadian Red Ensign had served as the national flag of Canada.

He served as flag captain to Admiral Lord Nelson, and commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Hardy not only served as Nelson's flag captain, but also unofficially as his captain of the fleet.

The three-tailed war flag is also flown at the Royal Palace when the Speaker, or, in his unavoidable absence, one of the Deputy Speakers, serves, at a Government order, as Regent ad interim when no member of the Royal House under the valid order of succession is in a position to serve.

In the U. S. Armed Forces, the title of Executive Assistant ( EA ) is typically utilized by Army, Air Force and Marine Corps colonels and Navy and Coast Guard captains who are in direct support of a general officer or flag officer, or a civilian defense official typically at the level of a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense ( DASD ) or higher.

Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson made the Eureka flag a federal election campaign issue in 2004 saying " I think people have tried to make too much of the Eureka Stockade ... trying to give it a credibility and standing that it probably doesn't enjoy.

For example, Deputy Prosecutor in Indiana's Johnson County, Carlos Lam, suggested in an email that Wisconsin's Governor Walker should mount a " false flag " operation to undermine pro-union protesters involved in the 2011 Wisconsin protests, which would make it appear as if the union was committing violence.

Early flags even had the RKKA and RKKF insignia ( the Army General Staff, represented by crossed blue rifles and later became the General Staff's naval colour until 1964, the Naval General Staff and the Army Naval Operations Staff, later the flag of the People's Comissariat for the Navy on its 1938 creation and was issued with two new colours for the Navy Commissar and Deputy Comissar ) beside the hammer and sickle, even the flags of the People's Commissar for National Defense and that of the Navy General Staff and the various flags of naval officers which had the ensign on a canton surrounded by a red field, derived from the Navy Commissar's.

His early flag officer tours were Director for Operations, U. S. European Command, ( 1989 – 1991 ) and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations, ( 1991 – 1994 ).

Deputy Mayor Richard Aurelio, fearing the building would be overrun by the mob, ordered city workers to raise the flag back to full mast.

On February 19, 2011, Indiana Deputy Prosecutor Carlos Lam sent a private email to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker suggesting that he run a "' false flag ' operation " to counter the protests against Walker's proposed restrictions on public employees ' collective bargaining rights.

On 18 July 1918 the Naval Ministry in Kiev established new naval ensigns and some rank flags ( e. g. flag of Naval Minister, flag of Deputy Minister ).

1635 Three cannon, one of which belonged to Deputy Governor Bilingham, were carried down on lighters and installed at the Castle and the garrison, made up of two men weekly from each of the six towns to be paid from the treasury of the colony, fired these at incoming vessels until the ship recognized the fortification by raising her flag.

His first assignment as a flag officer was Deputy Director for Global Operations ( J-3 ) on the Joint Staff during Operation Enduring Freedom.

On the orders of Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India, known as the Iron Man, a ship of the Royal Indian Navy was sent to the Laccadives ( as they were then called ) to hoist the Indian national flag and ensure the islands ' integration into the new Union of India, aiming to thwart any similar attempt by Pakistan.