{"id":118163,"date":"2021-10-05T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=118163"},"modified":"2021-10-04T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T01:32:12","slug":"thief-steals-american-german-flags-hoists-confederate-battle-flag-over-2nd-cav-regiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=118163","title":{"rendered":"Thief steals American, German flags, hoists Confederate battle flag over 2nd Cav Regiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeff LPH 3 sends in this Army Times piece<\/a> on some shenanigans at Rose Barracks, Germany;<\/p>\n

Overnight Monday, an \u201cunknown individual\u201d stole the U.S. and German flags from a American unit\u2019s headquarters in southern Germany and raised the Confederate flag, officials confirmed to Army Times.<\/p>\n

Military police at Rose Barracks, Germany, began an investigation after \u201can unknown individual entered the 2d Cavalry Regiment\u2019s headquarters building\u201d and stole the flags, according to Maj. John Ambelang, a unit spokesperson.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditionally, the confederate battle flag was also raised on a flag pole outside of the Regimental Headquarters,\u201d Ambelang told Army Times in email.<\/p>\n

The caper occurred sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning, Ambelang said.<\/p>\n

When regiment officials arrived to begin the duty day, they \u201cidentified\u201d the Confederate flag and \u201cit was removed immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ambelang described the theft as \u201clarceny of government property,\u201d and encouraged potential witnesses to \u201ccontact the Department of Emergency Services on Rose Barracks at +49 9662833397.?<\/p>\n

\u201cThis criminal behavior does not align with the Army\u2019s values,\u201d Ambelang noted. \u201cIt is also a violation of the Department of Defense policy [on display of the Confederate flag].\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the potential criminal charges and flag policy violations, the incident may run afoul of the Defense Department\u2019s extremism policies.<\/p>\n

In Germany, the Confederate battle flag has cropped up as a symbol of the country\u2019s political far right over the years, including at anti-COVID lockdown protests in Dresden in 2020.<\/p>\n

A Columbus State University professor described it as a \u201cstand-in for the Nazi swastika\u201d for those groups, who seek alternative imagery due to a nationwide ban on displaying Nazi-era symbols.<\/p>\n

Perhaps because of that added local significance, 2nd Cavalry Regiment leaders took the incident seriously. The command held full formations after the flag was discovered.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommanders at all echelons across 2CR engaged their Soldiers at a morning formation on the seriousness of the incident,\u201d Ambelang confirmed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s some pretty fancy speak for the entire regiment getting chewed out over something that they might have had nothing at all to do with. Which is how the military prefers to hand out punishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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