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Another recommendation from the Naming Commission to warm the cockles of your heart: battle streamers for units who fought on the Confederate side of the War Between the States should be removed.<\/p>\n
A battle streamer is a ribbon attached to the units flag commemorating\u00a0 battle in which it took part. Civil War streamers are blue and grey, with the color on top showing which side the unit fought for – example, on the Cold Harbor streamer pictured above, the 175th Maryland fought for the Confederacy.<\/p>\n
The chair of the national panel, retired Navy Admiral Michelle J. Howard, has informed the House and Senate Armed Services Committees that the panel will recommend that the Army repeal a 1949 rule that gave US military units permission to Flying streamers that are symbolic of battles they are in fought for the South Side. The commission publicly released its letter on August 1.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Minnesota News<\/a><\/p>\n
Retired Navy Adm. Michelle J. Howard, the chair of the Naming Commission, last month sent a letter to leading members<\/a> of the House and Senate Armed Services committees. \u201cForty-eight Army units have at least one Confederate campaign streamer; a total of 457 Confederate streamers<\/a> are presently authorized,\u201d Howard wrote. \u201cThose 457 Confederate battle streamers would no longer be authorized.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
WTOP News<\/a><\/p>\n
One unit affected, the storied 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, 5th Maryland will lose 7 streamers.<\/p>\n
Formed as the Baltimore Independent Cadets in 1774, the unit helped save George Washington\u2019s army at the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776, played a major role in saving Baltimore from British destruction at the Battle of North Point in 1814, hit Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944, and took part in the U.S. war on terror in the mid-2000s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n