Service Flags
Display Order
Display Authority
In accordance with Title 10 United States Code, *Armed Forces*, service flags will be displayed by order of service date, with the most senior service flags being given the position of honor on the far right.
Order of Precedence — Service Flags
Service Flag Order Right to Left
Service flags will be displayed in the following order of precedence from their own right (or the observer's left):
- National Guard — 13 December 1635
- U.S. Army — 14 June 1775
- U.S. Navy — 13 October 1775
- U.S. Marine — 10 November 1775
- U.S. Coast Guard — 4 August 1790
- U.S. Air Force — 18 September 1947
- U.S. Space Force — 20 December 2019
After the Service Flags
Order After Service Flags
Following the service flags, the order of precedence of flags is as follows:
- North American Aerospace Defense
- U.S. Space Command
- Major commands (in alphabetical order)
- Field operating agencies
- Air National Guard
- Air Force Reserve
- Direct reporting units
- Numbered Air Forces, and wings (in descending order)
- Personal/position (using branch appropriate flags)