Customs and Courtesies of JROTC

If you are in a vehicle with an officer, ______ should be the first person to exit the vehicle when you arrive at your destination.

• the driver of the vehicle

• the officer

• whoever is on the sidewalk side of traffic

• you

Which of the following situations describe an incorrect way of displaying the United States Flag?

• Flags on walls, windows, or buildings are displayed with the union to the observer's upper left.

• In parades or processions with other flags, the United States flag is always carried at the far right of a row, or to the front and center a column.

• On Memorial Day, the flag is displayed at half-staff until the end of the day when it is raised to the top of the staff, then solemnly lowered

• In auditoriums, meeting halls, or chapels, the United States flag is displayed to the speaker's right as they face the audience.

Prior to an assembly in the gym, you are watching the color guard practice posting the colors. During one of their rehearsals, you observe a new Cadet, not in uniform, stand at attention and render a hand salute as the flag passes him. As a leader who believes in giving positive feedback or making on-the-spot corrections, what do you tell him?

• You inform the Cadet that the proper procedure for showing respect indoors is to stand at attention and place his hand over his heart as the flag passes.

• You inform the Cadet that he should call "Attention," then "Present, Arms" as the flag approaches, then "Order, Arms" after the flag has moved 6 paces past him.

• You commend him for showing the flag the proper respect.

• You inform the Cadet that the proper procedure for showing respect indoors, whether in uniform or not, is to stand at attention until the flag is six steps past him.

You have been directed to go to the teacher's lounge to greet a guest speaker for career day, Lieutenant Colonel Jones, and to escort him back to the JROTC Department. Your instructor told you that he will be easy to spot because "He is 6-foot-eight and should be in uniform." When you arrive at the teacher's lounge, you immediately spot LTC Jones but he is in civilian clothes. You should walk up to him, __________, and say, "_________________ I am here to escort you back to the JROTC Department. Please come with me."

• stand at attention; Colonel Jones, my name is Cadet (your name), and

• render a hand salute; Sir, my name is Cadet (your name), and

• stand at attention; Lieutenant Colonel Jones,

• render a hand salute; Lieutenant Colonel Jones,

In what year did the Continental Congress establish the first stars and stripes flag? *

• 1902

• 1845

• 1776

• 1777

In 1777, the Second Continental Congress decided that our flag would have ___ stripes, alternating red and white in color.

• 50

• 12

• 13

• 52

The U.S. flag has changed many times over the years, partly because _______.

• people argued about what design looked best

• states, representing stars on the flag, were added to the union

• congress passed different laws on how the stars should be arranged on the union

The "Star-Spangled Banner" was written as a poem inspired by ______.

• love of the 13 colonies

• a battle during the War of 1812

• the design of the U.S. flag

• we where losing the war.

The flag should be flown with the union at the bottom.

• True

• False

The flag is usually displayed at half-staff ______.

• during the 4th of July

• whenever the national anthem is played

• to honor visiting foreign officials

• to honor the dead