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![[National Guard Bureau flag]](../images/u/us^natgd.gif)
image by Randy Young, 14 August 2016 See also:
I found some photos of what appears to be the agency flag of the U.S.
National Guard Bureau from the swearing in of the last 2 Chiefs of the NGB. So
in addition to the position standard already shown below, it seems there is a
separate organization flag.
"National Guard Bureau is the federal
instrument responsible for the administration of the United States National
Guard established by the United States Congress as a joint bureau of the
Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force. It was created by
the Militia Act of 1903"
The flag is white with the seal:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?413551-1/defense-secretary-speaks-national-guard-bureau-chief-swearingin-ceremony
(August 3, 2016, National Guard Bureau Leadership Defense Secretary Ashton
Carter spoke at a ceremony as Army General Frank Grass stepped down as chief of
the bureau and Air Force Lieutenant General Joseph Lengyel was sworn in to take
his place)
Seal:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NGB-seal-high.png/200px-NGB-seal-high.png
A gray(?) flag with variant seal:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
(Secretary of Defense Leon
Panetta, right, presents the flag of the National Guard Bureau (NGB) to U.S.
Army Gen. Frank Grass during a change of responsibility ceremony Sept. 7, 2012)
Another Seal can be seen at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau_(US).svg
Ben Cahoon, 10 August 2016
The chiefs and deputy chiefs of the National Guard Bureau come from either
the Army National Guard (ARNG), or the Air National Guard (ANG). The chief is a
4-star general (since 17 Nov 2008), and the deputy chief is a 3-star lieutenant
general. ANG general officers use standard USAF positional flags:
http://www.apexflags.com/catalog/item/7960370/8571029.htm
ARNG
general officers, serving in state or territorial billets use special rank
flags, with the state or territorial crest:
http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/
The chief and the deputy chief of
the National Guard Bureau however, use the standard scarlet US Army rank flags:
http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryList.aspx?CategoryId=9355&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services
There is also a senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National
Guard Bureau, but to date, unlike the senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this billet has not been authorized a flag.
Dave Fowler, 10 August 2016
![[National Guard Bureau flag]](../images/u/us^ngb.gif)
image by Randy Young, 13 August 2016
![[Chief of National Guard Bureau flag]](../images/u/us^chng2.gif)
image by Miles Li, 4 December 2009
Positional Color, Office of the Chief, National Guard Bureau. This officer represents both the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. Accordingly, his flag is a diagonal bicolor with dark blue (for the Army) on the bottom and ultramarine blue (for the Air Force) on top. The badge in the center of the flag is the branch insignia of the Natioanl Guard Bureau; it dates from the turn of the century. The two triangles in the upper fly are "flight devices" meant to symbolize the Air National Guard.
Tom Gregg, 7 June 1998
The 1998 update to AR 840-10 indicates that the Positional Color of the Chief, National Guard Bureau has been modified. Two scrolls have been added: a small one above the insignia with the date 1636 and a large one below the insignia with the inscription NATIONAL GUARD.
Tom Gregg, 11 September 1999
![[Senior Enlisted Advisor]](../images/u/us^ceangb1.gif)
image located by Dave Fowler, 10 April 2024
Source:
Wikipedia
The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau
received a positional flag for the first time on Nov 2, 2023.
https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/3576799/national-guard-unveils-senior-enlisted-advisor-positional-colors/:
National Guard Unveils Senior Enlisted Advisor Positional Colors
JOINT
BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. – Almost 150 people from all service components, including National Guard leaders from all 50 states and four territories, gathered in Patton Hall to witness a defining moment in National Guard history: the unveiling of the positional flag for the senior enlisted advisor to the chief, National Guard Bureau.
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the National Guard’s top officer, noted the significance of the day, emphasizing the ever-evolving nature and significance of the Guard.
“Tonight, we honor a new chapter in the National Guard Bureau’s history,” said Hokanson. “This role joins two enlisted forces with two unique cultures — the Army and the Air Force — united by their duties and identity as Guardsmen.
The SEA’s colors and insignia make it clear: Today’s National Guard is a valued and valuable force —on the world’s stage, in the homeland we defend, and at the highest levels of military leadership.”
... This marks the first time a senior enlisted advisor to the National Guard
chief has been recognized with positional colors. The introduction of the colors
symbolizes an acknowledgment of a storied past and the forward momentum of the
enlisted force.
This is the fifth flag established for a
senior enlisted advisor, following:
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sergeant Major of the Army
Chief Master
Sergeant of the Air Force
Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force
Dave Fowler, 10 April 2024
![[Positional Color]](../images/u/us^chng1.gif)
image by Miles Li, 4 December 2009
![[Positional Color]](../images/u/us^chng4.gif)
image by Miles Li, 4 December 2009
On November 17, 2008 General Craig R. McKinley, USAF became the first four-star general to head the National Guard Bureau. Accordingly the Positional Color, as shown on his letterheads, now bears four white five-pointed stars, two on each side horizontally, while the two arrowheads in the upper fly have been removed.
Miles Li, 4 December 2009
Construction sheet: National Guard Bureau
Created: 28 July 2008. Supersedes original drawing created 7 February 1975.
Upper Base: Ultramarine Blue (Cable 65010)
Lower Base:
Army Dark Blue (Cable 65012)
Stars: White (Cable 65005)
Fringe: Yellow (Cable 65002)
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