SPC Private RallyPoint Member 7081272 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m not complaining, because I, too, have assimilated into the relaxed culture neighborhoods have, but what&#39;s the right answer regarding wear of the uniform and stopping for the colors when right outside your house on-post? 2021-07-01T06:45:03-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 7081272

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m not complaining, because I, too, have assimilated into the relaxed culture neighborhoods have, but what&#39;s the right answer regarding wear of the uniform and stopping for the colors when right outside your house on-post?

2021-07-01T06:45:03-04:00 2021-07-01T06:45:03-04:00 Lt Col Charlie Brown 7081274

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Stop and render the proper courtesies.

2021-07-01T06:46:01-04:00 2021-07-01T06:46:01-04:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 7081306

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Integrity. Do what&#39;s right, even if/when no one is looking.

2021-07-01T07:08:23-04:00 2021-07-01T07:08:23-04:00 SSgt Christophe Murphy 7081392

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There isn&#39;t a bubble around base housing that creates an exemption to customs and courtesies. Do the right thing because it&#39;s the right thing to do.

2021-07-01T07:59:06-04:00 2021-07-01T07:59:06-04:00 SFC Michael Hasbun 7081520

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Customs and courtesies are not location specific. If you&#39;re in the military, you&#39;re in the military, 24/7, no matter where you are...

2021-07-01T08:59:52-04:00 2021-07-01T08:59:52-04:00 CSM Darieus ZaGara 7081607

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All actions remain the same. Being outside your quarters does not absolve anyone from paying Hokies and respect. The same is true for the wear of the uniform.

2021-07-01T09:44:02-04:00 2021-07-01T09:44:02-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 7081941

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Here is my take on it, I will not point at regulations, C &amp; C, or integrity. (Even though anyone of them is reason enough)<br /><br />I want you to stop and think about all of your fellow service men and women that are not able to stand for that flag. They can not stand for it because they did not make it home from overseas, they can not stand for it because they lost limbs to IED&#39;s, they can not stand for it because their inner demons got the best of them and they took their own life.<br /><br />Now I ask you... What is the RIGHT thing to do?

2021-07-01T12:03:10-04:00 2021-07-01T12:03:10-04:00 SrA John Monette 7081969

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>exactly the same as any other place on base

2021-07-01T12:17:34-04:00 2021-07-01T12:17:34-04:00 CSM Christopher Irwin 7081974

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Follow the guidance set forth by Army regulation. If you&#39;re wearing the uniform, wear it correctly. If the colors are moving (AM or PM) render the proper courtesy. There is no delineation just because you&#39;re at your house. That is all.

2021-07-01T12:19:35-04:00 2021-07-01T12:19:35-04:00 Lt Col Jim Coe 7081977

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Unless there&#39;s an installation policy allowing relaxed customs and courtesies in on-installation housing, such as a &quot;no-saluting area&quot; or &quot;No-hats area&quot;, then Service regulations apply. I lived on base for a majority of my 22-year Air Force career and never saw an official or even unofficial (word-of-mouth) relaxation of regulations or standards of behavior. I always addressed neighbors of senior or junior rank by rank and name or sir or ma&#39;am, as appropriate. Those of us at the same rank used first names with our neighbors in social setting and usually out of uniform.

2021-07-01T12:22:24-04:00 2021-07-01T12:22:24-04:00 GySgt Kenneth Pepper 7082000

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One of our fondest memories of living on base in K-Bay, HI was watching all the kids stop and stand up straight during evening colors. Some friends of ours (civilians) who were visiting saw it one evening and were absolutely amazed that kids from 4-14 years old would stop what they were doing for 15 seconds to show respect. They would even police each other if someone didn&#39;t stand up.<br />At the end most of them hurried home because that was their cue to go home for supper.<br />Good days.

2021-07-01T12:31:27-04:00 2021-07-01T12:31:27-04:00 Cpl Vic Burk 7082707

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As a civilian even after all these years when I see the colors being raised or lowered (which isn&#39;t often) I stop and come to attention and wait until the task is done. It&#39;s the right thing to do. It&#39;s call respect for our flag and country.

2021-07-01T19:22:06-04:00 2021-07-01T19:22:06-04:00 SGT David Wyatt 7084576

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you can hear it, face the direction of the sound and render honors.

2021-07-02T19:45:48-04:00 2021-07-02T19:45:48-04:00 2021-07-01T06:45:03-04:00