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SGT Ben Keen
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Found this on Yahoo Answers, not sure how accurate it is.

Order of precedence for flags 

(1) National Flags 

Alphabetically after the U.S. Flag 

(2) State Flags 

In order as they entered the Union 

(3) Service Flags 

U.S. Army 

U.S. Marine Corps 

U.S. Navy 

U.S. Air Force 

U.S. Coast Guard 

(4) Organizational Flags 

Highest ranking to lowest ranking 

Alphabetically or numerically within equal ranks 

Host flag displayed at the center of the grouping 

(5) Individual Flags 

President of the United States 

Vice-President of the United States 

Secretary of Defense 

Deputy Secretary of Defense 

Inspector General, Department of Defense 

Director of Defense Research and Engineering 

Assistant Secretary of Defense 

Civilian Leadership of Each Branch (See #3 for appropriate order) 

Secretary 

Under Secretary 

Assistant Secretary 

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 

Military Leadership of Each Branch (See #3 for appropriate order) 

Chief of Staff 

Vice Chief of Staff 

Generals / Admirals (highest rank to lowest rank) 

Individual Flags are not used for: 

Personnel simply in attendance and not formally taking part in a ceremony 

Retired personnel (unless in uniform) 

Senior Executive Service (SES) personnel not filling one of the positions listed above 

Personnel selected for, but not confirmed to, one of the positions listed above 

U.S. sister service general officers when their appropriate service flag is not available. It is appropriate to ask the visiting officer to bring their personal flag with them to be used during the ceremony 

General Officer flags may not be substituted for foreign country general officers of equivalent rank. It is appropriate to ask the visiting foreign officer to bring their personal flag with them to be used during the ceremony 

Religious flags are displayed in religious facilities and normally only with the U.S. flag (U.S. flag takes the position of honor). 

POW/MIA Flag is displayed when appropriate and normally only with the U.S. flag (U.S. flag takes the position of honor).

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SFC James Baber
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Ben,


If my memory serves me correctly, depending on the branch of the GO, it would go in between that branch flag and the US flag for precedence purposes, or you could place the branch flags on one side of the stage and the US and the GO flag on the opposite to remove any confusion, either would be considered correct in the PC world.


Good luck and thanks for the event and sharing about it.

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SGT Ben Keen
SGT Ben Keen
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BG Gibbs is an Army GO.  I'm still trying to Google for an answer but thank you for the input.  Maybe we will have the US Flag and the General's Flag side by side and the branch flags on the other side of the stage.  Finding the answer in writing would be really helpful.
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