Posted on Jul 20, 2021

What’s really inside the gold ball on top of military flagpoles?

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Scuttlebutt used to be a match to destroy flag and .45 ball round to defend it. Turns out it's a maintenance issue.

What’s really inside the gold ball on top of military flagpoles?

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Interesting...

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SPC Michael Oles SR

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Interesting

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CW3 Michael Clifford

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The proper term for the ball atop a flagpole is a “truck”. This author misidentifies it as a finial which is the ball atop sign posts. This author clearly identifies themselves as an idiot and sergeant major bait in a soldier of the year board.

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Maj Robert Thornton

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Thank you CW3 Michael Clifford. I agree the author blew that. I remember helping some of the Airmen get ready for different boards where that question would often arise.

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What’s really inside the gold ball on top of military flagpoles?

What’s really inside the gold ball on top of military flagpoles?

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