#Flag at Half Mast

[suomeen]

Flags at half mast today because of the awful school shooting yesterday morning. Three 12-year-olds were shot, one of them fatally, and the suspected shooter was also 12 years old. Finland is generally safe and peaceful and feels away from the terrible current events but there's nowhere to run to escape humanity at its worst.

[imbiactually-28]

waking up to see that we won’t be getting this scene actually hurt me in ways i didn’t know were possible

but i trust alice in that they still found a way to make it work

[apricior]

i'm going to miss tony collette more than anyone in this world (he's been my fave since ep 1) but we gotta give it to freddie. tony has been dying since episode 5. finally kicked the bucket in episode 10. this italian catboy has been on the brink of death for literally 50% of the season. what an icon

[bo0tleg]

When an important person in the Navy dies in office (as in, still in the position they held, not necessarily in the actual office), it's tradicional to fly a U.S. flag half-staff from the base that person served in at time of death. The more important the person, the more bases and vessels affected.

Ice died in office as the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. There's no doubt that at least his home base (I'm assuming Miramar, but officially it should be Pearl Harbor-Hickam) flew half-staff for at least the day and the day after. But he was Commander of the Pacific Fleet. That's an entire fucking FLEET under his control.

I haven't been able to find any occasion in the Pacific Fleet History where a Commander of the Fleet died in office (specifically Pacific, I did find Atlantic Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations), but I trust that it's a big fucking thing.

When I was FINALLY able to find what would be the protocol on this shit, it said that 'all ships present, not underway, and by naval stations in the vicinity should fly the National Ensign Half-Mast'. From the time off death until sunset of the day of funeral.

What If they let it fly for longer? I mean, Iceman was a big fucking thing. One more star and all of the Navy would be affected. What if they let it fly half-staff a little longer, to honor the man that died?

Just imagine Mav coming back from that mission, happy to have his son back, only to be faced with a half-staff flag flowing in the wind.

[animatedtext]

[neon-d0rk]

THEY HIT THE PENTAGON

[super-sootica]

There is only one good member of the government in the whole world, only one. And he DOES NOT SHARE POWER.

Also he can be a wee bit of a bastard but he's fluffy so

[bright-and-burning]

i too forgot it was 9/11 today oscar you’re not special

[katarinas-redemption]

"This flag was deliberately placed at half-mast so when it landed on Reddington and the glasses, I thought this was a nice, iconic image to introduce this guy." - Joe Carnahan, Director. Ep 101 Pilot.

[filmseries]

"His eyes aren't even fully open, they're at half mast"

I said this to myself while watching this character (to the right) in Batman: Caped Crusader. I giggled to myself and googled "half mast" then found this hilarious image.

[vvitchy-succubus]

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[adamnsey]

YES UR EVIL BUT UR NOT THAT BADDDDDDD!!!YOU PUT OUT YOUR PALM MORE THAN THE BACK OF YOU HAND!! THEY WERE WRONG WHEN THEY SAID FORGET THE PASTTTT!!! LET UR FLAG FLY AT FOREVER HALF MAST!!!! LET YOUR FLAG FLY AT FOREVER HALF MAST!!!!!!

[skymantle]

IRELAND SWEEP

[vaspider]

I know I'm years late now but I just finished season one of Doom Patrol and it's fucking great actually

[tahthetrickster]

kabosu… ):

[godegaard]

Norwegian team celebrating their win when they should be in mourning