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Originally Posted by Welpe
From the US Code:
(c) No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy....
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When I was the Communications Officer on USS TALBOT in the 1970s we received an addition to our flag bag -- a Jewish church pennant, with a Star of David in place of the cross. My first thought was that it made sense to have one to fly during Jewish prayer services. Then our Jewish commodore pointed out that Jewish prayer services begin at sundown -- and that we only fly flags at sea from sunrise to sundown. The new pennant was never hoisted.