Place of honor is the observer's left. Thats the way i was taught anyway. We're arguing semantics i think.

We're not arguing we're just talking about completely different things.

You salute with your right.
Combat patch is on your right.
American flag patch would be worn on your right sleeve.

But I must say the one time I wore an American flag (armband) on duty (on my right arm) the star field was to the left. Dunno why they would reverse it unless it's the colors streaming thing that was mentioned.

Whenever a flag is painted on the side of a car, plane or ship, the field faces forward, no matter which side it's on.

I was in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division for both of my tours over there. First time was the invasion and I ended in Baghdad. Second time I was in Baqubah for a little over 5 months and then was moved to Ramadi for the last 7 months. Ask all the questions you want, i dont mind as long as they're within reason.

Thats no longer the case. The flag has become a permanent fixture on the uniform.

What's your opinion of the performance of the 5.56 in CQB and against soft targets beyond 100 meters? Just the round performance in and of itself, not in comparison to anything else.

I'm asking cuz I usually get mixed results according to the manner of contact witht eh enemy and the performance relative to the engagement (open field vs CQB urban).

@blue3golf

Do you have any expieriance with the Multinational Division Central-South?
And if what can you say about them? I have heard a lot of negative things latley.
I am asking because I have been thinking about doing a tour.

@Polak
Sorry, no experience with them at all, worked with some British, Australian and some Georgian troops, thats it though.

@Yahoshua
The 5.56 did a great job, we ended up getting some 77 grain hollow points from MatchKing that performed the best. Even at 300-400 meters they will put someone down hard if you hit them solid. In urban situations they wouldn't go through walls like the 7.62 would do but even so they were more than enough to suppress a target so someone else could maneuver to get the shot. In my opinion the only time 5.56 won't do the job is a shot in a non-vital area (hand, arm, etc.) It will still make them combat ineffective though.