All Star Flags Flag Half-Staff Announcements | All Star Flags - Part 13

American Flags and Massachusetts Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, November 7th in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in honor of US Air Force Staff Sergeant Brett Carnathan. Staff Sergeant Carnathan joined the Air Force in 2003 and served in Afghanistan in both Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He was awarded the following honors: Air Force Commendation medal, the Army Commendation medal, the Air Force Achievement medal, the Army Achievement medal, the Combat Action Badge, the Air Force Combat Action medal and the Army Combat Action badge.
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American Flags and Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, November 2nd at the Capitol complex in Virginia in honor of US Army Sergeant Lyle Turnbull.

Flags are also authorized for display at half-staff in the City of Norfolk and in any other locality as deemed appropriate.

Sgt. Turnbull died while serving in Kuwait as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
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American Flags and Illinois Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, November 2nd in the State of Illinois in honor of Officer Casey Kohlmeier. Officer Kohlmeier, of the Pontiac Police Department, was killed (Along with his police dog Draco) when his patrol car was hit while he was parked in a median. Kohlmeier was a 6 year police veteran as well as a veteran of the US Air Force.
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American Flags and Colorado Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, November 2nd in the State of Colorado in honor of Scott Carpenter. Carpenter was a US Navy veteran who served as a pilot from 1949-1958. In 1959 Carpenter joined NASA as part of Project Mercury. He was the fourth American in space and the second to orbit the Earth. Some of his awards include: Navy Astronaut Wings, Navy’s Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross and NASA Distinguished Service Medal. There is a middle school in Colorado and an elementary school in New Jersey that both bear his name.
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American Flags and Missouri Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, November 4th in honor of former Congressman Ike Skelton from Missouri. Skelton began his public service in the Missouri State Senate in 1970 and served through 1976. In 1976 he was elected to Congress where he served 17 terms. He was presented the Conspicuous Service Medal by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.
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American Flags to fly at half-staff throughout the United States Tuesday, October 29th in honor of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Thomas Foley. Rep. Foley was a Democrat who represented Washington state for 30 years beginning in 1964. The also served as Speaker of the House from 1989 to 1995. He later went on to serve as the US ambassador to Japan from 1997 to 2001.

From the Office of the President:
As a mark of respect for the memory of Thomas S. Foley, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions on Tuesday, October 29, 2013. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff on that day at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.
BARACK OBAMA

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American Flags and Pennsylvania Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, October 26th in the State of Pennsylvania in honor of US Army Staff Sergeant Patrick Quinn. Staff Sgt. Quinn died as a result of injuries suffered from an enemy attack while he was serving in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Quinn was a Green Beret and was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. Quinn joined the US Army in 2006 and had served a previous deployment to Iraq in 2008-09. Some of Staff Sgt. Quinn’s awards include: Four Army Commendation Medals, The Army Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Two Army Good Conduct Medals, The National Defense Service Medal, The Iraq Campaign Medal (with 2 Campaign Stars), The Global War on Terror Service Medal, Two Non-commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbons, the Army Service Ribbon, Two Overseas Service Ribbons, Special Forces Tab, Parachutist Badge, The Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Purple Heart (posthumously), the Bronze Star Medal(posthumously), the Afghanistan Campaign Medal (posthumously) and the NATO Medal(posthumously).
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American Flags and Kansas Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday, October 23rd in the State of Kansas in honor of US Army Sergeant Patrick Hawkins. Sergeant Hawkins was an Army Ranger who died as a result of injuries suffered while serving in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Hawkins was assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Alaska Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, October 17th in honor of former Alaska Rep. Joe Montgomery. Rep. Montgomery was a former B-17 pilot in WWII and served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983.
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American Flags and Hawaii Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, October 17th in the State of Hawaii in honor of former state Senator Cal Kawamoto. Former Senator Kawamoto was a former fighter pilot who served his country for 20 years in the US Air Force. He later went on to serve in the state senate from 1994 to 2004.
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