Ensign
The Air Training Corps Ensign is hoisted for every parade and hauled-down at dusk. It is treated with the same respect and dignity afforded to the Royal Air Force Ensign.
The ATC Ensign is hoisted and hauled down by a nominated member of the Squadron, sometimes a Cadet NCO, member of staff, or simply a Cadet who has been chosen, with the salute being taken by any commissioned officer or NCO, normally the squadron's Officer Commanding. All other officers salute during the hoisting and hauling down.
Most Wings and Squadrons also have a banner, which is paraded on formal occasions. The ATC also has a Corps Banner, which is afforded the same courtesies as (but does not hold the status of) a RAF Squadron Standard.
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Famous quotes containing the word ensign:
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Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
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Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty:
Thou art not conquered; beauty’s ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death’s pale flag is not advanced there.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death’s pale flag is not advanced there.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)