Jason P. May LANSING, Mich.—By order of Gov. Rick Snyder, flags on all campuses of Western Michigan University and throughout Michigan will be lowered to half-staff Thursday, July 9, in honor of ...

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. After 385,000 votes on a new design for the Illinois state flag, the overwhelming choice was to keep the existing ensign. "Some may call it an SOB — a ...

Illinois’ first state flag was adopted in 1915 but more than 50 years later, Bruce McDaniel — a chief petty officer from downstate Morgan County, who was serving in Vietnam at the time ...

One long-lost U.S. Navy burial flag has been rightfully returned to its recipient’s widow after nearly being thrown away at a Denver storage facility. Earlier this week, Peter Mikulin, who is ...

Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday ordered flags at half-staff over the state capitol in honor of Navy Chief Petty Officer Jason Finan, a Coronado-based explosives ordinance disposal technician who was ...

HONOLULU (AP) - The Navy has investigated the case of a sailor who didn't salute as the national anthem played during a recent morning flag-raising at Pearl Harbor. U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman ...

MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Gov. Rick Snyder has ordered U.S. flags lowered at all state buildings in honor of a 37-year-old Navy officer from suburban Detroit who died from noncombat causes ...

The flag has deep meaning for him. The same colors that fly today did when he joined the Navy at 22. "I took an oath to obey and serve my country," he said, proudly.