Half-staff American flag

[pmb]

It seems like the flag has been flying at half-staff a lot recently. I haven't been able to dig up any data on how often this has been the case, so I'm asking you all: Do you know of any reference where I can see when, for the past few years, the flag was to be flown at half-staff? I see it so often that we are either living in extremely tragic times, or the whole thing is getting trivialized. Perhaps a bit of both, or perhaps I just remember the half-staff times because they stick out in my mind, but I really don't know. Anybody got any data?

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Haven't you learned anything?

[canarasekal.livejournal.com]

After, what, 29 years of some kind of association with the Navy (however remote), haven't you learned that it's half MAST? Half staff is for Army pu....guys.

Re: Haven't you learned anything?

[pmb.livejournal.com]

I first searched for half-mast but didn't find any pronouncements about the whole deal so I figured I must be misremembering my terms. I dug half-staff out of news articles.

Apparently the executive branch and news services cater to the Army and not to the Navy.