Brian Kolfage was willing to die for the American flag. And he almost did.
So proper respect for the flag – on a military base of all places – is a serious issue to him.
Kolfage writes at WoundedAmericanWarrior.com that he was driving through Arizona’s Davis Monthan Air Force Base when he “noticed something strange.”
“It was an American flag with the rainbow stripes instead of the red and white stripes,” he says.
He even took a picture:

He writes:
Why is this perversion of old glory flying on a U.S. Military installation? You’re free to express your sexual preferences in any way you want, but this is in violation of Title 4 of the USC to display a flag like this on any government installation.
More specifically Title 4 U.S.C. § 1 : US Code – Section 1: Flag; stripes and stars on: The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be fifty stars, white in a blue field.
He claims he saw the “residents who live at this domicile on base are two females, and one is active duty Air Force as she was wearing a uniform.”
Capt. Casey Osbourne, chief of public affairs for the base responded, saying, “We are currently reviewing this issue and have taken no action at this time. We take seriously our responsibility to abide by federal law and defend the Constitutional rights of all citizens.”
As for Senior Airman Kolfage, he was nearly killed in Iraq when a rocket exploded three feet from him.
He lost both of his legs and his right arm.
Today, he’s an architect – and a passionate defender of the American flag.
“If you’re LGBT please show some damn respect to the flag that you took an oath to defend, not disrespect it,” he writes.
“It’s the freedoms that our military has fought for that allow you to have a sexual preference openly, unlike in other nations where you would be killed on the spot if they thought you were LGBT in any way.”
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