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===Other U.S. Navy uses=== Since September 11, 2002, U.S. Navy installations and facilities ashore have been allowed but not required to fly the First Navy Jack from multi-halyard gaff-rigged flagpoles when the [[United States ensign]] is also flown. The First Navy Jack has also been authorized for wear as a patch by sailors and naval officers on flight suits and certain versions of the [[Navy Working Uniform]] (NWU), including sailors and naval officers wearing the [[Army Combat Uniform]] (ACU) while [[Individual augmentee|assigned to and serving with Army units]], at the discretion of the local Army commander.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/ia/Documents/NAV10116.txt|title=SPECIAL UNIFORM SITUATIONS FOR NAVY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO AND SERVING WITH AN ARMY UNIT|author=office of the [[Chief of Naval Operations]]|publisher=[[VADM MARK FERGUSON]]|access-date=2013-07-31|archive-date=2014-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517114333/http://www.public.navy.mil/ia/Documents/NAV10116.txt|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg102/Pages/DeployedUSSSampsonFC2earnsawardinAfghanistan.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005222808/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg102/Pages/DeployedUSSSampsonFC2earnsawardinAfghanistan.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2012|title=Deployed USS Sampson FC2 earns award in Afghanistan|author=David Tomiyama|publisher=Provincial Reconstruction Team Khost Public Affairs|access-date=2012-02-06}}</ref> For the NWU and ACU, the patch is typically worn on the opposite sleeve as the U.S. flag. This First Navy Jack, along with the [[Serapis flag]], is also featured on the crest of the {{Sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} guided missile destroyer {{USS|John Paul Jones|DDG-53|6}}.<ref>See the patch and description on the official website at [http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg53/Pages/ourShip.aspx http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg53/Pages/ourShip.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615171936/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg53/Pages/ourShip.aspx |date=2011-06-15 }}</ref> During the [[War in Afghanistan (2001β14)|War in Afghanistan]], U.S. Navy sailors and officers assigned to the [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF) were authorized to wear the First Navy Jack on their [[MultiCam]]-patterned [[Army Combat Uniform]] (ACU) on the right sleeve, below the U.S. flag. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isaf.nato.int/images/stories/File/CSM%20Hill%20Docs/us%20national%20standards%20hq%20isaf%2018%20jul%2012.pdf|title=US National Standards, HQ, International Security Assistance Force|author=US National Support Element|publisher=Headquarters, [[International Security Assistance Force]]|access-date=2013-07-31|archive-date=2013-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221174903/http://www.isaf.nato.int/images/stories/File/CSM%20Hill%20Docs/us%20national%20standards%20hq%20isaf%2018%20jul%2012.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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