{"id":20713,"date":"2021-10-04T15:46:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/04\/thief-raises-confederate-flag-at-rose-barracks-in-germany-sparking-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:13:04","slug":"thief-raises-confederate-flag-at-rose-barracks-in-germany-sparking-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/10\/04\/thief-raises-confederate-flag-at-rose-barracks-in-germany-sparking-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief raises Confederate flag at Rose Barracks in Germany, sparking investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overnight Monday, an \u201cunknown individual\u201d stole the U.S. and German flags from a American unit\u2019s headquarters in southern Germany and raised the Confederate flag, officials confirmed to Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military police at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/07\/26\/cav-regiment-looking-into-who-put-out-off-duty-uniform-restrictions-aimed-at-women\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rose Barracks, Germany,<\/a> began an investigation after \u201can unknown individual entered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/08\/10\/us-army-orders-more-strykers-with-30mm-cannons-from-oshkosh\/\" target=\"_blank\">2d Cavalry Regiment\u2019s<\/a> headquarters building\u201d and stole the flags, according to Maj. John Ambelang, a unit spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAdditionally, the confederate battle flag was also raised on a flag pole outside of the Regimental Headquarters,\u201d Ambelang told Army Times in email. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The caper occurred sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning, Ambelang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When regiment officials arrived to begin the duty day, they \u201cidentified\u201d the Confederate flag and \u201cit was removed immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ambelang described the theft as \u201clarceny of government property,\u201d and encouraged potential witnesses to \u201ccontact the Department of Emergency Services on Rose Barracks at +49 9662833397.\u2033<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis criminal behavior does not align with the Army\u2019s values,\u201d Ambelang noted. \u201cIt is also a violation of the Department of Defense policy [on display of the Confederate flag].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the potential criminal charges and flag policy violations, the incident may run afoul of the Defense Department\u2019s extremism policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Germany, the Confederate battle flag has cropped up as a symbol of the country\u2019s political far right over the years, including at <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/09\/23\/germanys-lateral-thinkers-unite\/\" target=\"_blank\">anti-COVID lockdown protests in Dresden<\/a> in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Columbus State University professor <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/confederate-flags-fly-worldwide-igniting-social-tensions-and-inflaming-historic-traumas-142119\" target=\"_blank\">described it as a \u201cstand-in for the Nazi swastika\u201d<\/a> for those groups, who seek alternative imagery due to a nationwide ban on displaying Nazi-era symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps because of that added local significance, 2nd Cavalry Regiment leaders took the incident seriously. 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